About
My name is Simon Ostheimer
I am an experienced travel writer, with more than 20 years experience as an author and editor for magazines, guidebooks, and websites across Asia.
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Based in Asia, I am a travel writer for global media including inflight and travel magazines, and design websites, have contributed to more than 80 different publications, and authored 13 travel guides. I am the founder of and main writer for Tales of the Orient.
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Tales of the Orient is my Substack where I regularly publish my own original stories, which often have a focus on foreigners doing interesting things in Asia.
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Walking the walk, I have so far lived in six countries and 11 cities around the world: Hong Kong, Leicester, Bristol, Shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phuket, Phnom Penh and Hangzhou.
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To get in touch or for writing assignments, contact me at: simonostheimer at gmail dot com
MY CLIENTS
13 Travel Guides:
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BANGKOK
D/A City Guide: Bangkok
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HONG KONG
Hong Kong Tuttle Travel Pack
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CAMBODIA
Forbes Travel Guide (Cambodia)
DK Eyewitness: Cambodia & Laos
Fodor's Travel: Essential Thailand (Cambodia)
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ROSEWOOD HOTELS
Rosewood Phuket: Destination Guide
Rosewood Bangkok: Destination Guide
Rosewood Guangzhou: Destination Guide
Rosewood Luang Prabang: Destination Guide
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PHUKET
Phuket Colouring Book
Porter & Sail Guide to Phuket
Fodor's Travel: Essential Thailand (Phuket)
Deck of Secrets Eat & Drink Guide to Phuket
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80+ Magazines, Websites, Newspapers & Apps:
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Amayen, AsiaLife Cambodia, Bangkok 101, Bangkok Post, Bikinis & Martinis, Business Traveller Asia-Pacific, Cape + Kantary, Cathay, City Weekend, CNN Travel, Coconuts Bangkok, Conde Nast Traveler China, Conde Nast Traveller India, Cubes InDesign, Deck of Secrets, Design Anthology, DestinAsian, Dwell Asia, Eight (Dusit International), Epicure, Esquire Malaysia, Expat Living Singapore, Expatriate Lifestyle, Fah Thai (Bangkok Airways), Forbes Travel Guide, Goldrush, Have Family Will Travel (Four Seasons), Forbes Travel Guide, Holidays for Couples, In Essence (Centara), InDesign Live Singapore, Indulge (Star Cruises), In Sing, Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Australia, Lanna 101, Men's Health Malaysia, Mindfood, Novosti Phuketa, Offside.hk, Oryx (Qatar Airways), Phuket Tatler, Porter & Sail, Remote Lands, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Sawasdee (Thai Airways), Scoot, Shanghai Daily, Silkroad (Dragonair), Silkwinds (Silk Air), SilverKris (Singapore Airlines), Skylife (Turkish Airlines), Smile (Cebu Pacific), South China Morning Post, Surface Asia, Thailand Tatler, That's Beijing, That's PRD, That's Shanghai, The Beijinger, The Daily Meal, The Expat KL, The Phuket News, The Ritz-Carlton, Tiger Tales (Tiger Airways), Time Out Hong Kong, Time Out Singapore, Tourism Selangor, Travelife, Travel & Leisure Southeast Asia, Tuttle Publishing, UO (Hong Kong Express), Vacations & Travel, Voyeur (Virgin Australia), World Travel
