About North Star Destinations

“We are the editors of your travel stories”

Principal

Silvana Frappier

Silvana Frappier is a lifelong traveler and a passionate believer in the power of travel to enrich people’s lives. While holding citizenship in the U.S, Italy, and Brazil, she is fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese. As a result, Silvana has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and South, Central, and North America. She also crafts her itineraries based upon first-hand experiences at the world’s most iconic properties and destinations.

As an active member of the Virtuoso network, she is regularly invited to participate in panels and workshops designed to help the industry evolve to best serve today’s luxury travelers. Besides that, she also shares her vision about North Star Destinations.

Additionally, she hosts “Life as a Travel Advisor,” our web series where she explores emerging global travel destinations. For over three years, she has traveled the globe without a break, inspecting over 300 hotels. Her dedication to understanding the industry, building relationships, and creating engaging content has made her the advisor to the advisors in the travel industry.

“Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”

– Silvana’s Travel Mantra

Principal

Marc Frappier

Marc Frappier is a trained botanist and naturalist who has combined his love of the outdoors with his passion for travel, photography, and filmmaking. Over the last twenty-five years, he has traveled the world, hiking across multiple continents and experiencing some of the most dramatic landscapes and treks firsthand.

Building on his extensive travels and deep appreciation for the natural world, Marc now crafts custom itineraries for travelers seeking to experience nature at its finest. In addition to his work as a luxury travel advisor, he is also a photographer and video filmmaker, documenting his journeys through series like The Revenge Tour, Destinations Less Known, and Life of a Travel Advisor—a four-year project capturing the realities of life on the road as a travel advisor.

“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

– Marc’s Travel Mantra

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359 Newbury Street, Suite 552
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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