Charles Mardiks' passion for travel started at an early age.  His father was a veteran of TWA, and he spent much of his childhood dotting the globe.  Charles has two decades of strategic marketing communications and public relations experience in global travel and tourism.  He most recently served as the managing director of the public relations devision of MMGY Global , an integrated marketing agency.  He co-founded New York-based MMG Mardiks, Inc. in 2002, one of the fastest growing travel specialist public relations agencies.  In 2012, MMG Mardiks was merged with Yparternship to form MMGY Global.  Prior to that he was a senior vice president at KWE Associates, a leading travel and tourism public relations agency.