Destinations
This Is The Best Town in America for Stargazing
If you're looking to do some serious stargazing, head to Gerlach, Nevada: a planet-roving satellite has identified it as the spot in America with the least amount of light pollution…
— Travel Leisure
Northern Territory holiday guide: the heart of Australia
From Darwin to Kakadu, Arnhem to Alice: the territory offers visitors a bizarrely Australian experience featuring salties, barras and spectacular…
— The Guardian
Beer and beauty in Iceland - The Boston Globe
Iceland offers stunning vistas, waterfalls and geothermal pools, and a vibrant bar and restaurant scene that often…
— Boston Globe
Tours and Activities
The 50 best safari holidays
To go on safari is to take part in one of life’s last great adventures – and the word from the bush is that safaris are likely to get a lot more adventurous…
— Telegraph (London)
Where to Eat and Drink in New York This Fashion Week
While New York Fashion Week’s flurry of shows, soirees, and snow is bound to be pretty nonstop, you’ll still need to take a break for sustenance…
— Vogue
Cruise
No Ships Will Sail from Norfolk Cruise Port in 2018
The Half Moone Cruise…
— CruiseCritic.com
Incredible river cruise ships setting sail in 2017
With everything from swimming pools, cinemas and cookery schools on river cruise boats, there is much to get excited about on the world’s rivers this year…
— Telegraph (London)
Transportation
Allegiant Airlines cancels New Orleans to Jacksonville nonstop route
Allegiant Air has discontinued nonstop flights from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, a little more than year after announcing the new connection…
— The Times-Picayune
Lodging
You Can Ski in California Until the Fourth of July
You might want to hold off from packing away your ski gear come spring, as Mammoth Mountain, California has just announced plans to remain open all the way through Fourth of July…
— Conde Nast Traveler
'Nobody wants a smoking room' at hotels: not even smokers
No smoking signs are gaining more prominence at hotels across North America. Choice Hotels recently announced that 1,800 of its Comfort Inns and Comfort Suites in the USA and Canada will be 100% smoke-free starting this year, making it one of the largest brands to say no to smoking…
— USA Today
Other and Odd
New Services for Travelers, From Fitness to Food
There is no shortage today of new apps and services aimed at making travel more convenient, even pleasurable. Here, four of the latest contenders worth checking out…
— New York Times
Diversity On The Trails Is A Gift. Here's Why.
I have had the privilege to organize numerous hiking, backpacking and trekking trips in the Washington, DC area, the U.S. and worldwide for the past 10…
— The Huffington Post
Today in History
Tutankhamun's tomb is opened
Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter was a man obsessed. His studies revealed the existence of a little known or remembered Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, reigning in 1333–1324 BCE. But the evidence was scant, and the location of the Pharaoh's tomb…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
Lesson 1: Become More Likable
 Sometimes we insist on shooting ourselves in the foot. We complicate this thing called sales and it doesn't have to be that way.
Today, I will be looking at you as entrepreneurs and not travel agents. When push comes to shove I really don't care what you sell, I know it's travel-related, but today I'm talking to you the…
— Travel Research Online
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Luxury Travel Tips
Travel Professionals: It Is Time To Walk Your Talk!
by Mike Marchev
Thursday February 16, 2017
The first step in customer service is making your callers feel welcome.
After 35 years of working with entrepreneurs and small companies, I have come to identify and endorse a common trait that is preventing a more rapid growth curve: "Their talk is cheap!"
As a former collegiate athlete, I remember hearing, ad nausea, that "you have to walk your talk." A New York Giant’s head coach once put this into perspective when he told his team, "It is time we stop telling people how good we are and start getting good." (I love that advice!)
I tell you this to prepare you for a formula designed to grow your home-based business. Truth be known, it is more of a secret, but it does underscore the importance…
— 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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Upcoming Training Opportunities
Getting Ready for Alaska!
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 1 pm EST/10 am PST
With 30 years of global travel experience, ShoreTrips co-owners Barry and Julie Karp have an intuitive sense of the desires of today’s travel savvy audience. They have focused on creating smaller, more personal tours and experiences. ShoreTrips currently offers more than 2,400 excursions and activities in more than 420 cruise ship ports of call and 180 cities throughout the world.
Register Now ➠
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