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GETTING THERE From the shores of the storied Mekong River in Southeast Asia to the jaw-dropping beauty of the Himalayas, as well as the inspiring palace resorts that dot India and the fast-paced, high-end lifestyles found in China’s exuberant metropolises, Asia offers exhilarating paths into wondrous journeys that forever change a traveler’s vision of the world. Listed here are tour operators offering itineraries to Asia destinations covered in this travel planner. ABERCROMBIE & KENT: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-554-7016; abercrombiekent.com) ABERDEEN TOURS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (877-956-8886; aberdeentours.com) ABSOLUTE TRAVEL: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-736-8187; absoluteasia.com) ADVENTURES BY DISNEY: China (800-543-0865; abd.disney.go.com) AFFORDABLE ASIA: China, Hong Kong, Thailand (888-737-ASIA; affordableasia.com) AHI TRAVEL: China, Japan, Thailand (800-323-7373; ahitravel.com) ARTISANS OF LEISURE: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam (800-214-8144; artisansoﬂeisure.com) ASIA TRANSPACIFIC JOURNEYS: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-642-2742; asiatranspaciﬁc.com) BRENDAN VACATIONS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam (800-421-8446; brendanvacations.com) COLLETTE VACATIONS: China, Japan (800-340-5158; collettevacations.com) CONTIKI: Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (866-266-8454; contiki.com) COX & KINGS: Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-999-1758; coxandkingsusa.com) EXPLORATIONS: Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (877-867-5002; explorationstouring.com) GATE 1 TRAVEL: Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam (800-682-3333; gate1travel.com) GENERAL TOURS WORLD TRAVELER: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-221-2216; generaltours.com) GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS: Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Nepal, Tibet (800-777-8183; geoex.com) GLOBUS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (866-755-8581; globusjourneys.com) GOWAY TRAVEL: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-387-8850; goway.com) GRAND ASIAN JOURNEYS: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet (888586-7750; grandasianjourneys.com) IMPERIAL TOURS: China, Hong Kong (888-888-1970; imperialtours.net) INDUS TRAVELS: India, Nepal (866-978-2997; industravels.ca) INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS: India, Laos, Vietnam (800-234-9620; ietravel.com) ISRAM WORLD OF TRAVEL (ORIENT FLEXI-PAX TOURS): Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sinapore, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-223-7460; isram.com) JAPAN DELUXE TOUR: Japan (800-AT-JAPAN; japandeluxetour.com) MANGO TOURS: China, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam (866-2-MANILA; mangotours.com) MIR CORPORATION: China, Tibet (800-424-7289; mircorp.com) MONOGRAMS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam (866-270-9841; monogramstravel.com) MYTHS & MOUNTAINS: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet (800-670-MYTH; mythsandmountains.com) PACIFIC DELIGHT TOURS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam (800-221-7179; paciﬁcdelighttours.com) PACIFIC HOLIDAYS: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-355-8025; paciﬁcholidaysinc.com) RITZ TOURS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (800-900-2446; ritztours.com) SIGNET TOURS: China, Japan (877-688-7922; signettours.ca) SITA WORLD TOURS: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (800-421-5643; sitatours.com) SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS: Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (888-427-5384; smithsonianjourneystraveladventures.org) SUPER VALUE TOURS: China, Japan (877 388 1777; supervaluetours.com) SWAIN TOURS: Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (800-22SWAIN; swaintours.com) TAUCK WORLD DISCOVERY: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam (800-788-7885; tauck.com) THOMSON FAMILY ADVENTURES: China (800-262-6255; familyadventures.com) TRAFALGAR: China (800-854-0103; trafalgartours.com) TRAVCOA: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam (800-992-2003; travcoa.com) WENDY WU TOURS: China (877-993-6399; wendywuschina.com) A30 recommend.com http://www.grandasianjourneys.com http://www.abercrombiekent.com http://www.imperialtours.net http://www.industravels.ca http://www.aberdeentours.com http://www.ietravel.com http://www.absoluteasia.com http://abd.disney.go.com http://www.isram.com http://www.affordableasia.com http://www.japandeluxetour.com http://www.ahitravel.com http://www.mangotours.com http://www.mircorp.com http://www.eisure.com http://www.monogramstravel.com http://www.mythsandmountains.com http://www.c.com http://www.pacifcdelighttours.com http://www.brendanvacations.com http://www.collettevacations.com http://www.cholidaysinc.com http://www.contiki.com http://www.ritztours.com http://www.signettours.ca http://www.coxandkingsusa.com http://www.explorationstouring.com http://www.sitatours.com http://www.gate1travel.com http://www.smithsonianjourneystraveladventures.org http://www.supervaluetours.com http://www.generaltours.com http://www.swaintours.com http://www.geoex.com http://www.tauck.com http://www.globusjourneys.com http://www.familyadventures.com http://www.trafalgartours.com http://www.travcoa.com http://www.goway.com http://www.wendywuschina.com http://www.recommend.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend January 2011

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk
Tour Talk
A New Look at Ancient Egypt
Celebrity Cruises' Eclipse
Asia Travel Planner
Viking River Cruises' Viking Sky
Discovering Piedmont, Italy
Latin America 2011
The M Resort in Las Vegas Hits its Off-Strip Stride
Gansevoort Miami Beach
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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