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Destinations
The Last Unexplored Places on Earth
Want to discover a new species, tread where others haven’t, or simply leave behind the stresses of the modern world? These unexplored destinations are a good place to start a journey into the unknown: the Darien Gap, Gangkhar Puensum, Sakha Republic, and more.…
— Telegraph (London)
5 Great Places to Visit in July
School's out and the heat's on in July. This is peak travel season in the USA, much of Europe and a lot of the Northern Hemisphere. This means lots of vacation destinations from which to choose but also potential headaches, depending on your disposition toward crowds, higher prices and…
— CNN
Tours and Activities
A Beach Agnostic's Guide to Hawaii
For beach agnostics, planning a trip to Maui is a challenge. The island’s tourist industry has a clear pro-beach bias. But my wife and I were looking for someplace warm with a National Park to hike, and Maui fit both requirements. Haleakala National Park has miles of trails over a massive volcanic…
— Boston Globe
Never Been to Bali? Here Are the Six Places You Need to Know
It’s a long-running joke that the nation can be divided into two types of people; those who have been to Bali and those who haven’t. For first-timers to the popular Indonesian island, one of Australia’s favourite travel destinations, the sheer volume of information and advice can often be…
— Escape
Cruise
Cruise Ship Tours: Inside Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line's Grand Classica
Thinking about a quick getaway to The Bahamas? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at a vessel that just started up two-night voyages to the island nation from the port of Palm Beach, Florida: The 1,680-passenger Grand…
— USA Today
From Fun to Good Deeds, Carnival Has Children in Mind
If anyone were to give a pop quiz asking which cruise line carries the most kids annually, most if not all, would answer: Disney. And they would be wrong. It’s actually Carnival Cruise Line carrying more than 800,000 children each and every year on their…
— Sun Sentinel
Transportation
Pups Onboard: Why Trains Are a Great Way to Travel With Your Dog(s)
It was just like any other trek between Penn Station and Union Station, except for one thing. The conductor looked down at our printed ticket and mentally checked off my wife and me before pausing and giving a friendly but perplexed look. “Rufus and Hamilton,” he read off the sheet. “You’ve got four?”…
— New York Times
Lufthansa Could Be Making a Bid for Norwegian Air
Lufthansa’s chief executive has confirmed the giant German airline is in talks with the budget carrier, Norwegian. Carsten Spohr was quoted by Suddeutsche Zeitung as saying: “In Europe, everyone is talking to everyone. “There’s a new wave of consolidation approaching. That means we are also in contact with…
— The Independent
Lodging
The Best Hotel Breakfasts in the World
Gone are the days of boring continental breakfasts. Instead, we're saying "good morning" with dumplings, prosciutto with sliced melon, and airy eggs Benedict at some of the best breakfasts our editors have eaten at hotels around the…
— Conde Nast Traveler
There May Be an Amazon Echo in Your Hotel Room This Summer
If you live in a smart home—where your Amazon Echo or Google Home plays music, tells you the daily weather, and turns your lights on at night—you get addicted to the experience. You expect every room you enter to have the capability to answer your most offbeat…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Other and Odd
Credit Card Companies Are Cutting Perks This Summer. Is Your Card One of Them?
After years of offering an ever-expanding menu of perks to their cardholders, several major credit card companies are going in the opposite direction — eliminating or reducing the value of some of these extras. One of the major reasons for using a credit…
— NBC News
Robot Hotel Operator H.I.S. Aims for 100 Locations by 2021
Japan's H.I.S. plans to have 100 hotels in operation within three years, the company best known for its travel agencies has said recently. H.I.S., which runs the Henn na ("strange") Hotel chain, where robots perform most of reception and cleaning work, is shifting more of its focus to the profitable hotel business amid fierce competition in its main hotel and flight-booking…
— Nikkei Review
Today in History
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
On June 19th, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. Their deaths marked the first execution of civilians for espionage in U.S. history. Accused during the McCarthy era of passing secrets on atomic technology to the Soviets, the couple allegedly recruited Mrs. Rosenberg's…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
Where The Rubber Meets The Road
 A few years back, I had the sincere pleasure of speaking to a room full of tractor distributors in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina. This was an audience of t-shirted, baseball-capped, suspender-equipped, gum-chewing ladies and gentlemen who also, like you, had an intense interest in learning how to "eat regularly."
Prior to my chance to wax eloquent, I sat back in the audience taking copious notes learning what was important to this particular group so I could hit a home run when it was my turn to speak.
I could not help but focus on a single question from one distributor who voiced his concern about "being competitively priced" with all the other options out there. I guess a tractor is not a tractor is not a tractor…
— Travel Research Online
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Independent Consultant
Agent Assurance on the Best Price
by Mary Stein
Tuesday June 19, 2018
 Hi Mary, An additional question for you:
Do travel agents definitely always get the best price? Is there some kind of price guarantee made by the suppliers to travel agents? Can travel agents confidently tell their clients "this is the best price you will find…
— Travel Research Online
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Upcoming Training Opportunities
Following the footsteps of Darwin in Patagonia
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT
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NEW ZEALAND 101 WITH GOWAY, AIR NEW ZEALAND, AND TOURISM NEW ZEALAND
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT
What would be the major reasons to visit New Zealand? This makes for a long list. One has to say that one reason is nature at her best offering breathtaking landscapes of stunning and diverse natural beauty which include majestic and dramatic fjords, spectacular glaciers, rugged mountains, vast plains and farmland, long coastlines, wonderful sandy beaches and active geothermal regions plus so much more. The country also has history, culture and, not least, winelands producing excellent wines.
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Best National Park Vacations
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT
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