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Destinations Hawaii Coconut Massage. Booking spa treatments in advance is advisable. During holidays and summer, booking at least seven days prior to arrival is recommended. If you want to arrange treatments for your clients, this can be done via the resort’s spa reservation agents or concierge. Cecilia Hercik is the director of spa sales & operations. She can be reached at 808-875-1234, ext. 2497, cecilia.hercik@ grandwailea.com. High season at the resort includes major holidays and summer (primarily June and July). The resort recommends booking a year in advance. The travel agent liaison is Patrick Ornellas (866-702-9182, Patrick.ornellas@grandwailea.com). Continued on page 28 oil glide over the body reducing stress while increasing deep relaxation. The top treatment is the Spa Grande Signature Massage, which offers an aromatic heated lotion combined with three different massage techniques. The name your clients should know is Miryam Litch, who is a favorite masseuse at the spa. She’s been Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa on Maui for 27 years, and her specialty is Hawaiian healing arts. teachers in India and has been training Litch is a master in Lomi Lomi masin yoga and meditation for the past 40 sage technique, and the use of healing years. Hawaiian herbs. She has extensive trainNot just a treat for adults, Spa Grande ing in physiology, deep tissue techniques, also offers a special menu for teens shiatsu, and body therapies. Litch has as well as children. The most popular also trained with some of the great yoga children’s spa treatment is the Chocolate Maui Loves Travel Agents …become a Maui Specialist online today! The Maui Visitors Bureau Destination Specialist program is online and you can learn more about this award winning destination free of charge. Training programs are now available for all of Maui County. You can learn about the unique features of Maui, Moloka‘i and/or Lana‘i online. Once you have completed the online course and quiz, you will be certified as an online Specialist. Then you will be eligible to receive newsletters and order marketing materials such as gorgeous posters, postcards and Maui, Moloka‘i and Lana‘i Travel Planners. Your enhanced island knowledge should result in greater sales for you. To find out more go now to visitmaui.com/agents For the sixteenth consecutive year, Maui was voted “Best Pacific Island” in the annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards Poll. 30 Interested? Request #008. TravelAgent August 20, 2007 http://visitmaui.com/agents http://visitmaui.com/agents

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Contents Editor's Letter News You Can Use Agenda: Fam Trips, Calendar of Events, Deal of the Week Cover Story: Hot Cruise Ports: 2008 and Beyond Central & South America: Costa Rica’s New Resort Europe: Heathrow Upgrades Hawaii: Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa Caribbean: Westin’s Plans in the D.R. Still on Track Africa: Pacific Delight Tours’ South Africa Itinerary Hotels: West Virginia Icon Gets Makeover Tech Advisor: Search Engine Optimization 101 Spa Luxury Travel Expo Update Advertisers’ Information Classified Marketplace People & Places

Travel Agent - August 20, 2007

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