Destinations
Lisbon, Portugal: The three minute guide
Lisbon is the great underrated Western European capital – and it almost certainly offers the best value for money in the region too. It has the magic combo of being pretty – orange-tiled roofs line the hillsides and look out to the mighty river Tagus – and having bags of energy…
— Traveller
Mexican delight: Beach town fun, colonial charm in Mazatlán
Mexico has many beach destinations with world-class resorts and palm-lined stretches of white sand. But there’s only one destination that can truly be called the country’s “Colonial City on the Beach.” That’s the city of Mazatlán, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast…
— USA Today
Tours and Activities
New artificial ski slope to open on roof of Copenhagen green power plant
One of the longest artificial ski slopes in the world will open on the roof of a state-of-the-art green power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark, next year…
— Telegraph (London)
The man who spent his fortune on a park
Douglas Tompkins, the founder of North Face, has left behind one of history’s greatest land-conservation legacies by using his fortune to buy large tracts of farmland in Patagonia…
— BBC
Airbnb Wants to Do Much More Than Offer You a Place to Stay
Airbnb has to do more than help people rent out their spare bedrooms to make it a $30-billion company. And so, on Thursday, the ways in which the company plans to expand became clear…
— Travel+Leisure
Cruise
Princess Cruises' Royal Princess and Sapphire Princess to Homeport in Southampton in 2018
Princess Cruises has revealed that Royal Princess -- christened in Southampton by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2013 -- will return to the U.K. in 2018 to mark the ship's fifth anniversary…
— CruiseCritic.com
A new wave of cruise TV
When "The Love Boat" set sail on ABC in 1977, it invited viewers to board each week for "something exciting and new" with the fictional crew of a Princess Cruises ship. The scripted series ran for 10 years, becoming a pop culture hit that made household names of its actors…
— Sun Sentinel
Transportation
Hundreds of O'Hare Airport workers to strike ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
Hundreds of O'Hare International Airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials said Thursday that about 500 workers have committed to strike…
— Fox Travel News
Airline introduces chip tags, tracking app to tackle problem of lost bags
There's nothing like lost luggage to put a damper on the holiday travel season, but a simple piece of technology being added to some luggage tags could help limit the problem…
— NBC
Lodging
An Eccentric Hollywood Hotel for the Fun at Heart
When AccorHotels, the French-based hotel group, planned the first American outpost of its trendy Mama Shelter brand, it chose Los Angeles and a vacant property that was built in 1926 as a hotel…
— New York Times
Where the world's top hoteliers like to stay
What makes a hotel stay magical? Winners of the Boutique Hotel Awards 2016 tell us about their most memorable trips around the world…
— CNN
Other and Odd
Why travelers are returning to travel agents
Sure it was fun, empowering, often money-saving in the early days, when online travel agencies like Expedia and Travelocity became a presence on the Web for price-shopping, and TripAdvisor, CruiseCritic and Hotels.com became fonts of reviews and opinions…
— USA Today
Woman visiting 196 countries in fastest time: My weirdest stories
The woman who is about to break the world record for visiting every country in the world in the shortest time period tells us about the strangest things she's seen along the way…
— The Independent
'Vogue' Editor Co-Launches Chic, Affordable Luggage Line
Shopping for luggage is no easy feat these days. There are bags that promise to never wrinkle your clothes; a carry-on that opens with one touch; a soft leather travel backpack for every occasion; and even a robotic suitcase that glides faithfully at your side…
— Condé Nast Traveler
Today in History
William Tell
According to legend, on this day in 1307, William Tell was arrested by Hermann Gessler, a local magistrate in Switzerland seeking to enforce Hapsburg rule in the region. Tell had refused to bow to a symbol of Hapsburg rule in the town square of Burglen…
— Travel Research Online
Agent Perspectives
Sharon Campbell Little, Wedding and Honeymoon Travel Group
by Susan Schaefer
Friday November 18, 2016
Focusing on a v ery narrow niche can be very successful, and Sharon Little has proven it with her strict focus on romance travel in Jamaica. We recently sat down with Sharon to ask about her business model and experiences in the travel industry.
Travel Research Online (TRO): How long have you been in the travel industry?
Sharon Little (SL): Here in the United States it has been approximately six years. Prior to that I worked in the UK for Thomas Cook for approximately 15…
— Travel Research Online
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Reading Between the Lines
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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