DUBAI: There are two things everyone in this world wants: a stable job and holidays. What more if you can do the latter for free? Let’s hear it straight from multi-awarded travel editor, Josh Mangila. Mangila lives and eats travel.
The 31-year-old has visited 70 cities in over 40 countries. He usually travels 30 times a year. “Sometimes, I work while on the plane; other times, in the office,” he said. “Being a travel editor is not an easy task. Yes, people often see you enjoying all the best things in life for free.
Yes, it has its own perks. But it comes with great responsibility and hard work,” Mangila said. Mangila took home the Media Personality of the Year award at TFT Awards 2016 held in Asiana Hotel held on Aug. 20, 2016. How do you measure the power of a media or a journalist? They say it is about your reach.
But for me, it is not only that. It is how you reach them and how you inspire them. It is always the quality and never the quantity. It is proving to the world that Filipinos with our insignia of international excellence, can become a true global citizen,” Mangila said.
Last October, he was awarded by the European Tourism as the Most Influential Travel Journalist of 2016 in Malta. He was the first Asian recipient of the said award. Mangila started out as a distributing agent for a Philippine-based publication; today, he is editor-in-chief on a Dubai-based luxury travel magazine, Xpedition Middle East.
Through his travels, he was able to meet international stars and personalities like Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, to name a few. His favorite travel destinations are Los Angeles, California; Manhattan, New York; and Paris, France. “My greatest learning in working, may it be in Dubai or other parts of the world, is to keep giving your best shot even when no one is looking because at the end of the day, you’ll get what you deserve and be rewarded accordingly,” he said.
