When we created our inaugural list of the top travel specialists last year, it was based on the belief that they’re more crucial than ever. In an age of Web3, artificial intelligence, and vast warehouses of digital information on nearly every destination imaginable, we need them. Not just to guide us to the heart of a place, avoiding lazy tropes and opening doors that would otherwise remain locked, but to make sure we do so with due sensitivity to local environments and communities. A year…

