(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, July 17, 2013 ) INCLINE VILLAGE, NV – Experiential tour operator Myths and Mountains is proud to announce that Founder and President Dr. Antonia (Toni) Neubauer has been recognized as Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialist for Nepal in 2013. This honor establishes Neubauer as not only the premiere travel specialist for the country of Nepal, but as one of the top travel professionals in the world. This is Dr. Neubauer’s fourth Top Travel Specialist award from Condé Nast Traveler.
“To be recognized by a magazine with the stature of Condé Nast Traveler is an honor indeed, one that accrues not just to me, but to everyone at Myths and Mountains and to our wonderful people in Nepal,” said Dr. Neubauer. “Because our entire organization does such a consistently exceptional job, all of us are the ultimate recipients of this award.”
Antonia Neubauer has spent more than 30 years of her life traveling all over Nepal. She is fluent in the Nepali language and has planned and coordinated events there ranging from documentaries to weddings. Her life-changing experiences in the Himalayas inspired her to found Rural Education and Development (READ Global) in Nepal in 1991 as the non-profit arm of Myths and Mountains. Now an independent 501c3 organization based in San Francisco, READ builds Community Library Resource Centers, seeds local businesses to fully sustain and support the centers, and links them with organizations providing literacy, health/HIV, microcredit, women's empowerment and other needed services in rural communities across Nepal, Bhutan and India. The organization has built approximately 50 centers in Nepal, serving more than a million people.
Conde Nast Traveler’s annual Top Travel Specialists Collection recognizes the world’s most prolific travel specialists and booking agents in the business today, as judged by the editors of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. The top travel specialists are each recognized for their field of specialization. The feature can be found online at http://www.cntraveler.com/travel-tips/travel-specialists/2013/wendy-perrins-top-travel-specialists-2013 and in the August 2013 print edition of the magazine. The Top Travel Specialists Collection is spearheaded by Condé Nast Traveler’s Consumer News Director, Wendy Perrin.
About Myths and Mountains Founded in 1988 by veteran adventurer Toni Neubauer, Myths and Mountains fosters intimate cross-cultural experiences. The company’s tours are designed to take travelers to the very heart of the places they are visiting, whether that means trekking the remote passes of Bhutan or learning traditional medicine from the shamans of the Amazon. These efforts have established a solid place for Myths and Mountains in the adventure travel industry; the company was chosen as one of National Geographic Adventure’s Best Adventure Travel Companies in 2009 and won Travel + Leisure’s 2010 Global Vision Award. Their innovative “Untamed Cambodia” tour was selected as a “Tour of a Lifetime” for 2013 by National Geographic Traveler. Dr. Neubauer herself has been chosen as a Top Travel Specialist by Condé Nast Traveler four times. Myths and Mountains is also a member of Trusted Adventures, a consortium of award-winning companies matching active travelers with over 350 unique trips walking, rafting, cycling and trekking in over 85 destinations worldwide.
