I AM WRITING THIS from 35,000 feet, on the way to Chicago for The Trazees awards. Like the annual GT Tested Reader Survey awards presented every December by Global Traveler, The Trazees are voted on by the readers of trazeetravel.com and offer a unique insight into millennial travelers, those now under the age of 40. Make sure you check out the November The Trazee Book, which will feature the recap of our event held at the beautiful Claridge House in Chicago.

In this September issue we recap the Leisure Lifestyle Awards held at the Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on May 16. Due to potential inclement weather in Los Angeles (it never rains in Southern California), we moved the event from the rooftop pool area to the ballroom. Entertainment was tops, with dancers and performers from many areas capped off by an athletic Irish dance troupe. It was a fantastic event, and I was assured the honeymoon suite was not directly below our dancers as they performed a river dance shoe-slamming routine, sure to jar the plaster on the lower levels. Kudos to our repeat award winners and those taking our special achievement recognitions.

Turn to page 34 of this issue to see the results from the Wherever Awards, the annual voting from the family travel readers of whereverfamily.com. Family travel is vitally important for achieving a global perspective and helps bring along the next generation of travelers and frequent flyers. At whereverfamily.com, we support a broad definition of family: If you consider yourself a family, so do we. That includes multigenerational families, families with children and families who are partners (with or without children).

Cross-population among all our FX brands represents a foundation of our beliefs, as baby boomers are interested in what millennials think, and family travel can be experienced at any age. Soon we will relaunch globaltravelerusa.com and whereverfamily.com to coincide with some of the best thinking from a recent redesign of trazeetravel.com. A cornerstone of the redesign is a super navigation bar at the top of each website so readers can pull articles from all our brands based on their destination of choice.

Join us Sept. 23 at the City Vineyard in New York for the Wherever Awards and discover the best in family travel. It will prove a fun and interesting recognition of those catering to the family market.