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BIZLIFE working events as well as speakers on everything from wellness to reaching the corner ofﬁce. If you are planning a women-only business retreat, here are a few excellent locations to consider. MIRAVAL RESORT: Tucson, Arizona Ranked the No. 1 destination spa by Travel & Leisure and Luxury Spaﬁnder, Miraval is famous for its emphasis on mind/body healing, life balance and a network of experts. Its 150 programs include everything from its signature Equine Experience, where you learn about yourself by grooming and riding a horse, to rock climbing and mountain biking. Custom “executive strategy” packages of 2-5 nights feature brainstorming, decision making, stress mastery plus spa treatments or golf conditioning. The outdoor spa treatments are offered in a garden and in new sustainable rooms, built from rammed earth and featuring outdoor showers made from adobe. Overall, it’s a chance to experience a 400-acre desert setting at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains. www.miravalresorts.com (800) 232-3969 Mexico’s Paciﬁc coast on Banderas Bay—one of Mexico’s two AAA Five Diamond resorts—features water sports from snorkeling, scuba diving to kayaking, a world-class spa with over 80 treatments, gym, inﬁnity pool and inﬁnity Jacuzzi, and three gourmet restaurants (all with live music). All rooms are ocean view suites at Grand Velas, which has all-inclusive pricing, and is near Puerto Vallarta and its ﬁne dining, shopping, and El Malecon, its beachfront promenade. www.grandvelas.com (888) 261-8436 “This is not a place to peddle anything, but a place to exist as an oasis of likeminded women on similar journeys with their careers and personal lives, regardless of their ﬁeld,” Stautberg explains. TARA is a feeder group of sorts for The Belizean Grove, a global network for female leaders that holds its own annual retreat. The group was inspired by The Bohemian Grove—the famous “old boys’ network” retreat in California that many U.S. presidents have belonged to—and is also by invitation only. More open is the Hispana Leadership Summit, which will hold its third annual retreat in September at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in New Mexico. The conference, which is co-sponsored by Hispanic Enterprise, will feature net24 THE BOULDERS RESORT & GOLDEN DOOR SPA Carefree, Arizona In a dramatic setting of giant boulders on 1,300 acres near Scottsdale, The Boulders offers two 18-hole golf courses, eight tennis courts, a spectacular spa with Native Americaninspired and Ayurvedic Indian-style treatments, four pools, and a large organic garden that can be used for private events and dinners. All rooms in casitas feature a patio and ﬁreplace, and there are villas of up to three bedrooms, as well. The Women’s Leadership Exchange, which sponsors business conferences for women nationwide, held a winter retreat here. www.theboulders.com (480) 488-9009 HISPANIC ENTERPRISE GRAND VELAS RESORT & SPA Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico This luxury beachfront resort on June/July 2008 http://www.grandvelas.com http://www.miravalresorts.com http://www.theboulders.com

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Hispanic Enterprise - June/July 2008 Contents Briefcase: BIZBUZZ: Business Briefs Briefcase: Dynamic Trends Briefcase: Q&A Briefcase: Trendsetters BizLife: BizTech BizLife: Travel Feature: Target: Hispanics Cover Story: A Legend in His Own Time Feature: Top 25 Franchises Success & Motivation: The Talent Scout Education: Success by Degrees Finance & Investing: A Tough Sell Social Events: Emerge Dallas Politics & Government: The Accidental Americans Managing: Deconstructing Networking

Hispanic Enterprise - June/July 2008

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