Journalist Lisa Gabor has been named Vice President for Creative Strategy at Island Outpost, Chris Blackwell’s resort group. Gabor will be responsible for the future of all Island Outpost brand identity as it is expressed though creative direction, strategic alliances, philanthropy, stewardship, corporate communications and business development. Gabor’s first project for Blackwell was the just launched site, goldeneye.com, a new hybrid that blends travel journalism with GoldenEye’s fabled history, and hotel logistics.
Gabor brings to Island Outpost a uniquely editorial point of view along with strong commercial know-how. Equal parts entrepreneur and editor, she specializes in start-ups. Gabor was most recently Editor-in-Chief of Black Ink, the American Express quarterly for Centurion Card members, while at the same time serving as Special Projects Editor for Departures. Prior to that, Gabor was the Editor of InStyle.com, where she translated the magazine’s success in print to the online medium. In addition, she was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Fuse Magazine and a founding editor of InStyle Magazine.
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