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PART OF JACOBS MEDIA Erica Rich
We kicked off Aspire’s 2026 events schedule with a bespoke
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Isobel Turner I visited Japan for
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Charlotte Brook I checked into Fairmont Windsor
Park’s new Treehouse Suites for some R&R and attended Explora Journeys’ triple
ceremony in Italy to celebrate the line’s exciting growth.
Katie Byng-Hall This month I tried my ƂTUV TKXGT ETWKUG + UCKNGF with AmaWaterways through the
Netherlands to get a taste of the line’s excellent hospitality – and see a few
windmills, of course! OUR HIGHLIGHTS: The Aspire team’s best moments from recent months
ERICA RICH ACTING EDITOR, ASPIRE
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climate and other industry trends at Aspire’s Leaders of Luxury conference on June 22 (page 10). The event will be led by Aspire editor Hollie-Rae Brader, who is returning to work this month. And after a year covering Hollie’s maternity leave, I’m heading
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CREDIT: Sarah Lucy Brown
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