Recommend December 2017 - 8

E d it o r 's N o t e s
There's a flurry of new hotel openings, new ships,
new attractions, new "pretty much everything"
coming to the travel landscape in 2018. Featured
on our cover is an over-the-top Edge Villa on
board the Celebrity Edge, which will make her
fabulous debut fall of next year. More cruise
goings-on are featured in our Sailing Into 2018
feature on page 90. Did you know there's a
Cirque du Soleil theme park coming to Mexico?
Flip on over to page 93 to learn about all of the
other must-know-for-2018 happenings in that
country. And the ever-evolving hotel landscape
in the U.S. is seeing new openings in California, New York and Florida, with
refreshed accommodations in Las Vegas (page 98).
Our editors have been off exploring the world, with contributing writer
Carla Hunt hanging with Journese's top-producing agents during an
UnCruise Adventures sailing in Panama (page 99). On a recent trip to Saint
Lucia, I discovered three gems that are ideal properties for clients who truly
want to disconnect (page 101), and in Jamaica, contributing writer Melissa
Bryant got in on the "irie" vibe with a stay at the Luxury Bahia Principe
Runaway Bay (page 102). Before you get to all that, you'll want to look over
the spread on pages 12 and 13 to see this year's Readers' Choice Awards
winners, covering segments throughout the industry, including hotels, tour
operators, airlines, car rentals, and destinations.
The December 2018 issue also features the 2018 Delta Air Lines Europe,
Middle East, Africa & India Travel Guide, highlighting the must-see sights
and top hotel picks in each of the gateways Delta Air Lines and its partners
serve in these regions. The guide covers 60+ destinations, from Paris,
France, to Mumbai, India, as well as The Azores in Portugal, Belfast in
Northern Ireland, and Geneva in Switzerland, among a host of others.
We'll chat more next month, but in the meantime, Happy New Year! Drop
me an e-mail at paloma@recommend.com. -Paloma Villaverde de Rico

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