Veronica Stoddart is an award-winning travel editor, writer and content consultant with more than three decades in travel publishing with major media companies.
Previously, she was USA TODAY’s editor in chief for travel, where she also served as food editor. Under her leadership, USA TODAY’s travel site grew into a comScore top 5 for travel news and information. She was also the founding editor of Caribbean Travel & Life magazine, which she edited for 10 years. She has worked as a contract editor for the National Geographic Society, as travel editor of Americas magazine, as stringer for Time-Life News Service in West Africa, and was a faculty member of the SATW Institute for Travel Writing & Photography for five years.
She has written for National Geographic Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, AARP The Magazine, AARP Bulletin, Islands, Caribbean Travel & Life, Worth, AAA Explorer, Hemispheres, American Way, USA TODAY, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, RobbReport.com, CruiseCritic.com, Frommers.com, ThePointsGuy.com, FoodandWine.com, SmartLuxury.com, TheRedBulletin.com, TravelAwaits.com, AARP.org, MSN.com, YahooTravel.com, BedandBreakfast.com, TheDailyMeal.com, MoneyInc.com, FamilyTraveller.com, InsidersGuidetoSpas.com, JohnnyJet.com, Latitudes, Capital Style, Americas, Eastern Review, Aboard, The Denver Gazette and The Gazette (Colorado Springs).
A high-profile thought leader in travel and tourism, she has served as a frequent speaker or panelist for dozens of professional organizations. She has also appeared as on-air expert on "Best Beaches of the World," a 12-part series that aired on the Travel Channel.
Veronica has received more than 30 awards, including the 2025 TravMedia Lifetime Achievement Award for Travel Journalism, 13 Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, seven awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and the Marcia Vickery-Wallace Memorial Award in Travel Journalism. She was granted a 2014 Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowship by the East-West Center.
A travel addict, she has visited more than 110 countries on all seven continents, reporting from many of them. She believes that travel can be a force for good in the world. She is a graduate of Wellesley College.
