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Thursday July 28, 2016

 

Destinations

21 Places In The World You Must Visit At Least Once
Decisions, decisions… Which gorgeous destination should you use your precious vacation days on? We’ve got 21 ideas, from Breckenridge to Zanzibar. Tourist traps need not apply…

Japan in autumn: Tokyo city breaks, active holidays and cultural tours
Each week we approach three companies to ask for their best offer on a specific break. This week, a trip to Japan in autumn: one cultural tour, one active holiday and one city break…

Hudson, N.Y.: An Elegant Transformation
I used to consider myself a bona fide traveler, exploring everywhere from Costa Rica to Buenos Aires, Biarritz to Brussels. I looked at every calendar year as a puzzle, figuring out where to go, and when. With a home base in New York City — and Paris for two years, which invited its own adventures — almost every destination was accessible…


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Tours and Activities

Queen Elizabeth II's dresses on display
Queen Elizabeth II has amassed quite a wardrobe over the course of her nine decades on the planet. More than 150 of these outfits are being showcased in special exhibits at three official residences of the British monarch in honor of her 90th birthday earlier this year…

Pulse nightclub could become the latest tragedy tourism destination
The Pulse nightclub, the gay venue where 49 people were shot and killed last month, has found its way onto itineraries for tourists from around the world who pay their respects and leave handmade memorials…


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Cruise

This Southeast Asian Spot Should Be Your Next Cruise Destination
The Vietnamese port city of My Tho sits on one of the Nine Dragons, narrow branches that the Mekong fans into near its mouth. It’s almost a two-hour drive across the delta from the bustling urban sprawl of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), where we’d landed that morning…

A taste of the good life in Provence
After the tasting, the terroir. Having sniffed, swirled and sipped our way through a spectrum of Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites and reds, we went to see the high plateau where some of the finest wines were born…


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Transportation

Denver airport rolls out nearly 10,000 charging outlets
It should now be easier to power your electronic devices when flying through Denver International Airport. The airport says it has completed the installation of nearly 10,000 power outlets and USB ports at locations across all three concourses…

JetBlue May Soon Offer Low-Cost Flights to Europe
JetBlue Airways, the New York-based airline best known for its domestic and Caribbean flights (and free on-board Terra blue chips), may have its sights set on flights across the pond. In an announcement yesterday, the carrier said it intends to configure new Airbus deliveries down the line for long range capabilities, hinting at flying across the Atlantic to destinations in Europe, as its current fleet of Embraer E190s and Airbus A320s and A321s don’t have the range to make it across the ocean…


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Lodging

This Storybook Hotel in Romania Will Bring Fairy Tales to Life
Castelul de Lut, or the “Clay Castle,” is straight out of a fairytale. Despite being called a castle, the hotel looks more like a witch's cottage (hey Hansel, hey Gretel) than somewhere Sleeping Beauty would call home…

The US hotel that can't be faulted
When billionaires pay $US1 million just to get married here (Bill Gates), and one in particular loves it so much he buys the entire island (Larry Ellison), you know there must be something special about Lanai. Oracle founder Ellison bought Hawaii's sixth largest island in 2012 (well, 98 per cent of it), including the existing Four Seasons resort…

Man wins Micronesian island resort in $49 raffle
An Australian man has won the raffle of a lifetime, taking home an entire Pacific island resort for the price of a $49 ticket. The man, identified only as Joshua from New South Wales, won The Kosrae Nautilus Resort in a contest organized by Australian owners, Doug and Sally Beitz…


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Other and Odd

Escape readers submit their best tips for keeping devices charged overseas
When Escape asked its readers to submit their best travel tip, we were overwhelmed with the amount of emails we received around power adaptors. Turns out the one thing most travellers like to ensure is that their electronic devices are powered up and working on holiday. So what’s the best way to stay connected overseas?…

US tourist spends night on roof of Milan's Duomo cathedral
Italian police say an American tourist spent a night locked on the spectacular rooftop of Milan's Gothic-inspired Duomo cathedral after being overlooked by security…

Today in History

Miami Incorporated
The City of Miami was incorporated on July 28, 1896. Julia Tuttle, a wealthy widow from Ohio, moved to the southern tip of Florida in 1891 and purchased 640 acres on which to farm…

Reading Between the Lines

The Little Blue Book of Advertising: Learn to Love Research

“Research. Love it or hate it.”

The Little Blue Book of Advertising by Steve Lance and Jeff Woll, page 81

In a recent article I suggested the wisdom of doing one’s homework in the form of due diligence when trying “enter the conversation they are already having with themselves.” This procedure can also be placed in the category of Market

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TRO SMITH

9 Savvy Social Visibility Tactics to Fire up your Marketing

How popular are you?

Remember back in high school all the cool kids hung together and the rest of us… well, we were in awe.

Now that social marketing is part of our business lives, being popular socially takes on a life of its own. While gathering fans is important, it’s more important that your fans LOVE you and want to be a part of your conversations.

Firing up clients and potential new clients to seek out your social sites and then engage with you can be a challenge. Here 9 hot and savvy ways to let people know where to find you socially and why they need to join your conversations. We’ll start at a novice level and move into more advance and socially savvy tactics…

  — 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:

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…and then attend TRO’s webinars. Winners will be selected and notified immediately after each webinar!


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