For the fourth year in a row, Absolute Travel’s Leslie Overton has made the cut as Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Specialist for Family Travel to Asia. Impressive. Below she discusses her impressions of the 8th annual Travel Specialist Summit in Sin City.
In January I attended the Condé Nast Traveler Exchange: The Travel Specialists Summit, [...]
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During her recent visit to the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, Absolute Travel general manager Leslie Overton (and Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist) encountered the worlds tallest building, gold dispensing ATMs, and even navigated the Bosphorus River. She is full of fresh information, including the abundance of wonderful properties in the regions. Here are a [...]
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I was introduced to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) earlier this year as I planned my trip to East Africa, and I ended up helping out a bit with their February 25th benefit in SoHo. The more I learned about the organization, the more enthralled I was by their mission. DSWT is a Kenya-based [...]
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I recently attended the World Savers Congress as part of my duties as a Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist for 2009, and a hot topic was how the travel industry is promoting philanthropy. Edward Norton spoke of his work in Kenya, which focuses on the social and cultural support of the communities around protected areas [...]