Wing Sze Tang is an award-winning travel writer and editor based in Toronto.
Much of her current work appears in the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper and one of Canada’s largest online news sites.
She’s written features about hiking the Trans-Bhutan Trail (she was one of the first foreign journalists to do so), visiting the French fields where Chanel No. 5 sources jasmine flowers, and crossing the Grand Canyon from Rim to Rim in one day.
She particularly relishes exploring a destination through its food culture, from Michelin-starred fine dining in Switzerland to $5 bowls of pho in Vietnam.
She is a Six Star finisher, having run all six of the original World Marathon Majors — Chicago, New York City, Boston, Tokyo, Berlin and London — allegedly just “for fun.”
Beyond the Toronto Star, her travel stories have also been published in The Kit, enRoute (Air Canada), Travel + Leisure, Re:porter (Porter Airlines), Range by Ensemble, Sotheby’s Insight, Bombardier Experience, ELLE Canada and other outlets.
In a past life, Wing was an award-winning health and beauty editor at several glossy print magazines, including FASHION and FLARE. She’s interviewed Hollywood stars, business moguls and skincare scientists, and still preaches about the absolute importance of sunscreen.
She started her career as a copy editor. Attention to detail remains her love language.
Honours
- Best Landscape, Nature or Evocation of Place Photo, 2nd Place, 2024 TMAC Awards, for “Splendour in the Sand,” Toronto Star
- Best Outdoor Adventure, Sport or Recreation Story, 3rd Place, 2023 TMAC Awards, for “The Grandest Adventure,” Toronto Star
- Best U.S. Travel Destination Article, Finalist, 2024 IPW Travel Writer Awards, for “The Grandest Adventure,” Toronto Star
- Best Cultural/Historical Story, 3rd Place, 2022 TMAC Awards, for “Essential Soil,” FASHION Magazine
- Best Food and Drink Story, 3rd Place, 2021 TMAC Awards, for “The Spirits of Scotland,” Toronto Star