Dale Northrup, CTC, is currently contributing editor on Inside Hotels and Cruise Ships for syndicated travel radio. He is formerly contributing editor for Northstar Travel Media’s STAR service, a critical guide to hotels and cruise ships. The STAR Service critiques over 10,000 hotels in more than 100 countries for travel agents and corporate travel departments and Northrup has personally written over 23,000 hotel reviews in more than 70 countries during his 20 years at STAR Service. Dale has critiqued nearly 100 cruise ships around the world. He has authored, co-authored, or contributed to nearly two dozen consumer travel guides for such names as Frommer's and Fodor's. 