I looked back at my letter from 2016 and, wow, has travel changed in five years. In the letter I recounted trips taken locally and around the globe — travels to the Gulf of Mexico, Florida,

Asia and many other places. I also talked about attending the Global Business Travel Association convention.

As so much has changed, I have made no trips outside the United States but have traveled a great deal domestically, and we are planning for a fantastic back-to-travel GBTA convention in Orlando this November. Please make sure you check out the November issue with an exclusive interview with Suzanne Neufang, executive director, GBTA.

We just hosted a successful awards event in Washington, D.C., at Kimpton Monaco. The November issue will recap our FXExpress Awards 2021, which cover the winners of the Leisure Lifestyle (GT reader-voted), The Trazees (trazeetravel.com reader-voted) and Wherever (whereverfamily.com reader-voted) awards.

Along that vein, this is the last month to vote for the GT Tested Reader Survey awards, which honor. your best airline, hotel and destination partners. Please complete the ballot for your favorites before the Sept. 30 deadline. This is the 18th year we present these awards, and we are well into the planning for the GT Tested awards event, to be held in December.

This fall we have a lot going on, with a meeting of our subscriber Globility Board at which travel brands will present ideas in focus-group sessions. It is a wonderful way to get inside the heads of entrepreneur travelers who make their own decisions about which airline to fly and hotel to stay at. Any subscribers interested in joining the board can reach me directly at fran@globaltravelerusa .com to receive an application and take part in the vetting process. We encourage new membership to join the great team we currently have on board.

I know many of our board members have traveled like mad. For example, Eric Chiang, who has been to Hawai’i in the last few weeks, is planning his visit to the Dubai Expo in November. Eric lets little time pass before he boards another flight!

With fall in full swing, we look forward to more trips, travels and golf — join the fun!