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International Luxury Travel Mart (ILTM) – and – Trust

I attended a virtual ILTM (International Luxury Travel Mart) this week. There was a very interesting keynote speech by Rachel Botsman at International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) about trust with clients in today’s travel environment. Rachel shared this video of a grandmother freaking out behind a self-driving tesla – and no matter what her son would tell her, she couldn’t

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Summer Camp for Grown Ups -Fogo Island Inn

Summer Camp for Grown Ups -Fogo Island Inn Virtuoso Leads the Way   My friends at Virtuoso just put together an article called “Summer Camp for Grown Ups.” See https://www.virtuoso.com/articles/Virtuoso-Traveler/Virtuoso-Traveler-2018-June/Summer-Camps-for-Grown-Ups#.WzjtmKdKi70 Of course, the really neat thing is that they interviewed me for the article! Here’s the section that I contributed to! (This article originally appeared in

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An Evening with Rocky Mountaineer

40 days until 150! Did you know that Canada turns 150 years old in 2017?! It’s the 150th anniversary of confederation. See http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1468262573081 . How cooll is that?! And… the big news over the last couple of weeks.  Canada is now considered a “hot” destination.Did you also know that Canada has been named the top place to visit in

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Chasing the Whiskey Jack

This week, a two-year long search ended. The Royal Canadian Geographic Society chosen Canada’s national bird – the gray jay, otherwise known as the whiskey jack. Meet our new national bird https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/meet-our-national-bird-gray-jay (A gray jay, a.k.a. the whiskey jack or Canada jay – now named Canada’s national bird by Canadian Geographic – in Western Canada’s mountain forests. (Photo: Tony Joyce/Canadian

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