Robert Firpo-Cappiello (@RobFirpCapp) is a Folio-award-winning journalist (focused on travel/hospitality and health/lifestyle) and an editorial consultant who crafts strategic content (including thought leadership essays, case studies, op-eds, and conference presentations) for businesses and nonprofits. (Email: robertfirpocappiello@gmail.com)

Robert served as editor-in-chief at Hospitality Technology (2020-2026) and Budget Travel (2013-2020, including 100+ television appearances as a travel expert), and his writing has appeared in Crain’s New York Business, Lonely Planet, Men’s Journal, Brain & Life, Diabetes Focus, Healhty Living, Natural Health, and other publications.

As an author, Robert is represented by Jill Marr at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. His short fiction and creative writing appears in Roi Fainéant Press and Cowboy Jamboree Press, and he has performed his short stories, novellas, and songs at Drops In the Vase, KGB Bar, Freddy’s Bar, Rockwood Music Hall, St Lou Fringe, Dixon Place, Irvington Theater, RiverArts, Spark Theatre Festival NYC, Urban Stages, and Bad Theater Fest. Robert made his show-business debut at the age of five on WOR-TV’s Romper Room.