Peter Greenberg Biography
Peter Greenberg is an award winning journalist currently working as a CBS News’ travel editor. He reports regularly on a broad range of travel-related news for “CBS Mornings,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and the “CBS Evening News.”
Peter Greenberg Career
Moreover, Greenberg also hosts the nationally syndicated Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio show, broadcast each week from a different remote location around the world.
He is a multiple Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and producer and also the consummate insider when it comes to reporting the travel business as news. In addition, Greenberg was named by Travel Weekly as one of the most influential people in travel, along with Bill Marriott and Richard Branson. This year he will be inducted into the U.S. Travel Association’s Hall of Leaders for his contributions to the travel industry. In 2012, Greenberg was inducted into the U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders, an award presented by the U.S. Travel Association.
Additionally, Greenberg received a News & Documentary Emmy Award as part of the Dateline team for outstanding coverage of a breaking news story about the ditching of the US Airways plane in “Miracle on the Hudson.”
Furthermore, he is Chief Contributing Editor for Michelin Travel and co-author of Michelin’s new “Like a Local” guides. Greenberg currently serves as Editor at Large of Global Business Travel magazine. In addition, he is also a contributing writer to AARP The Magazine, Parade, AARP.org, Forbes.com, CBS.com, Oprah.com, and more. Greenberg has been a featured guest on CNN, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, “The View”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, “Dr. Phil”, “Extra”, “The O’Reilly Factor”, and “Larry King Live”.
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In addition, he is known as the “Travel Detective” as he has published several books with that moniker and is the author of the New York Times best-selling “Travel Detective” series. His most recent book, “The Best Places for Everything”, reveals the best places to find life-changing experiences. Previous titles include the New York Times best-sellers “Don’t Go There!” and “The Complete Travel Detective Bible.”
Greenberg produces and co-hosts a series of groundbreaking television specials called “The Royal Tour,” featuring personal, one-on-one journeys through countries with their heads of state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the King of Jordan, the President of Mexico, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and the President of Peru.
He was further the creator, co-executive producer and host of CNBC’s acclaimed specials “Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life” and “Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas.” Greenberg is co-executive producer of “Baggage Battles”, airing on the Travel Channel, and The History Channel’s upcoming two-hour special, “Lost Magic.”
Moreover, he is an expert in aviation safety and security and is the creator and co-executive producer of “Secrets of the Black Box”, a special series for The History Channel that investigated the world’s most tragic aviation disasters. His one-hour Dateline special, entitled “Black Box Mystery: The Crash of the Concorde”, revealed what really happened when the supersonic aircraft crashed outside of Paris in 2000.
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In addition, Greenberg is also a sought-after expert speaker and moderator. He is a keynote speaker at annual summits for the World Travel and Tourism Council, the Global Business Travel Association and Virtuoso. Greenberg is also a guest speaker at events hosted by Visa, Bloomberg, AARP, and numerous other B2B and B2C organizations.
His website, PeterGreenberg.com, is a leading travel news resource for consumers and industry insiders. Finally, when he is not traveling the globe, Greenberg also serves as an active volunteer fireman in New York.
He may be best known as the Travel Editor for NBC’s Today, CNBC and MSNBC from 1995 to 2009. Prior to joining NBC, Greenberg was a travel correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America from 1988 to 1995. He was brought to NBC’s Today by Jeff Zucker. Previously, Greenberg was the West Coast correspondent for Newsweek among other publications.
Prior to his current CBS Radio Show, Greenberg served as a talk show host on 790 KABC in Los Angeles, California. He served as Vice-President of television development for Paramount and helped develop such shows as MacGyver. At MGM, Greenberg ran the creative team that developed thirtysomething for ABC.
Peter Greenberg Age
Greenberg was born in United States on 20 January, 1950 and is now 75 years old as of 2025.
Peter Greenberg Height
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Peter Greenberg Education
Greenberg graduated from University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Peter Greenberg Family
He was born and raised in United States to a Jewish family. There is no information about his parents or siblings. However, will update once the information is available.
Peter Greenberg Wife
Greenberg tied the knot for the first and last time to the woman of his dreams his wife, Hande Bayar a graphic designer in 2020 in Central Park, New York.
Peter Greenberg Children
There is no information about him having children of his own.
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