Home is where Costco is
I love to travel. The thrill of seeing different sights, meeting new people and filling my day with a host of novel experiences is something I have always enjoyed. On the other hand, I also love it when my biggest adventure of the day is traveling with a cup of coffee from the kitchen to my favorite chair.
Are these two loves impossible to reconcile? I say no, and I think the content in this month’s Connection shows that they can happily coexist.
For example, our cover story provides a wonderful overview of Costco Travel, a service that has been offered to Costco members for almost 25 years. As you might expect, introducing Costco’s approach of “how do we provide the best value” to the travel experience was not without its challenges. Historically, this industry has not been known for its efforts to make things less expensive while also adding extras. But Costco Travel dug in and over the years has shown that our business model can be successful, providing some of the best value for cruises, vacation packages, hotels, rental cars and much more to our members.
For those times when travel means ambling to the den to watch the next episode of The Voice, Costco is there to make sure the environment and ambience are exactly what you need. The profile of Gertmenian, a longtime Costco supplier of rugs for inside and outside your house, and the kitchen picks from our housewares buyers and bedroom and living room picks from our domestics buyers showcase the myriad ways Costco provides value and quality for every room in your home.
Whether you are regularly driven by wanderlust or are someone who prefers to stay put, Costco has you covered.
Coming next month
- Costco members show off their unique collections.
PUBLISHER
Sandy Torrey storrey@costco.com
EDITORIAL DIRECTORS
U.S. T. Foster Jones 425-313-6748 tod.jones@costco.com
Canada/U.K.Stephanie E. Ponder 425-427-7134 sponder@costco.com
U.S. TEAM
Katie Coleman katie.coleman@costco.com
Will Fifield wfifield@costco.com
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Christina Guerrero cguerrero2@costco.com
Dan Jones daniel.jones@costco.com
COPY EDITOR
Miriam Bulmer
Cindy Hutchinson
CONTRIBUTORS
Laura Bode, Tarrah Casterline, Wendy Irvine, Andrea Downing Peck, Marc Saltzman, Fiona Sims, Rosie Wolf Williams, Michele Wojciechowski
ART DIRECTOR
Lory Williams lwilliams@costco.com
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTORS
David Schneider, dschneider@costco.com
Brenda Shecter bshecter@costco.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Ken Broman, Steven Lait, Megan Lees, Chris Rusnak
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
Antolin Matsuda amatsuda@costco.com
PRINT, PAPER AND PREPRESS MANAGER
MaryAnne Robbers mrobbers@costco.com
PRINT PRODUCTION SPECIALIST
Grace Clark graceclark@costco.com
PUBLISHING ADVERTISING MANAGER
Kathi Tipper-Holgersen 425-313-6581 ktipper@costco.com
ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER
Susan Detlor 425-313-6916 sdetlor@costco.com
ADVERTISING SPECIALISTS
Raven Stackhouse 425-416-1632 rlstackhouse@costco.com
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR
Aliw Moral 425-313-2558 mmoral@costco.com
ADVERTISING COPYWRITER
Bill Urlevich
ADVERTISING PRODUCTION SPECIALIST
Josh Livingston
ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Christina Muñoz-Moye
NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Colonno 973-664-7797 michael.colonno@mediapartnersgroupllc.net
BUSINESS MANAGER
Jane Johnson
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Rossie Cruz rcruz@costco.com
ONLINE PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Dorothy Strakele connection@costco.com
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