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Thursday June 28, 2018

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Destinations

The 40 Most Beautiful Countries in the World
Every country in the world has something to offer—think local cuisine, groundbreaking architecture, and much, much more. But beauty is a hard thing to quantify, which is why we let the World Economic Forum do much of the work for us: Every year, the foundation releases their Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, a survey that ranks the world's countries based…

15 Life-changing Trips for Couples
One of the best parts of being in a relationship is having a built-in travel buddy, and one of the best parts of traveling with that built-in buddy is getting unobstructed one-on-one time while exploring unfamiliar parts of the world. Whether domestic or international, a trip with your significant other almost always guarantees sharing unusual experiences and learning…

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Tours and Activities

African Adventures You Must Have in Your Lifetime
Africa is set for another record year for tourism, new statistics have shown The continent saw international arrivals grow by six percent, year-on-year, during the first three months of 2018, the United Nations World Tourism Organization…

Intrepid Travel Launches Vegan Tours
Vegan travelers have reason to cheer. While there have been niche companies and private guides offering vegan tours for years, it’s unusual to find vegan-themed tours in the larger marketplace, making Intrepid Travel’s entry onto the scene particularly appetizing. The world’s largest adventure travel company, with more than 1,500 trips covering all continents, has…

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Cruise

Port Canaveral Plans: More Disney Cruise Ships and Upgrade to Disney Cruise Terminal
Port Canaveral officials expect Disney Cruise Line to increase its presence at Brevard County's seaport, as the company expands its four-ship worldwide fleet to seven. To get ready, port commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved moving forward with a study of how to upgrade Disney's Cruise Terminal 8 and the nearby Cruise Terminal 10, a terminal…

Athens Cruise Port Guide
Athens is the spectacular birthplace of Western civilisation, and cruise visitors can easily access some key sights, the most dazzling of which is the hilltop Parthenon. There are world-class museums and galleries to dip into, and an engagingly small-town air to the strollable lanes round the Acropolis. Piraeus is the Med’s largest port, located 10km southwest of the city…

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Transportation

BA Owner Launches New Budget Airline in Challenge to Ryanair Service
British Airways’ parent company, IAG, has astonished the aviation market by launching a new Vienna-based subsidiary airline with less than three weeks’ notice before flights begin. IAG’s new operation is called Anisec. It will be branded as Level – the same as the group’s existing long-haul budget operation. The move is seen as a…

'People Were Ready to Die.' Authorities Swarm JetBlue Plane After False Hijacking Alarm at JFK Airport
Passengers on a JetBlue flight attempting to depart New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport got a scare on Tuesday, when a false hijacking alarm prompted authorities to swarm the grounded plane. The Los Angeles-bound plane “experienced a radio problem” while taxiing before departure, according to a statement from the…

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Lodging

Victoria’s Secret Model Sues Hotel Over Bug Bite ‘Massacre’
A Victoria’s Secret model is taking legal action against a California hotel claiming bed bugs “massacred” her during a visit, according to reports. Sabrina Jales St. Pierre alleged in a lawsuit that a 2016 stay at the Palm Desert Embassy Suites left her with bug bites that negatively impacted her modeling career, the Desert Sun reported. The Brazilian model — who has…

Airbnb and Uber Woes Show Japan Does Not Share Easily
With thousands of Airbnb reservations scrapped and Uber reduced to delivering food, life is hard in Japan for the giants of the sharing economy: They’re stuck between tough regulation and popular suspicion. Japan may be the world’s third-largest economy and a high-tech hub but it has been surprisingly slow to warm up to the sharing economy that has disrupted…

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Other and Odd

A Victory for Coral: Unesco Removes Belize Reef From Its Endangered List
It was a drop of good news about the world’s oceans: The Belize Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the Northern Hemisphere, has been removed from the United Nations list of endangered world heritage sites. Unesco, the world body’s educational, scientific and…

10 Most Misleading Travel Terms
If you spend enough time comparing hotels, flights and tours, you’ll eventually realize that many words have very little meaning in the travel industry. You might think that there would be some sort of common agreement on travel terms across hotels that would define what makes a suite a suite or a deluxe room better than a…

Today in History

Treaty of Versailles
On this day in 1919, the governments of Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States, and all allies on one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the other signed the Treaty of Versailles in Paris, formally ending World War I. The terrible war lasted 37 days short of 5…

Departures

The Perfection of Paris with XL Airways

There are so many reasons that Paris is at the top of almost every travelers bucket list, it would be impossible to check them all off in one article. From amazing architecture to the hippest fashion in the world, the capital of France is a long sought-after destination for the traveler. Thanks to XL Airways, today’s Outpost article is all about this iconic city.

The first vision of Paris that the traveler will see, even before landing, is the gorgeous architecture of the city. Of course, the Eiffel Tower stands as one of the classic shapes of Paris. Standing at 320 m (1050 ft.), the Eiffel Tower was built as a temporary exhibit by Gustave Eiffel for…

  — Travel Research Online
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Spotlight

The Greats of Greece with Celestyal Cruises
by Joseph DeLoach
Thursday June 28, 2018

Celestyal Cruises has been showing the traveler the wonders of the Greek Islands and Eastern Mediterranean since 2014. Since then, they’ve navigated the cruise industry with finesse and personalized service that goes beyond the expectations of the traveler. With a philosophy that is rooted in authentic exploration and cultural immersion, it’s no surprise that Celestyal has received many awards since its beginning.

Celestyal’s has itineraries that stop along many ports in the Greek Islands: Heraklion, Milos, Mykonos, Santorini, and more. Their itineraries in the Mediterranean consist of Alexandria, Egypt; Ashdod, Israel; Istanbul, Turkey; Kusadasi, Turkey; and more. These locations are possible with their four mid-sized ships, that allow them sole access to such places as the aforementioned island of Milos. The traveler will enjoy Celestyal’s destinations…

  — Travel Research Online
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Luxury Travel Tips

Are You Working for Free?
by Dan Chappelle
Thursday June 28, 2018

My last column about rebating sparked some serious and heated responses.

The argument most often invoked is, “I don’t work for free”. Let me go on the record to say, no one should work for free!

Unfortunately, most consumers think you do. To be fair, they don’t understand how you get paid, nor do they realize that often the lowest price they have been quoted didn’t come from the supplier but involves a commission…

  — Travel Research Online
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Mike's Morning Missives

The Art Of Learning

You guessed it! This is the title of my latest read: The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin.

This kid won his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine and went on to win a Martial Arts National Title before he was old enough to drink. This kid ought to get together with Jordan Sparks to teach people how to touch all the bases before puberty sets…

  — Travel Research Online
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