Destinations
Samoa: A paradise you really have to want to visit
At the Upolu to Savai'i ferry terminal an older man reclines on a bench below a café serving hatch, the Samoan equivalent of a greasy spoon. He catches my eye, raises half a coconut, smiles and beckons to me. I'm in no hurry, Samoa isn't a place to be in haste, and I wander over to see what he wants…
— The Independent
If This Doesn't Make You Want To Go To Kauai, Nothing Will
A never-before-seen perspective of one of Hawaii's most treasured destinations? Yes, please…
— The Huffington Post
Tours and Activities
Landmark NYC restaurants' other locations
Find trademark tastes of New York City at these destination restaurants' other locations…
— USA Today
How to do the Sundance Film Festival on a budget
Enjoying the festival fun doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg…
— Fox Travel News
California offers plenty of alternative wineries outside Napa Valley
Visit the state's other wine regions for refreshingly unpretentious counterpoints to typical, slick operations…
— Globe and Mail
Cruise
Cruise smackdown: Norwegian Breakaway vs. Carnival Magic
Which cruise line has the hotter ship? You decide…
— USA Today
Top cruising trends in 2016
Some big changes are on the horizon for cruising regulars and sailing newbies…
— Fox Travel News
Transportation
How to score the best seat on the plane
Check out these apps and tools to make your next flight more comfortable…
— USA Today
These Are The 10 Worst Habits Of Airplane Passengers
What kind of traveler are you?…
— The Huffington Post
Lodging
Hotel building boom bringing 100,000 new rooms to U.S. cities
Travelers looking for a home on the road will have lots of new choices this year…
— USA Today
Best resorts in Orlando: Conde Nast Readers
From theme park perks to golf and luxury spas, these Orlando-area resorts have something to offer for the whole family…
— Fox Travel News
The Principal Madrid offers quiet elegance amid a lively city
This five-star hotel tucked into a Renaissance-style building feels like a period movie set, waiting for you to write your own script…
— Globe and Mail
Other and Odd
Where Sports Fans Should Go in 2016
Whether your game is golf, soccer, snow biking or Ping-Pong, 2016 is shaping up to be a flag-waving year among fans…
— New York Times
Giant robots battle sea monsters in Pacific Rim 5-D motion-simulator attraction
A new motion-simulator attraction based on the "Pacific Rim" science fiction monster movie by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will bring the war between gigantic robots and monstrous sea creatures to a Northern California amusement park…
— LA Times
Today in History
The First Clinical Use of Insulin
In 1889, a Polish physician, Oscar Minkowski, removed the pancreas from a healthy dog and noted that the animal suffered an immediate rise in blood sugar. Thirty-three years later in 1922, a Canadian researcher, Frederick Banting, read Minkowski's notes and determined that diabetes might be treated with a pancreatic extract of insulin…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
Never underestimate the power of video and email
by John Frenaye
Monday January 11, 2016
 Last week I discussed the importance of the experience to today’s traveler. Later in the week, Nolan Burris talked about the “wow” experience he recently had in South Africa. Are you sensing a theme here? In Nolan’s article, he included a video to visually highlight his written message—and it worked. In terms of traffic to Travel Research Online, it worked. That article, along with the views of the video was very strong. I wondered.
Last week, I was preparing to release a small weekend group trip to my clients. Typically, my email database will get a heads up prior to any publication on the website, and I decided to include a video. And…
— Travel Research Online
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Reading Between the Lines
The One Thing: A Disciplined Life
 “Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right. The trip to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.”
The One Thing by Gary Keller, page 55
Chapter 6: A DISCIPLINED LIFE
The plight of today’s entrepreneur is that they feel they have to do everything; and heaven knows there is plenty to do! To complicate things, they never seem to have enough time to get it all done. Too much to do… not enough time to do it…
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
A Talent for Practice
by Richard Earls
Sunday January 10, 2016
 "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." ~ Albert Einstein
Talent. You have it or you don't... Right? Isn't talent the reason Bobby Fischer was a grand master chess player at 19? Isn't talent why Bill Gates was a boy genius and is now the world's richest man, or why Tiger Woods was a child golf prodigy? Is talent why some people seem to be natural born successes and others struggle up and down the steep slopes of the Pareto Principle their entire life, never breaking into the top 20% of their chosen field?
Maybe…
— Travel Research Online
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