Samantha Brown is the host of the Travel Channel's Great Hotels, Great Vacation Homes and Girl Meets Hawaii. You might be surprised to learn that Samantha grew up here in New Hampshire. It seems that her outgoing personality was evident even then; Samantha was the captain of the high school cheerleading team at Pinkerton Academy in Derry.
Samantha was born in Dallas, Texas in 1969. After her days at Pinkerton, she went on to study at Syracuse University, earning a degree in musical theatre. She began performing in off-Broadway productions until she was discovered by the Travel Channel. She currently resides in Manhattan, where she is a member of the sketch-comedy group "Mouth."
Brown travels nine months out of the year, staying in some of the most popular and luxurious locales across the United States. Her show, Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown took her to several overseas destinations including Brussels, Dublin, Prague and Florence.
In 2004, Ms. Brown co-hosted Beach Week on the Travel Channel with Michelle Beadle, Owen McKibbin and Shana Hiatt. Samantha filmed a new show, Passport to Latin America, which debuted on June 6, 2007. In the series, Brown visited Belize, central Costa Rica, Honduras, and the cities of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Montevideo, Uruguay, Santiago, Chile and São Paulo, Brazil.
Whether she is traipsing through Europe by rail, golfing on the greens in Florida or taking a bubble bath in a luxury hotel in Hawaii, it's obvious that Samantha enjoys her job.
