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Destinations
Boat races, shipwrecks and beaches to rival the Maldives – now's the time to discover the Isles of Scilly
If your idea of a gig is an evening out with your favourite band, then think again. In the Isles of Scilly it’s a six-oared rowing boat, designed back in the age of sail when these perilous waters were the crossroads of the world and the Scillonians would race out in their sleek wooden craft with a pilot aboard to guide the tall ships…
— Telegraph (London)
A guide to the San Diego sites that make it unlike any other
Look south, travelers. San Diego, California’s oldest city, turns 250 this year. Its baseball team turns 50. So does the Coronado Bridge, the long span that adds a curvaceous blue flourish to the downtown skyline. Chances are good that you’ve already been to the San Diego Zoo; the Old Globe; the big art, science and aviation museums…
— LA Times
Tours and Activities
Slow Travel Through Rural Japan
Slow travel is about connecting with a place. Instead of landing, ticking off a bunch of must-see sights and then leaving just as quickly, slow travel, as the name implies, means taking more time to see less. It's an ecologically and environmentally conscious way to travel, which encourages sustainability and respect for the host nation…
— Forbes
The Most Beautiful Spas in Rain Forests Around the World
Spas the world over extol the healing powers of nature, and trends like forest bathing have quickly developed global followings. So why is it that when you step into many spas, it feels like you’re entering a sensory deprivation cocoon of hushed hallways, dark relaxation pods, and sterile locker rooms all set to the same soundtrack? Like…
— Travel+Leisure
10 of Europe’s best beach restaurants
The menu, like the decor at this family-run oyster cabin, is stripped back: six grades of oysters, red shrimps with mayonnaise, whelks and country paté, accompanied by baskets of bread, and the choice of either rosé or white wine. That’s it. But the views from the garden and the little wooden jetty are cinematic, stretching over the Bay…
— The Guardian
Cruise
Aurora Expeditions Launches Two New Cruise Itineraries
Aurora Expeditions has launched two brand-new cruise itineraries in response to customer feedback on where they would like to go next. West Greenland Explorer and Iceland Circumnavigation were voted as the top two Aurora Expeditions' itineraries according to almost 1,000 people who participated in the survey. The new itineraries…
— CruiseCritic.com
How To Take A Cruise For Nearly Free
If you’re an expert in some field, there’s a chance you and your plus one (if you have one) could take a cruise vacation for pennies on the dollar. This is particularly true if you know a cruise port destination inside and out. These are temporary positions that might last a week or two, or sometimes a little longer — the length of…
— Forbes
Transportation
After taking dozens of flights over the last year, I've learned to always carry Aquaphor or Vaseline to fix my biggest flying discomfort
A year ago, I left New York to travel around the world as Business Insider's international correspondent. Over that time, I've visited over 20 countries, taken dozens of flights, and stayed in nearly 100 hotels. Planes are notoriously dry places with humidity lower than the Sahara Desert. I am very sensitive to dry plane air, which often causes…
— Business Insider
How Public Transportation Shows You the Real Heart of a City
For the most part, I grew up under the ground. I rode the subway for hours at a time, careening from South Brooklyn to the Upper West Side and back again each day — I knew New York best from underneath. On some days I read. On others, I watched the commuters closest to me while they read. On others still, I finished…
— Travel+Leisure
Lodging
Hotel Review: The Ramble Hotel, