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Tuesday January 02, 2018

Destinations

A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison
The Isle of Youth — which has been both a Communist Utopian getaway and home to a brutal prison that housed Castro for a time — is a world apart, even by Cuban standards…

10 Reasons to Visit Edinburgh in 2018
There’s more to Edinburgh than the Festival, Fringe and Hogmanay, especially in 2018. Here are a few more reasons to visit one of the world’s most popular city break destinations…

In Historical Lyon, This Emerging Neighborhood Is the Future of France
Between the Rhone and Saone rivers, the Confluence district is aesthetically unlike anywhere else in Lyon, or even Paris…

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Tours and Activities

The Best Museum Exhibits in the U.S. this Winter
The post-holiday chill can make your get-healthy New Year’s resolution more daunting. If you consider walking through a museum a good form of exercise though, you’ll kill two birds with one stone by visiting these travel-worthy exhibits across the country…

Festivals to Combat Cabin Fever
New Englanders have a long history of gathering to laugh in winter’s icy face. Here are some winter festivals to keep your smile frozen in place…

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Cruise

Preview: The Hottest New Cruise Ships of 2018
New cruise vessels coming in 2018 include ships from Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, Seabourn and Holland America…

First Cruise Stop in Dominica since Hurricane Maria
On Thursday, the Nature Island welcomed SY Sea Cloud II of Sea Cloud Cruises, which anchored ay Purple Turtle Beach in Portsmouth…

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Transportation

2017 was the Safest Year in History for Passengers around World, Research Shows
The Dutch-based aviation consultancy, To70, has released its Civil Aviation Safety Review for 2017. It reports only two fatal accidents, both involving small turbo-prop aircraft, with a total of 13 lives lost…

Teterboro Airport: Steeped in Glamour, History and Noise
The New Jersey airport, once a source of pride for the region, has recently fallen out of favor among neighbors who call it dangerous and noisy. Its loyalists say it is an underappreciated gem…

Mechanical Issue on American Airlines Flight Sends 4 to Hospital
An American Airlines flight scheduled to depart Boston for Charlotte, N.C., was forced to return to the gate on Monday following reports of an odd odor…

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Lodging

What's Missing From Your Hotel Room
Many of the newer hotels, in an effort to conserve space, have replaced regular doors that close and lock with sliding doors that neither lock nor fully close. So what else did they take away when you weren't looking?…

10 Of The Best Amsterdam Hotels
The last few years have seen a wave of new hotels arriving in the city, seriously expanding the range of interesting options to stay within – and, most encouragingly, beyond – the well-trodden cobbled streets of its immediate historic core…

The New Face of Bangkok's Hotel Scene
Local entrepreneurs are presenting an alternative way to see their city—one that’s personal and protective of history even as voracious development destroys one heritage site after the next…

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Other and Odd

5 Ways to Save Money for your Dream Vacation in 2018
Don't let finances stand in your way of traveling the world. Instead, follow these easy steps to save up…

In 2018, Satisfy Your Soul & Follow These Travel Resolutions
As the new year promises to bring new opportunities and chances of exploration, I thought to fix my resolutions in a way that I can follow them in my best capacities and satiate my wanderlust. Here are my travel resolutions for 2018…

Today in History

Nixon Enacts National Speed Limit
On January 2, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, stipulating a national maximum speed limit…

Press Releases of Interest

TAP Air Portugal, named Best Airline in Europe for Seventh Consecutive Year, to Serve Florence Starting June 10
Florence will be TAP’s fifth Italian destination served from Lisbon, joining Rome, Bologna, Milan and Venice…

Mike's Morning Missives

You Can’t Change the World, but You Can Change YOUR World

If you are like many small business professionals you have been waiting for the New Year so you could reset the clock and leap out of the blocks with a spanking clean slate so you could begin all over. I want to remind you that there is much you can do, but there is more that you can’t change. Your number one priority is to light a fire under your own backside and make certain that you don’t come across looking like you are marketing time between now and hereafter. The rest of the world has to take care of itself.
People are attracted to people who are alive, energetic, and happy—who have ideas and crazy notions about life—who have kind things to say about others.…

  — Travel Research Online
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