by Ishan Roy
Simon Westcott
Simon Westcott is the owner and CEO of LUXE City Guides and current co-chair of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. He was co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith Asia Pacific and former global publisher and director of the Lonely Planet group where he helped take the business online. He started his publishing career in London with the then Trade Division of Reed Consumer Books, now part of Random Penguin. He is also a founding member of PEN Hong Kong and was a board member for Australian political advocacy group, Get Up!
