David Eisen
VP & Editor-in-Chief
David Eisen is VP and Editor-in-Chief of HOTELS Magazine, where he oversees creative content for both the print and digital products. Prior to HOTELS, David was Content Director, Media within the hospitality vertical for Questex, overseeing the content direction and focus for Hotel Management, Hospitality Insights and the complementing event series. David’s other work includes the position of Director of Hotel Intelligence, Americas, for benchmarking firm HotStats. David has worked within the hospitality media landscape for more than 15 years, having started his career as hotel editor at Business Travel News. He has a master’s degree in hospitality industry studies from New York University’s Jonathan M. Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism. He frequently participates on panels and roundtable discussions focused on global hospitality industry trends and topics. David is based in Washington, D.C.
Favorite vacation memory:
Vienna with my family while I was in high school. We visited the palaces and ate all the wiener schnitzel the city had to offer.
What place would you like to visit that you haven’t yet:
I love cities, have red hair and a pale complexion, so Dublin is on my list.
One item you can’t travel without:
My Bose noise-canceling ear buds. They get you through any long flight and even without music playing, they keep all the external noise out.