Luxury Travel Advisor - December 2007 - (Page 53) LONG-TIME COLLEAGUES Christine Fecchi and Bob Romano both have been made partners at Fugazi Travel by owner George Lippi. class commercially to Sydney, we arranged a 15-passenger private jet to transport them around the country for their 14-day adventure.” Fugazi Travel also just sent a family of four on an eight-day trip to Switzerland. They visited the country’s top hotels and then flew to Nice to meet another family. They then boarded a 16-passenger motor yacht for 10 days on the Italian Riviera, says Romano. “We arranged a good balance of private sightseeing and recreation time in each port and finished up with four nights in Paris. The family of four hosted everyone else.” While families are clearly strong business, Fugazi Travel sells to clients of all age groups. This experience has given Romano keen insight on the travel habits of each generation. “The Gen X and Y groups have similar travel patterns,” he notes. “They travel to fewer locations and remain in place for longer periods of time. They travel with their children and normally have nannies and/or relatives with them to assist with childcare. They are very generous and often invite close friends or family members who don’t have the same financial resources as they do to ac- www.luxuryta.com December 2007 | LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR 53 http://www.luxuryta.com
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