Warren Webster is chief executive of Atlas Obscura. Founded in 2009, the online guide to the world’s “wonders and curiosities” has a reach of 6m monthly visitors, is one of the most popular travel websites in the world and boasts a submission-based catalogue of more than 22,000 places, 11,000 stories told and over 1,000 global experiences. Joining in 2020, he previously held senior leadership roles at Coveteur, goop and Patch – and in 2010 was named one of the ‘Most Powerful People in Media’ by Arianna Huffington. In this in-depth interview, he shares an exciting new chapter for the business, following Airbnb’s recent $20m investment; argues the global pandemic has somewhat counter-intuitively given them their strongest financial and audience success so far; and reveals their exciting plans to grow the scope of the company – with a new app and a book ‘Gastro Obscura.’