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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Destinations11 Best Australia ExperiencesIf distance makes the heart grow fonder, it's no wonder that Australia is a mainstay on most travel bucket lists… IndependentTraveler.com Exploring Grand Bahama (if you can ever leave the beach) Grand Bahama, one of the hundreds of islands that make up this archipelago in the Atlantic, is essentially a giant piece of coral. Which could be a problem for a kitchen dependent on freshly grown produce… Globe and Mail  Tours and ActivitiesKielder Forest: Walk of the monthYou'll find sleepy villages, vast stretches of moorland and - weather permitting - starry skies… The Independent Stockholm's stunning rooftop tour The best way to get a sense of the Swedish capital's island landscape isn't from the sea. It’s from the air – 43m in the air, to be exact… BBC London's tiny attractions: 12 places you wouldn't spot if you weren't looking Big cities tend to generate big statistics. But instead of biggest, highest, and longest, how about smallest, shortest, and narrowest? … Telegraph (London)  CruiseRoyal Caribbean to say goodbye to Majesty of the SeasCall it the end of an era at Royal Caribbean. The 22-ship company today announced that the last of its three Sovereign class vessels, Majesty of the Seas, will leave the fleet in 2016… USA Today Asia cruise passenger numbers to exceed 2 million Australia and New Zealand are on track to be overtaken as the world's fastest growing cruise markets, as staggering new statistics are released about Asia, particularly China… CruiseCritic.com  TransportationU.S., Mexico to end limits on transborder airline routesIt will soon be easier for U.S. and Mexican carriers to add new routes between the nations… USA Today Holiday travel: Few flight problems Tuesday, but trouble looms More airlines began waiving change fees for pre-Thanksgiving flights as a winter storm moved toward the Northeast… USA Today  LodgingFive myths about hotel housekeepingThe housekeeper's job must be most thankless job at any hotel. Housekeepers perform the most physically demanding work, cleaning an average of 10 to 14 rooms a day, yet are often invisible to the typical guest… USA Today Classy, chic and steps from the Champs-Élysées: the Paris hotel you need to book Deciding where to stay in Paris is as fun as it is fraught – do I splurge and stay in the 1st or 2nd arrondissements, or go for the gritty and chic northeastern neighbourhoods?… Globe and Mail Jericho, Somerset: B&B and beyond This converted farmhouse is perfect for exploring the local art scene ... if you can bring yourself to leave… The Independent  Other and OddVenice officials deny ban on wheeled suitcasesDon't throw out your roller bag just yet. Officials in the Italian city of Venice are denying a reported ban on wheeled luggage, saying they won't impose large fines on tourists using them… CNN Tips for Introverted Travelers What's it like to be a traveling introvert in an extroverted world? We offer some simple tactics to help assuage your introverted tendencies… IndependentTraveler.com  365 Guide Tip for the DayGet Radical with Problems – Ask WHY?The word "radical" denotes the idea of getting to the root of a problem. When mathematicians want to find the square root of a number, they use the radical symbol to express the equation… Travel Research Online 
Press Releases of InterestG Adventures Launches its Lineup of 2015 Family TripsLeading small-group adventure travel tour operator G Adventures introduces its collection of 2015 Family adventures. Spanning three continents and 14 countries, the company's family-friendly trips are designed to deliver a mix of adventure and education… Travel Research Online 
Today in HistoryThe Hollywood TenOn November 25th, 1947, a group of Hollywood studio executives blacklisted and banned from employment ten individuals for suspected Communist sympathies… Travel Research Online 
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