Recommend April 2018 - 10

E d it o r 's N o t e s
In her essay, "A Room of One's Own," Virginia
Woolf writes, "One cannot think well, love well,
sleep well, if one has not dined well. The lamp in
the spine does not light on beef and prunes."
Flip through the pages of the April issue, and
you'll see an assortment of places to recommend to
your clients so they can, in fact, dine well, and, of
course, travel well.
Today's traveler wants to open a window to the
culture of the destination they visit, and perhaps
the best way to do that is through food. Whether
it's enjoying street food in Puerto Vallarta during
the city's trendy Vallarta Food Tours or learning how to gather cockles the island
way and then cook them while in Antigua, as Caribbean editor Ed Wetschler
points out in his piece on page 66, "the best cultural experience [is] local food."
On page 14, in the Street Food, Mescal & Hanging with the Locals feature,
I've put the spotlight on several resorts and restaurants in Mexico that treat
your clients' palates to a royal affair; and on page 58, the Take a Bite Out of
Vegas feature recommends new sizzling eateries and hotspots in this neonlit playground. Says Kelly Messina, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Authority's senior director of leisure sales, "The culinary scene in Las Vegas
has grown so much over the past few decades, to the point that choices are
abundant. I love the fact that you can have every type of meal from a famed
fast-food burger to one of the world's most esteemed chefs within a short
walking distance."
And what's a trip to New Orleans without a visit to its many fine eateries
(check out this month's yummy cover)-on page 57, you'll see just the tour to
recommend to clients who want to take in the city's high points.
There's also an array of new foodie-centric happenings on the high seas as
you'll see when you read through the special cruise section on page 19:
What's New in the Cruise Experience. Sprinkled alongside those tasty
morsels are other new goings-on, including the debut of luxury yachts and
unique itineraries.
In this issue, you'll also find the all-new Guatemala Travel Planner,
packed with all the reasons you should be booking this culturally rich Central
American country.
Drop me an e-mail at paloma@recommend.com. -Paloma Villaverde de Rico

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