Destinations
36 Hours in Seoul
Thanks to the Korean pop culture wave, the once underrated South Korean capital, with its new museums, plazas and restaurants, is reveling in a tourism boom…
— New York Times
Ultimate South Africa: how to have the perfect holiday two-week holiday
Cape Town needs no sales pitch. Established as a kitchen garden in 1652 to restock ships en route to India, it still replenishes, with picturesque coves carved into a mountainous peninsula, slopes carpeted in an astonishing floral biodiversity, and vineyards that produce the New World’s most underrated wines…
— Telegraph (London)
Tours and Activities
Taking a gin journey to taste the authentic spirit of London
I’m rushing up London’s Portobello Road on a Friday afternoon in spring, dodging shoppers and strollers as I zig-zag from sidewalk to road and back again hunting for a bar. The Portobello Star is the latest in a long line of alcohol-serving establishments situated in the same building since 1740…
— Globe and Mail
City guide: What to see, eat and do in New York City
In the city that never sleeps, shopping is as popular with locals as the three Ds: drinking, dining and dating. If you want to shop like a true New Yorker, avoid paying retail prices whenever possible and make the most of end-of-season and Black Friday sales, citywide the day after thanksgiving, when sale prices can net savings of up to 80 per cent…
— Escape
Cruise
Cruise lines cancel calls in Nice in wake of attack
Two cruise lines have canceled calls in Nice this week in the wake of Thursday's terror attack along the city's iconic Promenade des Anglais -- a popular destination for tourists…
— USA Today
Amazon River Cruise Ship Sinks, Four Crew Members Missing
An Aqua Expeditions' ship sank July 16 after an accident that has left some crew members hurt and four others missing. There were no passengers onboard at the time. The incident on Aqua Amazon took place during regular Saturday supplying and turnaround hours for restocking the ship. An accident occurred, causing an explosion that resulted in its sinking. The investigation is ongoing…
— CruiseCritic.com
Transportation
Hey, American Airlines, where's my refund?
I have tried in vain to get a refund from American Airlines. On a recent flight back to Bermuda, my 7-year-old daughter and I experienced hours of delays caused by weather. Finally, our flight was canceled, and chaos ensued…
— Chicago Tribune
Boeing developing self-cleaning airplane bathrooms, CNN reports
There are some things that most people avoid doing until it's absolutely necessary, such as cleaning gutters or filing their taxes. For many people, it's using an airplane bathroom, but a CNN report says Boeing has developed a solution…
— The Times-Picayune
Flight test: Cathay Pacific business class
An intuitive seat design that bring privacy and comfort is one of the best in the business…
— Sydney Morning Herald
Lodging
Cool Place of the Day: Chateau Rhianfa, Anglesey
Looking as if it's been airlifted straight from the Loire Valley, they call this a château for a reason – a grey-stone, turreted building that sits on a peak overlooking the Menai Straits between Anglesey and mainland Wales…
— The Independent
10 of the best campsites, cabins and B&Bs in Slovenia
With Hobbity hideaways, remote farms and friendly guesthouses, Slovenia offers a wealth of accommodation from which to explore its mountains, lakes and villages…
— The Guardian
Other and Odd
10 Things NOT To Say To Solo Female Travelers
As a solo female traveler, I’ve heard it all! When I made the decision to go backpacking by myself for an extended period of time and shared my travel plans with family, friends, and social media, I was met with some really amazing supportive words of encouragement, and, some not so great comments that were quite presumptuous and judgmental…
— The Huffington Post
Want to travel like a professional travel writer? Pack like one
Travel writer Christopher Muther highlights items that have caught his fancy for summer travel…
— The Boston Globe
Attempted Coup in Turkey: What Travelers Need to Know
The Guardian and The New York Times are reporting that the attempted coup has failed. Overnight, in apparent response to President Erdogan's exhortations, protesters took to the streets in Istanbul and Ankara to oppose the military's occupation. Police resisted and eventually overwhelmed military personnel, who had reportedly surrendered by morning…
— Condé Nast Traveler
Today in History
Rome Burns
On July 18, in the year 64 AD, a fire began in the shops and residences surrounding the Circus Maximus in Rome. Because many of the structures were wooden, they quickly caught fire and burned with a fury. Soon, the fire spread completely out of control and burned for, by some accounts, six days…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
Swallow the frog
by John Frenaye
Monday July 18, 2016
 No, I am not talking about some French delicacy. If that’s your thing—enjoy! Today, I want to talk about motivation. For me, summers are slow. Dreadfully slow. My motivation to get up is near zero at times; and to tackle a project… well you can imagine. But I have adopted a “swallow the frog” mentality and it seems to be working for me!
Swallow the frog? In the most simple terms… do the most distasteful thing on your to-do list first. Get it out of the way, and chances are that the rest of your day will go better.
Do you have a client that called complaining about a recent trip and you have nothing good to report back? Make that call first thing in the morning…
— Travel Research Online
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Reading Between the Lines
How Successful People Think: Catch Your Ideas
 “I keep a special lighted writing pad on my nightstand for such times.”
How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell, page 15
This quote hit me like a ton of bricks. That exact device was one of my early ideas; I thought it was going to make me a millionaire. But like so many ideas we have, it came and went. My idea. Your fortune. But I…
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
The Power of Excuses
by Richard Earls
Sunday July 17, 2016
 Can any one of us make it through the day without at least one good excuse? I want to give it a try. Sometime. Don't we always have the best reasons for not living up to the promises we make to ourselves and others? The pretexts we give for our failures to act as we should or do as we might, however, are some of the most serious obstacles we encounter on the way to being what we most want to be and having what we most deserve in our travel practices.
The most impressive quality of an excuse is our absolute willingness to believe it when we know better. We chant our excuses frequently and ardently enough to turn them to reality. Suddenly, we really don't…
— Travel Research Online
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One-to-One Interviews
Michael Whitehead, Regional General Manager of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and North America for Air Astana
 Michael Whitehead was born in India and attended school all over the world, but not limited to: Hong King, Singapore, Scotland, England, and the United States. This included the same secondary school as the former Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair, although Blair arrived after Michael had already left. Michael began his career in the travel industry in the early 1970’s by joining Cathay Pacific Airways as a trainee manager in the Hong Kong head office. He stayed with Cathay until 2002, and between 2002 to 2008 when he joined the Air Astana team, Michael worked with an all cargo airline based in the USA, Polar Air Cargo…
— Travel Research Online
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TRO and The Travel Institute Scholarship Program
TRO believes ongoing training is important to the health of the travel professional. Therefore, we have partnered with The Travel Institute to assist travel agents to earn their Certified Travel Associate designation. TRO will be awarding a $100 scholarship to at least one attendee of TRO webinars each webinar. If you want to be considered for the scholarship you need only to register here:
http://www.thetravelinstitute.com/troscholarship/
…and then attend TRO’s webinars. Winners will be selected and notified immediately after each webinar!
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