About Us

Locally informed, globally inspired

About MyDestination.com:

My Destination Beirut is part of the My Destination network. A global network of sites created in 2006 by two young entrepreneurs, James Street & Neil Waller. My Destination is focused on providing websites that offer unrivalled levels of local information, actually written by locals. Each site is run by a team on the ground in each destination who have their fingers on the pulse and are providing real time information. The websites combine accurate information on the local area and businesses with the added usability of an online booking engine, offering travellers a one-stop shop where they can research and book their holiday on a single website.
The websites are fresh and simple in design, with a firm focus on quality and quantity of content. Reviews are always written first-hand and every effort is taken to obtain the best images and information available in order to present a true representation of the services on offer. User-generated content and feedback is also built into the website, building upon content quantity and accuracy; major features of the service we provide.
My Destination continues to go from strength to strength and is always looking for new and exciting destinations to add to the network,so if you would like to join our team and be part of our growing network then click on our logo below to find out more about our business.

Heading up My Destination Beirut - Pascal Gouel

Pascal was born in Beirut in 1976 at the beginning of the civil war that gripped Lebanon for 15 years. In 1982, Pascal and his family left to Sydney Australia where he spent most of his life. Having graduated in Bch Chemical Engineering, Masters of Engineering, and an MBA all from Australian universities he worked for multiple blue chip companies in Australia including Qantas Airways and British American Tobacco, and had the good fortune to be work in multiple worldwide locations such as Mexico, the US, Singapore, Hong Kong and more recently Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE. During his final years in Australia, Pascal founded two companies, one servicing research centers with international research products and another a retail food business both of which have been sold.

In 2005 Pascal moved back to Lebanon and worked in the Middle East within the Private Equity industry, acquiring pharmaceutical, food & beverage, manufacturing and tourism related companies. Now that Pascal is permanently located in Lebanon he wanted to be part of a fresh and innovative business and along came MyDestination.com. Pascal loved the mydestiantioninfo.com concept and found that it would fill a big hole in the Beirut market. He saw the long term goals and strategy of what James & Neil wanted to do with mydestinationinfo.com and believed this was the right future for him. Once the Paris of the Middle East, Pascal believes Lebanon is back on the path to its glory days, and he wants to play his part to promote his beloved country to the world again.