The Google team joins the spotlight! #CommunitySpotlight2025

I’m very excited to see the spirit of the Google Team behind the scenes! Thank you @Julie_A for sharing this.

Of course, I’am Team Photos! As a Local Guide who joined back in 2016 and whose contributions have been viewed more than 7.3 Million times on Google Maps, I believe high-quality photos are the first thing that attracts users. I’m also happy that many of the Google Team chose Team Photo!

Hopefully, Indonesia will be one of the team’s travel destinations in 2026! Success for Google Team Community Spotlight 2025!

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@Julie_A
Community Spotlight 2025 by @AdrianLunsong is truly inspiring! It’s heartening to see Googlers joining hands for such a meaningful initiative.
Sharing my destination guesses below -

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Indonesia :indonesia:
very happy if you visit our country
:heart_eyes:

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Thank you @Julie_A for sharing such an interesting post. It was refreshing to see Googlers step out of their Google hats and join the Spotlight community, truly a wonderful idea. Learning more about Who Is Who was a lovely experience.Thank you once again.

My sincere thanks to @AdrianLunsong for his brilliant initiative #communitySpotlight2025 , and to all the participants who made this challenge one of the most talked about topics.

I especially enjoyed the voting idea and the riddle of guessing which Googler may have chosen which destination for the event. It was a engaging and innovative exercise. I tried hard to look for clues in the message, but eventually settled on a random guess :blush: .

So here goes my choice.

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Awesome to see the Google team in the spotlight. Thanks for sharing this and for all you do for the community. I loved reading the team’s insights.
Excited for what’s next.

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Incredible start for the Google team joining the community spotlight week @Julie_A I loved the way who does what in this incredible team was showcased. We got to know very interesting details about you all. Thank you everyone for all you have done for our community throughout the year. Thanks once again to @AdrianLunsong for initiating this amazing spotlight series.

I’m mainly a detailed reviews person who loves to share about a POI in as much detail as possible through reviews.

Lastly, just for fun, here are my guesses :

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This post is incredibly enjoyable, dear @Julie_A ! Thank you for sharing! I also appreciated all of the community highlights by @AdrianLunsong ! Congratulations to you, Adrian!
Although I have approximately 85 million photo views.

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Hi @Julie_A as well as the googler team! ..

that’s true! And now the gap is successfully bridged thanks for the update ma’am @Julie_A as well as the whole team for your energy and commitment..

Nice to meet you all..!

For the challenge.. let’s try..

I think I’ll go for :

Mr @David_K for Napa California :liberia:

Ma’am @Kristen_NYC for Edinburgh , Scotland :united_kingdom:

Ma’am @Latika_Malhotra for Kerala India :india:

Ma’am @Julie_A for South Korea :south_korea:

Ma’am @TinaWill for somewhere warm that I’m never visited …maybe Indonesia :indonesia: or Australia.!

Ma’am @alextsuievers for Italy :italy:

And ma’am @TiffanyBnyc for Marocco :morocco: ..

As Mr @JanVanHaver has said it it’s a reason behind those statements and the flag showed up …I’m agree!

Googlers never stat and show up without reasons!…:ok_hand:

An warm hand shaking again to mr @AdrianLunsong for the host!

It’s always a pleasure! ..:magic_wand:

#LG.

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@Julie_A That’s a wonderful spotlight on Google team members. It was an honor to meet most of you in Connectlive NYC.

Here are my guesses:

  • Italy :italy: : David_K

  • Morocco :egypt: : Julie_A

  • Kerala, India :india: : Latika_Malhotra

  • South Korea :south_korea: : Alextsuievers

  • Edinburgh, Scotland :united_kingdom: :Tina_Will

  • Somewhere warm that I have never visited - maybe Indonesia or Australia? :indonesia: :australia: : TiffanyBnyc

  • Napa Valley, California :united_states: : Kristen_NYC

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Indonesia… hehehe

@Julie_A It’s been a while and I can’t believe 2026 event is on the agenda:)

Here is my guess:

@AdrianLunsong Thank you for your brilliant community spotlight and so honoured to be part it:)

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I can’t imagine I’ll ever make it to Level 10 - shout out to the dedication and passion it takes to get there!

