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The March issue includes a recap of our annual awards festivities, which we held for nine years at The Peninsula Beverly Hills and eight years at other top venues. In 2020 the Global Traveler team produced The Greatest Show on Earth, a virtual awards presentation released Dec. 14, which you can still view on any of the Fxexpress platforms, including globaltravelerusa .com, trazeetravel.com and whereverfamily.com.
I’m sending out a super-big thanks to the entire team that helped make this happen, particularly Yasser Ogando (advertising and production coordinator), Chris Ottaunick (staff photographer) and Kimberly Krol Inlander (editor in chief ). Also at the helm for the enclosed recap issue is Tracey Cullen (art director), who made sure the quality of the images was the best possible. Hal Donnelly, our digital guru, took care of editing and combining acceptance videos. Coordinating our industry clients from all over the world to create this virtual event was a symphony in action.
Our events normally spread out over the entire year. Traditionally we hold the Wines on the Wing (business- and first-class wine judging) in April in
New York City; the Leisure Lifestyle Awards in
May, at the Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills; The Trazees (voted by Trazee Travel readers) in July during the Global Business Travel Association convention; the Wherever Awards (from our family platform, Wherever Family) in September; and the GT Tested
Reader Survey awards (the 18th year) in December at The Peninsula Beverly Hills.
Like you, we pivoted as we planned and replanned new dates, venues and options. Usually, at the end of the year and directly after the awards at The Peninsula, I fly back with a stop at Cape San Blas for some rest and reflection. This year we held an early Christmas at home with my children, and on Dec. 23 we packed up with our two dogs (Ella and Beau) and drove south to Florida.
We remained there for the month of January and the first week of February, working remotely and waiting for the vaccines to deploy at an effective level. We returned home around Valentine’s Day, making a stop in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and returning to Philadelphia to get back to business, which we hope will now become more normalized.
Enjoy the March issue, and celebrate The Greatest Show on Earth and the best travel has to offer as we anticipate a return to the lifestyles we all love and cherish.