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Radio Guest List—The One&Only Palmilla, Mexico—May 16, 2015

palmilla 2This week’s broadcast of the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show comes from The One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico. After being hit by Hurricane Odile on September 2014, the One&Only Palmilla staff pulled together as a community to rebuild. Joining us from the hotel is Peter Bowling, who talks about the rebuilding process and how the hotel and locals banded together to get the property up and running as soon as possible. The President of the Los Cabos Humane Society, Aida Trujillo, talks about animal displacement after the storm and how visitors can help…including international pet adoption!

Also joining us is National Geographic‘s Urban insider Annie Fitzsimmons talks about her recent travels and how, despite an increase in shared services, hotels are still thriving. Plus, contributing journalist to Forbes Alexandra Kirkman lets us know what destinations she thinks will be hot travel spots this summer. There’s all of this and more on this week’s episode of the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show from the One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Alexandra Kirkman, Contributor to Forbes, goes over what shes think will be hot destinations this summer and why September is the best month to travel.

Kelly Craighead, Executive Director of the National Travel and Tourism Office, chats about U.S. tourism to national parks.

Aida Trujillo, President of the Los Cabos Humane Society, shares how crucial not only pet adoption is in Los Cabos, but how to decrease the problem through spay and neutering. Last year the Humane Society spayed or neutered 3,500 dogs and cats and adopted 400 pets.

Annie Fitzsimmons, Contributing Editor to National Geographic, talks about the biggest surprise in the hotel industry…the fact that they are still building them. Despite shared services, hotels are still making money.

Chef Larbi Dahrouch, Executive Chef of Agua by Larbi, reveals what dishes have been popular at the hotel restaurant (like the parrot fish) and what surprisingly has not gone over well with guests….pork!

Peter Bowling, Managing Director of the One&Only Palmilla, divulges how life-changing last year’s hurricane was to the area and the ways the hotel and staff banded together as a community to rebuild.

By Darra Stone for PeterGreenberg.com