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editor’s
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PANAMA
TRAVEL PLANNER
a supplement to
panama travel planner
In this issue, you’ll find the Panama Travel
Planner, an introduction to the more
comprehensive Panama Specialist
Program. While we have chosen
“101 Ways to Experience Panama” in
this planner, we invite you to expand your
knowledge of this destination and become
a Panama Specialist with the Panama
Specialist Program, available online
at edu.recommend.com/panama.
Upon completion, you’ll receive a listing
of you and your company as a Panama
Specialist on recommend.travel’s
Panama Specialist Finder (includes
telephone, address and direct e-mailing
functionality); two continuing education
credits from The Travel Institute and two
credits from the Canadian Institute of
Travel Counsellors; and a personalized
full-color, printable certificate.
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Family travel isn’t what it used to be:
mom, dad and the two kids heading to
the nearest beach town for some fun in
the sun. Nowadays, it’s all about multigenerational family travel—with three
generations traveling together. And where
they are traveling to and the options available to them have come a long way. In
fact, tour operators, resorts and destinations are going out of their way to cater to
the ever-growing multigenerational family
market, and well they should be.
According to Preferred Hotel Group’s
multigenerational white paper (which was
published in December of last year), 40
percent of all active leisure travelers have
taken at least one multigenerational trip
during the previous 12 months. “This represents more than 20.8 million household/
travelers in the U.S. that have hit the road
that’s me in Vienna
or the skies with their parents, grandparents or grandchildren in the previous 12 months. Of these 20.8 million households, 40
percent have taken a leisure trip outside the continental United States,” the white paper
states. The report goes on to say that the reason that multigenerational leisure travel
has become a big market is because “families are living geographically farther from
each other than at any time in history; a multigenerational trip is often the only option for
today’s modern and mobile family to gather in one place; the hyper-fast pace of life in
the 21st century means evenings and weekends are no longer untouchable family time,
creating a greater need for the escape that only travel can provide; and baby boomers
are trading in their briefcases for a roller bag. Boomers now have the time, health and
disposable income to make travel with their families a top priority.”
And if you read what the industry experts are saying in this family-focused issue, you’ll
see they all agree there is big money to be made with this market, and it’s those baby
boomers you want to zero in on because, as Preferred Hotel Group’s white paper points
out, they are “often the ‘financiers’ of family vacations and reunions.”
In this issue, we’ve got some out-of-the-way as well as traditional family vacation
recommendations you’ll want to get the 4-1-1 on. We’ve got experiences that include
everything from ziplining high above the ocean on the new Norwegian Breakaway
(page 16) or in Costa Rica’s lush Pacific coast while visiting Four Seasons Resort
Costa Rica (page 30), to exploring the ruins of seaside castles in Scotland with Adventures by Disney (page 50), or even learning how to be a Maasai warrior in Kenya while
staying at Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp (page 74).
online offerings
Speaking of family vacations, you can read about my mother-daughter bonding vacation
through Europe on board the Viking Bragi on recommend.com (just search “sailing on
the Danube”). Online, you’ll also find an Eye on the World photo essay on Seattle, as
well as offers, incentives, and FAMs that will help you sell travel.
—Paloma Villaverde de Rico
E-mail me at paloma@recommend.com
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend September 2013
Editor's Notes
Hotel Desk: Aston Hotels & Resorts
Tour Talk: Learning Journeys
Norwegian Breakaway
Family-Friendly Cruise Options
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort
Top Family Resorts
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
Panama Travel Planner
Adventures by Disney's Scotland: A Brave Adventure
Club Med Punta Cana
Top Family Resorts
Hawks Cay Resort, Florida Keys
New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom
Globus Bridges Generation Gap With Exciting China Tours
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