I am excited to announce that I have been invited to the upcoming PURE Life Experiences gathering in Marrakech, Morocco, to lead a MATTER discussion on how high-end travel designers and suppliers can successfully engage LGBTQ travelers.
By days end, I was painted in the most wonderfully vivid colors (magenta, cyan, pantone, vermillion) looking like an Alexander McQueen rainbow creation.
You can expect to come across daytime expositions, street fairs, and people meandering and dancing in the streets throughout the weeklong celebrations during Peru's Inti Raymi festival.
Zoom embarks on research trips around the world a few times a year to find the next "it" destination, and even discover a new way of seeing a classic destination.
John from Kansas asks:If you could suggest a place to go right now, where would it be and why? Two places come to mind – Cuba and the Maldives. Cuba because it will change forever once the rest of the world is able to travel there and establish businesses. Having served as something of a time-capsule during the US-Cuba embargo, the country is already witnessing some of the social and economic effects of increased globalization. Because Cuba is relatively poor and very bureaucratic, change is slower than anticipated. Under the Obama administration, regulations have evolved and Cuba is becoming more...
I just returned from Zoom Egypt with a small group and the question on everyone’s mind is whether we/I felt safe. I would say without any hesitation that we were safe in many ways. From a security perspective, given recent history the government has taken extra measures to secure all points of travel as well as tourist sites and areas. As an American we were made to feel welcome. We were often asked “where are you from?” as a way to start conversation, and invariably they would say “welcome!”. Despite the rhetoric about traveling in the Middle East...
Should one experience the Havana of today that we have been hearing about for so many years, or the mass market Havana of the future which will inevitable lose what has made Havana such and iconic place for the last 50 years.
"what is my one favorite place in the world?." But I always come back to the same response - "it depends on my mood!" Today, I'm in the mood for India.
