Veteran travel industry journalist Robin Amster has joined travAlliancemedia as an executive editor responsible for covering the travel agent community for Vacation Agent and Agent@Home magazines and TravelPulse.com. Claudette Covey, the editor who had covered travel agents, was promoted to managing editor of the two magazines.

Amster has more than 25 years of experience as a travel industry reporter and editor, writing about a wide range of subjects including retail travel agents, hotels, tour operators, aviation, and meetings and conventions. Most recently she served as senior editor and then executive editor of Travel Market Report. She’s a former hotel editor at Travel Weekly and senior editor at Travel Agent.

“We’re pleased to Robin is joining our editorial team at travAlliance,” said Theresa Norton Masek, editor-in-chief of Vacation Agent and Agent@Home magazines. “Her knowledge and experience will definitely help as we amp up our coverage of the travel agent community.”

In addition to travel, Amster has written about business, interior design and architecture, and lifestyles for consumer magazines and websites. She’s the recipient of two New Jersey Press Association awards for her writing on interior design and fashion.

SOURCE: travAlliancemedia press release