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Why Childhood Travel Makes Better Leaders - Forbes
Gone are the days when mom and dad left the kids at home with the grandparents or a nanny so that they could travel the world in style. The Millennial generation is coming of age and traveling in droves. And guess what? They're taking their kids along for the ride. A recent study showed that Millennials are traveling with their children in record numbers, with 44% bringing the whole family on vacation. According to the Family Travel Association, Millennial families are also more diverse, more likely to travel farther, more likely seek out new destinations and more passionate about exposing their kids to new travel experiences.
An integral part of the reason? This generation grew up traveling and recognizes the powerful and lasting impact that seeing the world can have on a child. "Vacations as a child play a role in transforming and developing you as a person," says Sabrina Cendral, North America's VP of marketing and digital for Club Med, who credits her own career success to the travel she experienced when she was young. In fact, you could say that Cendral grew into her job. Cendral was born in France and raised in Holland by her French father and British mother. When she was young, their vacation of choice was the French-owned Club Med. "I was an only child and my parents wanted to travel, but they also wanted me to be around other kids, around other cultures," she says. "So Club Med seemed like a good answer. We would go once a year either to a beach resort or to a ski resort."
Gone are the days when mom and dad left the kids at home with the grandparents or a nanny so that they could travel the world in style. The Millennial generation is coming of age and traveling in droves. And guess what? They're taking their kids along for the ride. A recent study showed that Millennials are traveling with their children in record numbers, with 44% bringing the whole family on vacation. According to the Family Travel Association, Millennial families are also more diverse, more likely to travel farther, more likely seek out new destinations and more passionate about exposing their kids to new travel experiences.
An integral part of the reason? This generation grew up traveling and recognizes the powerful and lasting impact that seeing the world can have on a child. "Vacations as a child play a role in transforming and developing you as a person," says Sabrina Cendral, North America's VP of marketing and digital for Club Med, who credits her own career success to the travel she experienced when she was young. In fact, you could say that Cendral grew into her job. Cendral was born in France and raised in Holland by her French father and British mother. When she was young, their vacation of choice was the French-owned Club Med. "I was an only child and my parents wanted to travel, but they also wanted me to be around other kids, around other cultures," she says. "So Club Med seemed like a good answer. We would go once a year either to a beach resort or to a ski resort."
