Photographs & Memories - Gene Quinn: Celebrating the influence of Philip Wolf

Travel Market Life

From sports journalist to corporate maverick, Gene Quinn reveals his extraordinary life through three photographs and a souvenir. Our first Memory Maker in the new Photographs & Memories series, Gene recalls his exploits on Patagonia’s Penguin Island, exploring glaciers and trekking trails to the tip of the Americas in multiple journeys spread over more than a decade.

Best known as the co-founder of Tnooz (now PhocusWire), Gene’s illustrious career has included roles at the Chicago Tribune, Viacom, Phocuswright and Confluence Partners. In this intimate look at his life, he pays homage to friend and travel industry mentor Philip Wolf, shares tales of trout fishing, building a school in Malawi and how he lost three toenails.

His admiration of astronauts and nautical explorers is befitting for a man who believes when it comes to travel, “Don’t pick one favourite place. Pick one you don’t know and go learn.”

Our Memory Makers choose three photographs and a treasured souvenir of places or people from their travels. The four represent moments of particular importance to them, whether personally or professionally. They take us on a journey, reflecting on the significance of a specific moment in time, the sentiment of the period, and what was going on in the world around us.

Produced by Travel Market Life, a Haynes MarComs series. Hosted and sponsored by Atomize.

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