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PUBLISHER'S LETTER LUXURY T R AV E L A D V I S O R jmcmahon@questex.com rterrero@questex.com deisen@questex.com Not Another Award Inspiring and Educating Sellers of Affluent Travel Group Publisher: John McMahon (212) 895-8243 Editorial Director: Ruthanne Terrero, CTC (212) 895-8423 Managing Editor: David Eisen (212) 895-8434 O ver the past four years, Luxury Travel Advisor has united a community of luxury travel advisors that previously had neither a united voice nor an industry communication vehicle to educate and inspire the sellers of luxury travel. Over this short time, we have been asked if we would ever do awards, and our answer was always the same. First, Luxury Travel Advisor had to grow and gain street cred and, secondly, we needed a disinterested way to bestow these awards—particularly in an industry that has a lot of suspicious fee-based awards. Fast forward: Luxury Travel Advisor has matured and earned your respect as the voice of the industry. So, it’s only proper that we honor the best in category. Most importantly, Luxury Travel Advisor has devised a process that is truly the THE LUXURY TRAVEL GROUP sharpening its bowling Staff Editors: Mark Rogers, Erin F. Sternthal, Joe Pike, Susan J. Young, Lindsay Lambert, Mackenzie Allison, Jena Tesse Fox, Roberta Roberti ADVERTISING & SALES STAFF Eastern U.S./Europe Associate Publisher Kimberly Ziegler (212) 895-8268 Caribbean/Latin America/Mexico Stephanie Gordon (305) 854-1622 West Coast Associate Publisher Pattie Lincoln (818) 788-4488 Hawaii Simone Perez (808) 394-2090 Europe Ritchie Markus (41) 1 918 1717 Catherine Tondelli (39) 06 522 46 050 Asia: Hazel Li, InterAct Media & Marketing kziegler@questex.com stephanie@gordonmediagroup.com plincoln@questex.com simone@abbottcommunications.com ritchiemarkus@ggaweb.ch ctondellli@alice.it hazelli@starhub.net.sg skills in Las Vegas. TRAVEL AGENT CUSTOM SOLUTIONS: Associate Publisher, Southern Hemisphere: Peter Gatt (212) 895-8292 Senior Managing Editor: David K. Moseder (212) 895-8447 pgatt@questex.com dmoseder@questex.com ART, CIRCULATION & PRODUCTION, MARKETING Associate Art Director: Debbie Sheehan dsheehan@questex.com (212) 895-8429 Assistant Art Director: Alba N. Negrón-Diaz anegron@questex.com (212) 895-8427 Designers: Katy Lin, (212) 895-8432 klin@questex.com Bogdan Migulski, (212) 895-8428 bmigulski@questex.com Photo Coordinator: Melissa Buesing mbuesing@questex.com (212) 895-8256 Production Director: Marilyn Hiris mhiris@questex.com (212) 895-8439 Production Manager: Sarah Ross sross@questex.com (212) 895-8440 Director, Audience Development: Heidi Spangler hspangler@questex.com (216) 706-3705 Reprints: LuxuryTravelAdvisor@reprintbuyer.com (800) 290-5460, ext. 139 Marketing Manager: Christina Harrison charrison@questex.com (216) 706-3770 voice of our industry. We have compiled every luxury travel advisor that has graced our cover and asked them to be on our Awards of Excellence Nomination Board. The Board will whittle down three nominees in each category; thereafter, subscribers of Luxury Travel Advisor will cast the final votes. Simple and fair: no buying in or lobbying. You just need to be the best, according to the most important and most influential audience in travel: you, our readers. In December, at Luxury Travel Expo, we will celebrate The Awards of Excellence with a formal evening and an opportunity to create a scholarship to be awarded to future luxury travel advisors. CORPORATE President & C.E.O.: Kerry C. Gumas Executive V.P. & Chief Financial Officer: Tom Caridi Executive V.P.: Robert S. Ingraham Executive V.P.: Tony D’Avino Executive V.P.-Corporate Development: Claudia Flowers V.P. & General Manager: Don Rosenberg V.P.-Digital Media: Seth Nichols V.P.-Human Resources: Diane M. 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Luxury Travel Advisor - August 2008 Contents Publisher's Letter Editor's Letter Maui Dubai Cape Town The Capella Resort and Spa, at Pedregal Cabo San Lucas Ritz-Carlton Cancun Presidential Suites The Palazzo, Las Vegas The Water Club Arrabelle at Vail Square Ferntree The Spa at Half Moon Fall Foliage Cruises New England Strong Travel On the Horizon: Luxury Travel Expo The Pulse Traveling Shopper Leaders Speak Sightings Source List

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