August 2016
If you can believe it, my recent visit to Las Vegas was indeed, my first. That’s right. Cherry popped. Alas, I wasn’t headed to Sin City for some typical, debaucherous celebration, but rather a week-long Travel Industry conference, Virtuoso Travel Week, set in Vegas’ mid-August swelter. Despite the 100+ degree temps, I strolled down the Strip (more like fought my way through the crowds), toured the various indoor malls (gloriously air-conditioned) and even headed to Vegas’ downtown area to experience its vintage-style glamour at an old-fashioned steak joint for dinner. Although I can confirm what I had always assumed: Vegas ain’t for me, I am happy to report the conference was a huge hit and I was able to meet some wonderful colleagues and travel industry leaders.
So, for all of you who trust me for my first-person opinions and personalized trip-planning skills on where to go next, I’m excited to impress you further having now acquired a broader arsenal of the industry’s top properties and providers. Oh, and if you want tips of Vegas…well, I’ll defer you to my travel writer pal, Mark, who simply loves it (for reasons I am still hard-pressed to understand).
