"Colorado really had a banner winter," said James Cammisa, the Miami publisher of a newsletter on travel trends.
In addition to the industry's leading trade magazines, business and travel journalists from 94 countries report on the latest travel trends and products.
Its topic was: "The world travel trends: Surf's Up!"
The biggest 2011 travel trend is travel itself, which looks to bounce back from a quiet(er) year or two.
Cruise lines have sold, renovated, or renamed their ships to keep up with travel trends.
The January issue, usually a roundup of the latest travel trends, is dedicated instead to comfort zones, with the largest section on road trips.
In other areas, impressions of less-expensive travel trends abound.
It is the latest twist in a travel trend that industry observers have labelled the "shapecation".
Recession tourism is a travel trend, which evolved by way of the world economic crisis.
Cruise lines frequently sell, renovate, or simply rename their ships just to keep up with travel trends.
