Destinations
Lonely Planet's 7 great places to spend New Year's Eve -- that aren't Las Vegas or New York City
Lonely Planet says there are more interesting places to go on New Year’s Eve than party-centric Las Vegas or New York City…
— LA Times
10 great reasons to visit New York in 2017
With new restaurants from some big names, chic hotels in unlikely locales, several hi-tech Times Square extravaganzas, and rare retrospectives of great artists and architects, New York City has it going on in 2017…
— Telegraph (London)
Here Are The Travel Destinations Everyone Was Searching For In 2016
If you need some inspiration for how to use your new vacation days come January, 2016’s top trending travel destinations, recently released by Google, are a great place to start…
— The Huffington Post
Tours and Activities
Five Places to Go in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Gowanus, a Brooklyn neighborhood tucked between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, has shed its must-avoid reputation…
— New York Times
The Best Wine Regions to Visit in 2017
To find out what the world's most coveted wine regions are right now, we spoke to sommeliers around the country about what's on their must-sip list in the new year…
— Condé Nast Traveler
Cruise
Luxury Cruise Ship Silver Whisper Reveals Refurbishment After Dry Dock
Silversea's Silver Whisper sailed triumphantly into Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades this morning after a multimillion-dollar renovation…
— CruiseCritic.com
The cruise that will change your mind about cruising
Not sure if a cruise is for you? There is actually a cruise for just about everyone as our writer found during a spirit-lifting voyage…
— Traveller
Transportation
Texas woman misses flight to help man with autism through airport
A Texas woman is being celebrated online after posting about a recent encounter with an autistic man while flying through Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport…
— Fox Travel News
Get art, fresh salad or a charge from airport vending machines
Stuck at the airport? Instead of constantly refreshing your phone for flight updates, head over to the vending machine — not for packaged cookies or soda; but for fresh salad, cosmetics, or even local artwork…
— NBC
Lodging
Unusual items you can get from hotel room service
Many hotels are getting creative when it comes to delivering creature comforts to the room…
— USA Today
Hotel Openings to Watch Out for in 2017
These are some of the hotel openings we're most excited about in the new year…
— Travel+Leisure
Other and Odd
Meet the heroes fighting to put a stop to the cruel practice of elephant riding
In Laos, ‘the land of a million elephants’, you can stay at an elephant hospital to learn why it’s high time tourists stopped riding them…
— The Independent
3 Life Lessons Learned in Antarctica
Traveling to Antarctica captures part of your soul and drops you in a majestic, serene, unlivable and harsh world where you are disconnected from everything…
— The Huffington Post
Shifting visa fees can make travel to Vietnam confusing, costly
The prices for a visa to visit Vietnam have been all over the board recently. While things seem to have settled down, it still pays to shop around…
— Chicago Tribune
Today in History
Pan Am Flight 103
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded en route from London to New York in Scotland airspace. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed, as well as 11 of the residents of the town of Lockerbie under the explosion…
— Travel Research Online
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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