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Monday March 21, 2016

 

Destinations

Dalat, Vietnam
Dalat, Vietnam, is, essentially, a city. But when I went to shoot it for the 52 Places to Go feature, I wanted to give the reader a view onto the countryside that exists not so far from the city center…

Seoul searching in South Korea
Night time in Seoul. I look out from the 25th floor of my hotel room in the central Jongno-gu district, mesmerised by the golden glow of the 14th-century Gyeongbokgung palace, the largest of South Korea’s five historic royal residences. With the backdrop of Mount Bugak floating in the sky beyond it, Gyeongbokgung seems to shine brighter than the city’s street lights, gleaming above the red and white ribbons of moving headlamps on the intersecting streets below…

An Alternative Travel Guide to Tulum, Mexico
Even Goths can enjoy a Mexican beach vacation, now and again. My friend Yukiro and I were excited to indulge in a week of lounging, at Karisma’s ocean-front resort. However, we didn’t want to miss out on the mysterious Mayan pyramids and art, in nearby Tulum…


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Tours and Activities

A weekend getaway to Palo Alto finds old-fashioned fun amid the high-tech frenzy
Fancy cars, vintage diner food and a hike at nearby Stanford University cap a weekend in the Silicon Valley hub of Palo Alto…

10 of the best alternative city breaks in Europe
If you're after a fresh spin on the city break look beyond the usual big names for more cool culture and great sights. Here's our list for 2016…


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Cruise

A luxury Amazon cruise through the Peruvian wilderness
Piranha fishing isn't like regular fishing. There's no sophisticated equipment (just a short rod made from bamboo) or any wriggly maggots to contend with (a chunk of filet mignon will do just fine). Then there's the technique to master. Pretty simple, really…

Boney M, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Marcia Hines to Headline Cruise N Groove
Choose Your Cruise, which organises Australia’s biggest music festivals at sea, has announced the return of its Cruise N Groove retro event next year, with a line-up of more than 30 acts performing on seven stages …


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Transportation

Pets on trains a hit for Amtrak and riders
After the success of a 2014 pilot program in Illinois and a much larger pilot along the Northeast Corridor this past fall and winter, Amtrak announced in February that its pet program on the Northeast Regional and Downeaster routes. Jarrad Henderson, USA TODAY…

Plane Crazy? New Study Claims Drones Not as Dangerous as the FAA Says
Despite dire predictions from the Federal Aviation Administration that the nation's air traffic is at peril from unmanned aerial vehicles, a new study claims that the chances of a drone damaging a passenger plane are fairly slim…


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Lodging

Sant Francesc Hotel Singular: Majorca's new boutique beauty
The historic district of Palma, the capital of the Spanish island of Majorca, is a maze of alleys and sun-blazed plazas, of shuttered homes and gated courtyards that seem to hold ancient secrets. One of the newest arrivals in the Plaza Sant Francesc is the Hotel Singular, a 19th-century manor, artfully transformed into a 42-room boutique hotel…

American chain Starwood to run 3 Cuban hotels
Starwood signed a deal on Saturday to renovate and run three Cuban hotels, returning U.S. chains to the island more than 50 years after American hotels were taken over by Fidel Castro's socialist revolution…

The best ski resorts you've never heard of
European ski resorts are legion and often legendary. But are there some alpine aces we've all missed? Are there any secret treasures out there, quietly delivering the goods while the spotlight falls elsewhere? The trouble is, one person's hidden gem is another's back yard…


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Other and Odd

The coffee that fuels chaos
In a country that can overwhelm the uninitiated, highly-caffeinated Vietnamese coffee is the perfect balance of bitter and sweet…

Now's the time for a Canadian vacation — the U.S. dollar is strong and deals are everywhere
With the Canadian dollar at a 12-year low against the greenback, some hot travel deals are to be had north of the border…

Today in History

The Archbishop is Executed
When Henry VIII required a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, he turned to his Archbishop in Canterbury. Thomas Cranmer thus became the chief architect of the English Reformation. Cranmer denied papal authority over the English Church, paving the way for Henry's divorce and essentially nullifying the threat of excommunication. Cranmer compiled the Book of Common Prayer, which became the basis for Anglican liturgy for some 400 years…

Editorial Musings

Quit complaining, do something

This weekend, my daughter was home from college on Spring Break and we had a wonderful time together catching up and laughing. We were recounting the highs and the lows of high school and one incident stood out. It was an argument; a particularly nasty one between us, where I chose to stick to my guns while she dug in her heels. Now 4 years later, she admitted she was wrong (dad victory) and we laughed at how petty her position truly was. It got me to thinking about the travel industry and how often we focus on worrying about one issue or the other, or complaining about this or that. Just like the argument with my daughter, it really needs to stop…

  — Travel Research Online
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Reading Between the Lines

Duct Tape Marketing: Make the Marketing Commitment

"Marketing is a lot like dating. First you go to a movie followed by a sequence of events leading to commitment.”

Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch, page 52

Chapter 4: Create Products and Services

In a time where gratification is expected instantly, the thought of working a “system” in order to obtain positive results runs contrary to popular expectations…

  — Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner

Time to grind an axe

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." ~ Abraham Lincoln

An employer once asked me to figure out why a restaurant and bar he owned was doing so poorly.  He suspected the manager was the source of the problem, but asked me to basically live at the establishment to determine the matter with certainty.

I was twenty-two  years old and I was about to be…

  — Travel Research Online
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