Giannina Smith Bedford is an Atlanta-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Delta SKY, Hemispheres, Virtuoso Life, TravelandLeisure.com, WomansDay.com and Atlanta Business Chronicle, among other publications. She spent three-and-a-half years as the editor-in-chief of Simply Buckhead magazine in Atlanta and for six years she was contracted by Condé Nast Traveler to work on the magazine’s Gold List issue, reviewing the top hotels in the world.