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Wednesday April 27, 2016

 

Destinations

Why your next city break should be Lisbon
Lisbon leapt nine places to 26th in the World’s Best Cities category at this year’s Telegraph Travel Awards’. It is the cheapest Western European destination for a city break this year, according to the Post Office, and is increasingly appearing on British travellers’ short break hit list…

Spain's cursed village of witches
How does a tiny Spanish village of just 62 souls come to be excommunicated in its entirety and cursed with a spell so strong that only the Pope can lift it?…


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Tours and Activities

Want off the beaten path? Head to Slovenia on a guided walking tour
The little-known Central European country of Slovenia is the focus of a new guided walking tour organized by Country Walkers…

Costa Rica for foodies
The curved mountain tops, blanketed in milky green grass, gave way to infinite blue sky. Cows grazed on land speckled with wind turbines. If it wasn't for the unpaved roads and one-storey houses in pops of candyfloss pink and lime, I could easily have been in the Alps, rather than Monteverde, in northwestern Costa Rica…


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Cruise

Cunard's QM2 Cruise Liner Forced to Skip Two Ports Because of Norovirus Outbreak Onboard
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 has been denied entry to Aqaba in Jordan and Salalah in Oman because of a norovirus outbreak onboard the ship. Of the 2,403 guests onboard, Cunard confirmed that only two guests had confirmed symptoms of the gastro illness…

What It's Really Like to Be a Cruise Ship Performer
Sydney Brown, a member of Royal Caribbean's tumbling team, tells Condé Nast Traveler about her life at sea…

Ponant's New Ships Will Have Underwater Lounges With Incredible Views
Ponant, a popular French expedition cruise line, announced last month that it would be adding four identical ships to its fleet, but it wasn’t until recently that details regarding the design and amenities of each were revealed. Navin Sawhney, Ponant's CEO for the Americas, told Travel Weekly earlier this week that each ship will come equipped with an underwater lounge—a bar area with large windows below the ship’s surface…


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Transportation

Denver’s Vintage Train Station Gets (Another) Update
Union Station’s new link to Denver’s airport — along with notable restaurants, shops and a hotel — make it the city’s transit heart…

Plane passengers arrested after attacking ground crew over delayed flight
The angry trio reportedly smashed a desk at one of the boarding gates after their demands to meet a supervisor were declined…


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Lodging

Nine stylish boutique hotels in Austin
Visitors can stay in stylish properties that, despite their small size, pack in plenty of amenities…

The world's best luxury dive resorts
Super-swanky dive resorts come in all sizes. But mostly in small. From Chile to Australia to St. Lucia, the world's most exclusive scuba hideaways serve fewer than 100 select guests. Some cater to a maximum of just 20 diving VIPs. Others tempt groups to reserve their whole private island…


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Other and Odd

Is vacationing at a 'baby-friendly' resort a sacrifice - or just a new kind of adventure?
When your idea of "vacation" used to be gruelling, independent hikes through remote jungles, how does a sunny, sandy "baby-friendly" resort stack up?…

Thinking About Going to Cuba This Summer? Here's How to Do It
President Obama visited Cuba last month, and plenty of Americans want to know when they might be able to take a trip to the formerly off-limits island nation, too. The U.S. government has been steadily easing travel restrictions to Cuba, but there will still be some complications if you're thinking about making it your summer travel destination…

4 Reasons Travel Is Better in Your 30s
My Twitter feed reminds me daily that I’m not in my 20s anymore, mostly through the travel articles that wistfully imply if I didn’t hit the road when I was 24, I’ve literally missed the plane. But I am going to disagree with all of the millennials who so adamantly steal their decade for travel, and proclaim: travel is so much better in your 30s…

Today in History

The Death of Magellan
Fernao de Magalhaes, better known in English as Ferdinand Magellan, convinced the Spanish King to finance the quest for a Western route to the Indonesian Islands. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail. It took him over a year of sailing the Atlantic and then Southward along the coast of South America before he came upon the straights that now bear his name at the tip of the continent…

Point-to-Point

Have you ever watched someone really do their job?

I love to watch professionals ply their trade.

A few years back, I hired a man to dig a hole in my backyard and he used a machine called a “Bobcat."  A Bobcat is a hole digging machine on 4 wheels… a mini bulldozer. I was digging a hole for a swimming pool and this guy could make that machine “sing." Can you sing?

Within minutes of arriving, he was bobbing and weaving while a perfectly smooth and level hole was being created in my…

  — Travel Research Online
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Supplier Profile

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Consider Bedsonline your "secret weapon" to creating custom travel experiences for your clients and differentiating yourself from what they can purchase online or ‘off…

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Reading Between the Lines

Putting Out of Your Mind: Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

“Make the putt in your mind. It’s up to fate if the ball actually drops.”

Putting Out of Your Mind: Dr. Bob Rotella, page 57

Gaining Control By Giving Up Control

This quote called to mind the power of “visualization.” All successful athletes practice this mental procedure. Why not introduce this practice to the game of business?…

  — Travel Research Online
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