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Posted on July 24th, 2012 |
August 2012
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Posted on July 24th, 2012 Editor’s Notes: August 2012You’ll notice there’s a new picture alongside the editor’s notes this month and just so you don’t think Rick Shively got cosmetic surgery and suddenly got a whole lot prettier (wink, wink), I wanted to introduce myself as Recommend’s new editor-in-chief. |
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Posted on July 24th, 2012 DogSpa Resort & Wellness CenterIt’s not often we get to take our best friend on a hotel visit, even in open-minded Southern California. |
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Posted on July 24th, 2012 Puerto Rico with MLT VacationsEvery serious travel agent has a specialty—Europe, Africa, the Caribbean. Many delve even deeper, specializing in specific countries (Aruba, Saint Lucia), or even especially sellable regions of specific countries, like the all-inclusive paradise of Punta Cana and Bavaro in the Dominican Republic, or the north coast of Jamaica. |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 The Danube with AmaWaterwaysRiver cruising’s on a roll, as cruise lines continue to register double-digit growth rates, while expanding their fleets of new-build ships to accommodate the surge in European river travel. |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 Striking Gold with Vegas’ Golden GateIn an era where developers tend to implode tired structures to make way for flashier “new and improved” versions, Downtown Las Vegas has wagered that preservation and renovation may be a better bet. |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 Wequassett Resort and Golf ClubGuests of Wequassett Resort and Golf Club in Chatham, Massachusetts, will feel as if they’re visiting a friend’s beach house, well, actually a luxury beach house with an excellent “household staff.” |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 New Zealand’s South Island is Sheer Eye CandyIf there’s one patent impression from scores of memorable experiences that astonishes visitors to New Zealand, it is that this enthralling destination is bathed under an eerie, unnatural quality of light. |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 Seven Stars Resort, Turks & CaicosNow that About.com has named Seven Stars Resort the best resort in the entire Caribbean—and just last year this Turks and Caicos getaway was hailed as the most romantic resort in the world—you might be wondering, is it really that good? And can it maintain its, uh, “star” billing? |
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Posted on July 23rd, 2012 Iberostar CancunLast year, Iberostar Group, parent company to Iberostar Hotels & Resorts properties, spent $100 million to purchase and redesign the old Hilton Cancun Hotel, converting it into the Iberostar Cancun. |












