Peter Greenberg is the nation’s preeminent expert on travel — no other journalist brings his level of expertise and extensive experience to the travel process. And while other travel experts focus on the destination, Peter offers something different, something truly unique.
His focus is on the journey, providing insider’s tips and recommendations to an increasingly savvy and demanding traveler. And Peter’s keen investigative journalist skills enable him to go beyond the mundane and everyday to reveal unique perspectives, timely travel information and valuable insights.
An Emmy award-winning writer and producer, Peter Greenberg is Travel Editor for NBC’s Today show, CNBC and MSNBC, a best-selling author and host of the nationally syndicated Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio show. Greenberg is also Contributing Editor for America Online (AOL) and Men’s Health magazine, a contributor to The New Yorker magazines and a frequent guest on ABC’s Oprah Winfrey Show and The View.
Most recently, Peter was the Creator, Executive Producer and Host of CNBC’s acclaimed ratings winner “Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life.” He can also be seen regularly as the on-air correspondent for Today and is a frequent guest on Squawk Box, Power Lunch, Closing Bell, High Net Worth and On The Money.
Peter is also author of the New York Times bestselling series, The Travel Detective, which uncovers secrets the airline, hotel, cruise and rental car industries don’t want consumers to know. The updated and revised edition, with new chapters on safety, security, and terrorism, as well as a new look at airfares, the internet and passenger rights, was released May 2005. In May 2006, The Traveler’s Diet: Eating Right and Staying Fit on the Road, an entertaining and informative guide to staying fit and healthy when traveling was released. Greenberg’s other books include: Flight Crew Confidential and Hotel Secrets.
As Contributing Editor for AOL, Greenberg produces and hosts a series of online video segments offering insider tips, destination profiles, and best-kept travel secrets for frequent and occasional travelers.
Each year Greenberg produces and co-hosts one-hour television specials called “The Royal Tour,” which feature personal, one-on-one journeys through various countries with their heads of state. To date, countries have included Jordan with His Majesty King Abdullah II, New Zealand with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Peru with President Alejandro Toledo and Jamaica with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. These specials have been broadcast in the U.S. on the Travel Channel and worldwide on the Discovery Channel.
Greenberg is also Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning History Channel special, “The Crash of Flight 191″ and a series of History Channel specials called “Secrets of the Black Box.”
Greenberg began his career in journalism as West Coast Correspondent for Newsweek, based both in Los Angeles and San Francisco. During that time, he was the principal reporter of many major news stories for the magazine, including cover articles on Howard Hughes, Patty Hearst, Gary Gilmore, aviation safety and organized crime. He also covered stories ranging from Bette Midler to Watergate to the return of American prisoners of war in Vietnam.
In 1985, Greenberg began his TV journalism career as the travel correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and in 1995, moved to NBC as Travel Editor for the Today show / CNBC / MSNBC. He also served as Chief Correspondent for the Travel Channel from 1999 to 2005.
Greenberg won the National Emmy Award for best investigative reporting for his ABC 20/20 special, “What Happened to the Children?” a report about the last orphan flight out of Vietnam in 1975. He also received the prestigious Distinguished Service Award in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin, as well as the Excellence in Broadcasting Award from the Aviation Space Writers Association of American for his investigative piece on Good Morning America entitled, “Planes with a Past.”
Greenberg served as Vice-President of television development for Paramount, where he helped develop such shows as MacGyver. At MGM, he ran the creative team that developed thirtysomething for ABC.
Finally, Greenberg trains six times each year in state-of-the-art aircraft simulators, and he remains active as a volunteer fireman in New York. He lives in New York, Los Angeles, Bangkok, and most major airports around the world.
