Destinations
Why There's More to Australia's Red Centre than Ayers Rock
Amid the buzz surrounding British artist Bruce Munro’s epic light installation at Uluru, which was recently extended until next March, Australia’s original outback town has fallen off the tourist radar. But skipping Alice Springs on a Red Centre holiday would be a mistake…
— The Independent
5 Reasons To Visit Hawaii Right Now
Few places in the world inspire as much sheet wanderlust as the islands of Hawaii. Home to eight national parks, 400-plus beaches, and countless scenic hikes, the state is a goldmine of staggering natural beauty…
— The Huffington Post
Paradise in the Philippines: A Guide to Palawan
When people talk about traveling to Southeast Asia, Thailand is usually the assumed first stop. But the second-most populous country in that region, the Philippines, is a less-expected selection…
— Vogue
Tours and Activities
Your Guide to Pandora, Disney's New 'Avatar'-Inspired Land
The wait is almost over. Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens to the general public Saturday. Our guide to Pandora should help visitors navigate the largest expansion in the theme park’s history…
— Sun Sentinel
The Haus, Berlin's Buzziest Street Art Exhibit, Is About to Disappear
In West Berlin’s fashionable Charlottenburg neighborhood, amid designer shops and trendy restaurants, more than 165 street, graffiti, and visual artists have seized a five-story abandoned bank building and given it a remarkable makeover. In the place of stuffy offices and storage spaces, you’ll now find 108 rooms transformed into immersive installations…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Word Up: New Chicago Museum Celebrates American Authors
Seven years in the making, the $5m American Writers Museum (adult $12, child free, open Tues-Sun) offers an entertaining and sometimes surprising tour through the whole tradition, from early colonists to modernists such as Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. Along the way visitors can learn about their rackety lives and wonderful words, and just how the US has seen itself over the years…
— The Guardian
Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line Hosting Record Number of Comedy Shows
Carnival Cruise Line will provide its guests with more laughs than ever in 2017, hosting a record 25,000 shows at its Punchliner Comedy Clubs featured across the 25 cruise ships in their fleet. Boasting more comedians and performances than any land-based comedy club in the U.S., Carnival’s Punchliner Comedy Clubs feature a hilarious lineup of top-notch comedians…
— Cruise Fever
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Opens Renovated Terminal in Seattle
After a massive $30 million renovation, the Port of Seattle reopened the Bell Street Cruise Terminal, which will be the new home for Norwegian Bliss and other ships owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. The Bell Street Cruise Terminal, located at Pier 66, has three times the square footage of the prior facility…
— CruiseCritic.com
Transportation
Spirit Airlines Adds Two Routes to Cancun
Spirit Airlines is growing it schedule to Cancun, launching two new routes this fall to the Mexican beach resort. Flights from Baltimore/Washington (BWI) and Chicago O’Hare will begin Nov. 9. Spirit will fly one daily round-trip from each city…
— USA Today
Eurostar is Having A 'Snap Sale' On Trips to Paris - And The Prices are Ridiculous
Eurostar, the cross-Channel train operator, is claiming it is charging less than the Heathrow Express and Gatwick Express on trains to and from the Continent. On Wednesday only, Eurostar is selling tickets from London St Pancras to Paris and Brussels for £19 each way…
— The Independent
Qantas First Class Lounges: 10 Things to Know on Their 10-Year Anniversary
Ten years since Qantas’ First Lounges opened in Sydney and Melbourne, the airline has lifted the lid on some of the secrets of the passengers who’ve lucky enough to hang out there. Chief among the revelations about what the first class crowd gets up to behind closed doors is drinking champagne. Lots of…
— Escape
Lodging
Expedia Announces Online Hotel Bookings in Cuba
With its new operation in Cuba, Expedia joins other large U.S. tourism companies like Starwood, despite uncertainties about the future of relations between the two countries in the Trump era. According to the statement, the firm hopes to help Cuba and seeks to benefit local hotels with its tools, technology and experience…
— Fox Travel News
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons to Open Britain's First Hotel Gardening School
Named after the Oxfordshire hotel’s charismatic chef and patron, The Raymond Blanc Gardening School will impart secrets and expertise from the team behind the two-acre kitchen garden, which supplies more than 90 varieties of vegetable and 70 types of herb for Blanc’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant…
— Telegraph (London)
Iceland Welcomes a New Millennial-Perfect Hotel
The Canopy by Hilton brand is a new enterprise for the hotel giant, meant to attract younger travelers to urban areas. The inaugural property in downtown Reykjavik, which celebrated its grand opening in November, hints at a design-forward ethos with plenty of local flair. Its 112 rooms — some with spacious balconies — are spread across six adjacent, connected houses that were renovated for this project…
— New York Post
Other and Odd
Trump's Policies May Cost The U.S. $1.3 Billion In Travel -- Or More
The U.S. will likely miss out on more than $1.3 billion in travel-related expenditures this year, in part due to the Trump administration’s policies, one international business travel group predicts. A loss in that range could mean thousands of lost jobs, and some other analysts project the overall monetary losses will be much higher…
— The Huffington Post
Keep Track of the Small Stuff with this Compact Travel Case
In the eternal quest for better organization on the go, my newest helper is the iGo 6-Compartment Travel Case, a 4.8-by-2½-by-1½-inch container that can store medications, earrings, cufflinks or other small, easy-to-lose items…
— Chicago Tribune
Today in History
Peter Minuit Buys Manhattan
Peter Minuit was the Director-General of the Dutch New World colony of New Netherland…
— Travel Research Online
Point-to-Point
A Pot Pourri of Pleasant Surprises
by Paull Tickner Wednesday May 24, 2017
Virgin Atlantic have recently started non-stop services from San Francisco and Boston to the north of England city of Manchester. With flights already heading across the pond from Atlanta, Chicago, Newark, JFK, Philadelphia and Washington DC it’s worth taking a much closer look at why you should be actively promoting this user-friendly gateway to North Wales, northern England and Scotland.
As first, second and even third timers will have London at the top of their agenda, your target audience for these routes will mostly be anglophiles who will thank you for helping them to discover Wales’ 12th century castles, Roman Britain at Hadrian’s Wall and in the walled city of Chester, internationally renowned award winning gardens and corners of England that inspired some of our greatest…
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Supplier Profile
Explore the Concrete Jungle with New York City Vacation Packages
New York City Vacation Packages is more than just the only major independent travel company in the United States that focuses exclusively on New York City: they put their customers first, and have garnered years of success because of it. New York City Vacation Packages go the extra mile to accommodate their clients, even throwing in extras to make the trip that much more memorable.
New York City Vacation Packages is operated by…
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Mike's Morning Missives
Practice. Practice. Practice.
I was channel surfing the other day when I came across a program featuring…Ice Skating. As beautifully as these ladies skated, and as precise as each jump was executed, I realized that all of this creative balance and symmetry did not come by accident. Polished professionalism, regardless of the trade, is the result of focused and well-initiated…
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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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