Neil Taylor was from 1975 to 2005 director of Regent Holidays, a British tour
company that has specialised in travel to the Baltic countries and Kaliningrad since
1991. He visits the area about four times a year and in 1999 his Bradt guide to Estonia
was first published; it is now in its fourth edition. He is now a non-executive director
of Martin Randall Travel, is on the Board of the Association of Independent Tour
Operators (AITO), and writes and broadcasts on general travel trade topic
