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A little bit about me? I’m Courtney Brandt!

To date, I’ve been published with Conde Nast Middle East, EuroCave, Travel Curator, Vogue Arabia, Fast Company, Destinations of the World, Forbes Middle East, Curiosity Magazine, Elite Daily, The Forward Feed, Food&Wine, A Luxury Travel Blog, Matador Network, Sopexa, JustLuxe, Travelettes, Citizen Femme, Columbus Travel, Dining and Nightlife Middle East, and Roads & Kingdoms. I provide global hotel coverage with Northstar Media and was part of The World’s Most Luxurious Hotels program on BBC5 in 2019. Most recently, I’ve appeared on EuroNews and DXB Today. I’ve written commercially for Couqley, AddMind Hospitality, Dima Ayad Consulting, Spinneys, Sapaad, and Umami Communications. I also regularly contribute to Dubai Eye 103.8 for food and travel.

I’ve spoken at a number of conferences, including Gulf Host, Gulfood, The Restaurant Show, Middle East Food Forum, Travel Tech Middle East, Caterer Middle East, PechaKucha, and SMS Summit Jordan, and attended the Google Local Guides Summit in October 2018 and November 2019, as well as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants international and MENA events, and San Sebastian Gastronomika. I was invited by Unilever to attend the Future Trends report in March 2023 and hosted the Middle East activation in June 2023. I served as a judge for the Specialty Food Festival YouthX 2023 panel. I’ve worked with Marriott More Cravings, 1800 Tequila, Louis XIII, Grana Padano, California Wines, Carnistore, Jacob’s Creek, Silver Fern Farms, and Dubai Tourism. I was recently asked to be a judge in the 2023 Deliveroo Awards.

I am currently actively working with Dubai ByFood, Tasting Table, and d-Journal.

Please consider my portfolio here: 

https://courtneybrandt.contently.com/

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