San Miguel Rosewood
The Rosewood San Miguel de Allende is offering a family package that includes accommodation, 25 percent off your second 
room, 10 percent off spa treatments and American breakfast at the 1826 Restaurant. Plus two children under the age of eight eat free from the children menu when dining with parents. Big kids need a night out? The hotel will provide two complimentary hours of babysitting during your stay while you explore San Miguel. The package is valid through 2013. San Miguel del Allende is an enchanting artists’ village nestled in the mountains north of Mexico City with handsome colonial villas, cobblestone lanes and church spires. The Rosewood is cradled within the historical heart of downtown with 67 beautifully appointed accommodations, spa, signature restaurants, a rooftop lounge, pools, outdoor amphitheater, art concierge and luxury residences.
Austin Adds Destinations
For 2014, Austin Adventures is adding new family programs in Montana, Belize, Australia and Botswana to their list of 33 
exciting family adventure tour options. Their family programs provide an extra guide and van, special equipment (such as tag-along bikes) and separate activities for children; so adults can have some “down time.” The trips have plenty of options and flexibility with the perfect blend of cross-generational activity, R&R, comfort and adventure to satisfy adventurers of all ages. They are tailored to appeal to families with children ages 7 and up (5 and up in Costa Rica and 6 and up in Yellowstone). National park concessionaire Xanterra is slated to purchase Austin Adventures shortly which will provide a wider range of variety with their national park programs.
Ritz Carlton in Israel
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will open its first hotel in Israel before the end of the year in Herzliya, a Mediterranean seacoast town north of Tel Aviv with a growing technology sector. The new The Ritz-Carlton is located on the Herzliya Marina overlooking the ocean. The property has 197 rooms, including 82 suites, all with ocean views. The hotel’s spa and fitness center also have ocean views and the pool will be on the rooftop. Sailing, surfing and other water sports are available near the hotel. The hotel’s Herbet Samuel restaurant will feature a kosher menu by Chef Yonathon Roshfeld with Israeli and international wines. Ritz Carlton Residences will take up the top six floors with spacious studios, one- and two-bedroom units, duplexes and penthouses.
Get More in London
Your family can stay right next to royalty at Buckingham Palace at The Rubens hotel in London. 
With their Get More for Your Family package, you will get two nights of accommodations in guaranteed connecting or adjoining rooms and buffet breakfast daily. Also choose between a complimentary family dinner at Old Masters Restaurant, a pastry chef experience for kids, princes and princesses afternoon tea overlooking the royal mews or a family picnic. The Rubens loves to help kids feel welcome, and provides your children with stickers and coloring books, evening turndown with milk and a treat, and more. The package is valid until December 31.
Catering to Teens
A variety of hotels around the world have your teen in mind with special rooms, services and amenities. Scotland’s Gleneagles Hotel, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, recently debuted three teen guest rooms. These private attic spaces have a large lounge and come fully loaded with teen-friendly amenities like Playstations and iPod docks. Rooms are separate from the parents’ accommodations to give both parents and teens a break from each other. The property also has a handful of handful of family rooms with bunk beds for younger children. In Australia, the Marriott chain plans to hire virtual “teen concierges” to help build city guides for their peers staying in properties in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Travel tips will be written by teens for teens on social media platforms. “This City, My Way,” is set to debut in September. On-site teen concierges will be available during the school breaks. And at the Four Seasons Marrakech, adolescents have their own Young Adult Centre reserved for 13-to-17-year-olds who can watch movies, play video games on the Wii and PlayStation, and have free reign over the ping pong, foosball, and pool tables.
Ski Europe with Club Med
Club Med wants your family to discover the untamed, natural beauty and grandeur of the French Alps, one of the world’s 
most popular ski destinations. Your family can enjoy exclusive air-included packages from select gateways for as little as $2,899/person. Your package includes round-trip flights to Geneva, transfers from the airport to the resort and back, lift tickets, professional ski lessons from the French Ski School instructors, accommodations, dining and all-day snacks, premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages day and night, access to a range of non-ski sports and lessons, Children’s Clubs from 4 years old, an indoor or outdoor pool and live nightly entertainment. Club Med makes skiing in Europe simple!
Swiss Alps Luxury
The posh Grand Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina, Switzerland is now showcasing a seven-night Fun for Kids & Co. 
package through October 19 that bundles bed-and-breakfast accommodations, one breakfast at the nearby Morteratsch dairy, supervised children’s activities and unlimited use of all the open mountain railways in the Engadine/St Moritz region. Your package also includes a 25-minute back massage and unlimited use of the Kronenhof Spa. The resort, located six miles from St. Moritz, has a full service Children’s Club with its own restaurant plus climbing wall, ropes course, indoor bowling alley, water park with slides and water games and a supervised children’s restaurant called Rondelle. Kite surfing is available for teens at the Swiss Kitesurf School on Lake Silvaplana, along with cycling and electric biking. This resort has been attracting European families for much of its 160-year history; in fact the Swiss Hotel Association awarded the property its official Family Hotel Seal of Approval.
WildChild in Africa
AndBeyond recently added its new and engaging WildChild program. Your children and grandchildren will be introduced to an interactive learning safari experience with daily missions and excursions that help foster an understanding of the wildlife they will encounter on their safari in South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya. Children will be given a specific mission each day that they can register in their WildChild logbook and fill their complementary backpack with mementos from their adventures. Missions feature “poo walks” to investigate the dried dung of various animals, tracking animals with an expert ranger at Kirkman’s Camp in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve and fishing on Botswana’s River Xaranna. Children can also learn to make traditional Zulu bows and arrows and join the chefs at Namibia’s Sossusvlei Desert Reserve to cook authentic homemade meals specific to the area.
Disney Does Central Europe
Adventures by Disney introduced a new family tour for Central Europe. 
The eight night program focuses on Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, with visits to Prague, Salzburg and Vienna. The new tour is designed to provide engagement for child, parent and grandparent with each departure accompanied by two Disney Adventure Guides. The itinerary will send your family on a journey through storybook villages and includes crafting marionettes in a Prague workshop, waltzing in Vienna, touring UNESCO World Heritage Sites and learning how to make strudel. Other news from Adventures by Disney includes a new version of its Italy tour, known as Enhanced Italy, focusing on Rome, Florence, Venice and Tuscany. And we are glad to hear that the company plans to introduce special teen-focused departures this year to Peru’s Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Cusco and Lima; Costa Rica; and Arizona and Utah.
Family Safari
Goway Travel is featuring an exciting and unique family safari that includes visits to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The itinerary is designed to engage participants of all ages. Children can get involved in tracking and trails; making Plaster of Paris molds of spoor, elephant dung paper and African masks; stargazing and spending time in an interactive room with skulls, snake-skins and specimens. The program includes a three-night stay in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia at the Chichele Presidential Lodge in a remote wildlife-rich area where walking safaris can be taken; two nights on the banks of the Zambezi River near Victoria Falls; a visit to an orphanage and a school tour; a walking tour of Victoria Falls and two nights at Chobe Chilwero Chobe, the home to the largest concentration of elephants in Africa.
