Global Conversation: North America
In March of 2021, we hosted our sixth Global Conversation. With many possibilities to cover, we chose to spend our hour discussing nearby lodges, ranches and spa destinations.
Watch below as industry leaders share their thoughts on the Great American West.
Guest Speakers
Jessica Cook
Jessica Cook is the Area Director of Sales & Marketing for Auberge Resorts Collection, overseeing the latest additions to their growing portfolio: The Lodge at Blue Sky in Park City, Utah and Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe which opens this spring. Jessica brings 18 years of experience in designing sales & marketing strategy for experiential travel brands such as Butterfield & Robinson, Aman Resorts (including the opening of Amangiri in southern Utah and Amangani in Jackson Hole) and The Ranch at Rock Creek in Montana.
Sarah Cruse
For Sarah personally, her time at Clayoquot has been an absolute personal blessing as well. Being located in pristine, jaw-dropping wilderness is a perfect match for someone who appreciates the stunning and breathtaking scenery surrounding the resort. The sheer immensity of the nature surrounding her isn’t lost on Sarah. She characterizes herself as a living testimony of wellness, inner joy, and happiness all connected to these calm surroundings. By savoring and relishing this connection to nature, Sarah knows first-hand how disconnecting from devices and reconnecting to loved is absolutely awe-inspiring and grounding.
Michael Williams
Williams is COO of Brush Creek Ranch, an authentic ranch resort destination. The luxury getaway is home to the Travel + Leisure #1 Resort in the US, #1 in the West, Top Family Friendly Resort and #14 Hotel in the World, the Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice #3 Resort Hotel in the U.S. and the highly-touted Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Hotel. Williams says, "What we have found time and again over the last decade at the Ranch - and this year in particular - is that even in the midst of the most grand adventure, it is often the unplanned moments that make the most indelible memories."