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Hey @Julie_A,
It was incredible to read about the people behind this warm and welcoming LG community. It was a pleasure getting to know a few of them personally at ConnectLive 2025. I truly appreciate the efforts made to bridge the gap between Googlers and Local Guides. Initiatives like these definitely help create one big Connect family.

My guesses for who picked what location:
Italy :italy:: @Latika_Malhotra
Morocco🇲🇦: @David_K
Kerala, India :india:: @Julie_A
South Korea :south_korea:: @TinaWill
Edinburgh, Scotland :scotland:: @Kristen_NYC
Indonesian/Australia: @TiffanyBnyc
Napa Valley, California🇺🇸: @alextsuievers

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Wow

Thanks for sharing.

Indeed that’s a great initiative for connecting and collaboration @Julie_A

I truly appreciate each one of the contributions :folded_hands:.

Regards

Anil6969

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Hello , Woohoo what a great Community spotlight 2025🎉. Thanks for sharing and let me accept the challenge and let me guess the Name for Each dream destination.

For Local Guides, every place is a dream destination :globe_showing_europe_africa::sparkles:

* Italy :italy: - @Kristen_NYC

* Morocco :egypt: - @David_K

* Kerala, India :india: - @Latika_Malhotra

* South Korea :south_korea: - @Julie_A

* Edinburgh, Scotland :united_kingdom: - @TinaWill

* Somewhere warm that I have never visited - maybe Indonesia or Australia? :indonesia: :australia: - @alextsuievers

* Napa Valley, California :united_states - @TiffanyBnyc

Thanks :wink:

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Love to see you guys interact with us @Julie_A, @David_K @Kristen_NYC @TinaWill @Latika_Malhotra @alextsuievers @TiffanyBnyc I met some of you and I hope to meet Latika, Alex, and Tiffany soon. Love the feeling to be a part of something big, Google!.

Thank you to @AdrianLunsong for the Countdown to Community Spotlight 2025! #10YearsOfLocalGuides . I was blessed to be able to join the Canadian Team for the Community Spotlight.

Unfortunately I was not able to join the Scavenger Hunt initiated by @Kristen_NYC :unamused_face:

This reminds me with during the Covid era where once again Adrian was organizing the ending year party for Local Guides and Google Team, I forgot the year but it still fresh in my mind.

Now let see if I can my guess, who would like to go where :slight_smile:

Italy :italy: - @alextsuievers (definitely not @Julie_A lol)
Morocco :egypt: - @Kristen_NYC
Kerala, India :india: - @Latika_Malhotra
South Korea :south_korea: - @David_K
Edinburgh, Scotland :united_kingdom: - @Julie_A
Somewhere warm that I have never visited - maybe Indonesia or Australia? :indonesia: :australia: - @TiffanyBnyc
Napa Valley, California :united_states: - @TinaWill

Thank you for the Year 2025 for giving me a chance to go to New York to meet Googler and other Local Guides.

Love&Peace

Erna

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Thanks for sharing this @Julie_A Its great to get to know the Google Team. I do believe that one day I will get to meet them.
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Pure guesses

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@Julie_A How wonderful to see you all here, and to learn more about each of you and your journeys. May 2026 be an incredible year for us Local Guides.

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wow thank you @Julie_A @David_K , @Kristen_NYC , @Latika_Malhotra , @TinaWill @alextsuievers @TiffanyBnyc .

I hope all of you will enjoy the warm of Indonesia :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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This is such an awesome way to close out #CommunitySpotlight2025! :tada: I’m really excited to see the Google Local Guides team stepping into the spotlight and sharing more about who you are and what you do — it brings us closer as a global community and makes this celebration even more meaningful. Big thanks to @Julie_A, @AdrianLunsong and the whole squad for joining the fun and inspiring us all! Here’s to many more stories, guesses, and adventures together in 2026! :globe_showing_europe_africa::sparkles:

My guesses

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