• From Ukraine to Notre Dame to Petra: Our Shared Humanity, Our Shared Obligation Don’t forget how you felt as you watched Notre Dame burn. Recognize it is something that is happening every day.   Update: July 16, 2022 I wrote the original article below in 2019, but today the race to preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage has made this discussion urgent again. The Smithsonian and Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian […]
  • Jordan: My Perfect Itinerary The following article was published in Ultimate Experiences, January 2020.  A link to the PDF of that article can be found here:  Feature_JORDAN (4).   If you wish to book your adventure to Jordan, contact me or click here to find an expert travel advisor who can make it happen.  Happy travels to a small, welcoming country with so many world-class treasures […]
  • Where to Go in 2019: Travel Advice or Travel Advertorial? Ignacio Maza and Jean Newman Glock  #itscomplicated “Where to go” travel lists are ubiquitous.  Everyone has one, top ten lists are click-bait on social media but how can you trust that they are not driven by advertiser dollars? #itscomplicated The conventional wisdom is that you can’t trust any of us who write about travel while accepting […]
  • Luxury Travel: It’s About Access, Not Thread Counts Luxury is about opening doors…or gates. The author at Burghley House in England. “Show me something I can’t see on my own, introduce me to someone I could not meet. That is the trip I will take. Luxury is Access. “ That’s my travel mantra and apparently, many UHNW travelers share my view. At a recent […]
  • Full Disclosure: Embracing Age, Defying Labels and a New Job Embracing Age, Defying Labels I can get a senior discount, sometimes.  I am a grandmother times 4.5.  I rarely admit the first, adore the second but not the preconceptions that come along with the term.  But in the interest of full disclosure, and in light of the diminishing effects of botox, I have decided to come […]
  • Where to Travel Next? Article from Huffington Post. Original article can be found here. This post was co-authored with Ignacio Maza, Executive Vice-President for Signature Travel Network. Where do two of the travel industry’s most experienced, picky, passionate and peripatetic travelers want to travel in 2016? Combined, we have been to just about every corner of the globe (several […]
  • Return to the Gilded Age: The Lure of the Grand Hotel The full article can be accessed by clicking here. Published in the October Issue of National Geographic Traveler.
  • Luxury Travel Advisor July 2015: Jean Newman Glock Article from Luxury Travel Advisor Magazine  July 2015. Original Article can be found here.          Jean Newman Glock of JNG Worldwide has become so successful in the social networking arena, she’s no longer selling individual travel; rather she’s consulting for other travel advisors and suppliers, as well as with the Signature Travel […]
  • The Travel & Leisure 2014 A-List of Travel Agents The A-List has been released, and for the second consecutive year, Jean Newman Glock has made the list. The Travel & Leisure team works each year to pull together the travel industry all-stars who have the “knowledge and connections to make any dream trip a reality.” Travel + Leisure® editors evaluated hundreds of travel advisors […]
  • Jean Newman Glock Featured in Serenity Magazine I was pleased to have the opportunity to work with the editors at Serenity Magazine to provide my behind-the-scenes perspective on the world of luxury travel. In addition to my quotes contributing to the Ceremonial Creativity story along with several of the region’s leading wedding and honeymoon stakeholders, my interview is also featured in its […]