Buzzy Gordon
VerifiedBuzzy Gordon’s Biography
Award-winning journalist Buzzy (Bezalel) Gordon, author of Frommer's Jerusalem Day by Day Guide, writes about travel and tourism for online publications in the United States, Europe and Israel. He is a contributing editor for Everett Potter's Travel Report, a highly regarded resource for upscale international leisure travel, and a correspondent for Hotel-Scoop.com, an award-winning global blog featuring hotel, resort and lodging reviews, written exclusively by professional travel writers.
In addition, Gordon is a regular contributor to Gastroystyle.com, an international travel blog enjoying a circulation of millions of readers worldwide, since it is published in no fewer than six major European languages, plus Arabic and Chinese.
Over the course of a 50-year career spanning more than 80 countries, Gordon has been a reporter, editor, bureau chief and travel writer on five continents. Now based in the eastern Mediterranean basin, today he specializes in wellness and culinary tourism, as well as luxury travel.
Gordon’s travel articles have appeared in leading publications worldwide -- e.g., National Geographic Traveler, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and many more -- and he has been a guide creator for Tripadvisor.com.
In 2007, Gordon became a regular contributor to the travel section of USA Today, a national newspaper with a circulation of more than 2.3 million. After completing a term as one of the team of writers that compiles USA Today's 10 Great Places column, he was invited to write for Travel Agent Magazine, Luxury Travel Advisor, and contributing Jax Fax Magazine, the travel trade publication read by 90% of American travel agents.
Gordon has also been a roving correspondent for LuxuryWeb.com and LuxuryLatinAmerica.com (the leading luxury travel portal for Central and South America), as well as a contributor to Away.com (of the Orbitz network), Group Tour Magazine, and JohnnyJet.com.
Before becoming a full-time travel writer, Gordon was published in such prestigious media outlets as The Washington Post and The World & I Magazine. He was also a financial reporter covering the hi-tech and venture capital sector, serving as Singapore bureau chief for the Asian Venture Capital Journal and M&A Asia.
While he accepts a wide variety of assignments, Gordon -- who is fluent in Spanish, French and Hebrew -- specializes in international luxury travel, particularly to Asia and Europe. Additional areas of focus include ethnicity and culture; rail travel; gastronomy; spas; and health and wellness.
Publishing Credentials
USA Today, National Geographic Traveler, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Luxury Latin America, Jax Fax Magazine, Group Tour Magazine, Travel Agent Magazine, Luxury Travel Advisor, Away.com, El Al Airline’s Atmosphere Magazine, Hispanic Magazine, Americas Magazine, Caviar Affair, World Jewish Digest, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, Washington Jewish Week, The Jerusalem Post, Orange County Jewish Life, International Living, LuxuryWeb.com, Smart Meetings,Travelroads.com, The World & I, American Banker.
Awards Received
National Jewish Press Association [Rockower] Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism (First Place, 1985; Honorable Mentions, 1986)
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https://www.instagram.com/buzzygordon/
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