Life At Bonnier - Destination Weddings & Honeymoons

Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Stays on Top of the Recession

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-09
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With a highly desirable niche audience, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons magazine has managed well in the hard-hit bridal industry.

It all started as a one-off: Islands magazine created a special-interest issue in 2002 of a magazine aimed at brides planning weddings away from home. Called Islands Weddings & Honeymoons, the magazine filled a niche that no one else had hit.

Meet Rebecca Kinnear

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-03
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Getting fresh ideas for the web by day and enjoying Helsinki's funk music scene by night, GROW participant Rebecca Kinnear takes full advantage of her job change.

Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, the Sunshine State, Rebecca Kinnear has spent her fall in Finland. "I'd heard how cold and dark it can be, but there have been plenty of beautiful days when the sun is shining and the weather is lovely," she says.

Meet Frida Jonasson

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-02
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Meeting new people, learning new things and brushing up on skills is what GROW is all about for Frida Jonasson.

What brought Frida Jonasson to Florida was her curiosity. The GROW participant, who is spending three months as production manager at Destination Weddings & Honeymoons and Islands among other titles, wanted to see how magazine production works in another country. "Sometimes you need to challenge yourself in order to grow, both professionally and personally," she says.