Some major hotels employ teenage chief assistants (concierges) in their hotel who specialize in offering tips on popular hangouts, stores and activities. Other hotels boast teen focused spa treatments, such as cosmetic lessons and care for the face for acne prone skin. And then some are setting aside space and

events just for teens.

Throughout the time of summer, that means movie nights, showing movies such as Napoleon Dynamite and performances with local bands. Operating throughout the year, a teen lounge is equipped with iPod ready chairs with built-in speakers, dvds, a flat-screen tv, video games, an internet computer and a batch of magazines, like Seventeen and Surfing.

A new study indicated that baby boomers and older members of the generation following the baby boom were stimulating a boom in family vacations. Experts are claiming teens are showing more involvement in family vacations than they did 5 or 6 years ago.

Baby boomers are recognizing that their children are in the last years where family vacations are a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances and are realizing that more than ever before, kids in the family need to be active in the planning of a vacation.

Some major hotels started hiring teen concierges last year at their properties in large vacation cities around the US and Canada. These teens are locals who know the region, and many are in high school or college. Many of the hotels are supplied with the young concierges during the summer and major

vacation times.

Moms and dads were disappointed because their kids did not know what activities to take part in and the kids didn't like their parents' views. This comes with built in quality of being believable or trustworthy because the concierge is a teen also.

If the teen guests wish to shop for clothes, for instance, the teen concierge would not just direct them to favorites. A teen concierge at the Chicago hotel would suggest a lot of clothing stores in the popular areas. That is something you can't find everyplace.

Rollerblading spots in the city, clubs that admit under 21 customers and a yogurt bar were all within the teen concierge's upmost recommendations.

Not all suggestions are original. The full-time concierge makes some of the same referrals. But teens tend to be more willing to take their advice. It is actually helpful to have some other teens help teens find things to do.

Some travel consultants won't look at a hotel any longer unless they have items for families, so they can make a vacation out of it.

The average age of the travel consultants has come down to 42 from 55 with more parents of teens and children between the ages of 8 and 12 years on board.

Some of the teens claim it's really comfortable hanging out in the teen lounge with brothers and friends. We do not worry about adults coming in there and ruining their time. It gives them a bunch of freedom. Response, especially from parents, has been good. They claim the vacation was saved.