FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Christine. For many in the Nordic luxury travel segment, that one word says it all. Christine is the mother of The Luxury Travel Designer, founding the company in 2010 in order to realize her vision of a Nordic travel service which provides not only outstanding journeys and experiences, but also meaningful encounters, connections with local people that leave a lasting impression. A restless innovator with a deeply caring core, Christine has driven, sailed and flown clients around the Nordics for more than a quarter of a century. Christine’s story is our story, which you can read more about here.

christine@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+47 982 81 917

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Sara Marie joined The Luxury Travel Designer in 2017, following a degree in Tourism Management and a decade-long career in destination management, marketing and hospitality. Sara Marie’s farsightedness and profound relational competence swiftly earned her a place on the company’s leadership team. She has been entrusted with a prominent operational role in two of our latest ventures - DUE NORTH Air and Isbreen The Glacier - as well as a seat on the board.

In 2024, Sara Marie was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer. She has become the lynchpin around which the day-to-day running of our organisation revolves; the central point of contact between the staff team and our regionwide network of suppliers. In close cooperation with CEO Christine, Sara Marie’s strategic vision continues to shape the present and the future of our companies.

sara@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+47 481 50 528

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

An alumnus of the company’s early, formative years, Tor began his first stint at The Luxury Travel Designer in 2012, fresh from his studies at the BI Norwegian Business school. He oversaw a period of rapid expansion, before leaving in 2015 to pursue a career at one of Norway’s leading construction firms. Almost a decade later, having risen to the rank of CFO, he returned to take the helm of the company finances once again.

Far more than just our money man, Tor is instrumental in maintaining order and balance across our different ventures. Where others see spreadsheets, he sees possibilities, challenges, and investment opportunities, using this insight to power our continued innovation and development. Understated and utterly dependable, Tor forms part of the bedrock on which we build.

tor@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+47 95 76 53 69

LEAD TRAVEL DESIGNER & EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER

One of the team’s longest serving members, Carly has risen through the ranks since joining in 2014 to become Lead Travel Designer. Drawing from her encyclopedic knowledge of the region, Carly creates journeys and experiences for clients, and supports them whilst they are travelling. She is a Certified Iceland Specialist, an authorized Bergen city guide, and has led bespoke tours aboard the Hurtigruten coastal ship along the whole length of Norway’s western seaboard.

In addition, Carly continues to develop our digital Education Program, providing agents with the resources to facilitate Nordic travel more effectively, and training suppliers to deliver the fully bespoke services our clients require. Although she holds a degree in Law from the University of Warwick, Carly preferred a career in the more uplifting, people-oriented field of luxury travel.

carly@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+45 918 16 005

CLIENT EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR & EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CEO

Mikaela took up a full-time role in the company in 2019. A perceptive individual who sees things others miss, Mikaela is the attentive host who travels with our highest-profile clients; she reads the situation, reads the mood, and selects just the right intervention to lift a journey to new and greater heights. Utilizing her studies in International Management and Business Negotiation, she also advocates with our suppliers to optimize client experience.

As our Brand Coordinator, Mikaela sets the tone of our company culture and works to uphold a harmonious, nourishing workplace environment. She knows how to make those around her feel wanted and welcome, having volunteered to help young refugees in Norway since 2013. Throughout her own childhood, Mikaela travelled frequently with Christine and her clients, and not only as a passenger; she began co-hosting from the age of just four.

mikaela@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+47 468 03 479

CREATIVE CONTENT & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

The latest addition to the team, Tony joined in 2022 to give The Luxury Travel Designer a new creative voice. A published poet with degrees from the Universities of Buckingham and Birmingham, as well as a specialist in Nordic song, he is the team’s in-house author and editor. As well as writing on behalf of the company, he provides linguistic branding and storytelling service to our suppliers, working with them to build verbal identity and refine their international communications.

Tony is currently working to develop a digital media magazine that lifts the curtain on intriguing and inspiring aspects of Nordic life and culture. It’s his role to crystallize in words the company’s philosophy of Nordic travel, to tell our story, and thereby carry our message and our offering out into the world.

tony@theluxurytraveldesigner.com
+44 785 79 68 503