Samantha Brown

About

Samantha Elizabeth Brown is an American television host who presented several Travel Channel shows including Girl Meets Hawaii, Great Vacation Homes, Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America, Great Weekends, Green Getaways, Passport to China, and Samantha Brown’s Asia. In January 2018, she began hosting Samantha Brown’s Places to Love on PBS. It is shown on PBS stations nationwide, as well as the PBS website and app.

Brown was born on March 31, 1970, in Dallas, Texas. In second grade, she moved with her family to New Castle, New Hampshire, where she grew up. She graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire.

Brown’s early career included working in commercials, playing the spokesperson Wendy Wire for a company called Century Cable. She appeared in the HP Pavilion “Computer is Personal Again” commercials. Additionally, she is the spokesperson for ECCO shoes.

In 1999 and 2000, the Travel Channel was looking for a travel host, and Brown was chosen after a series of auditions. In her role, she introduces viewers to vacation destinations and hotels in the United States and around the world, as well as showcasing…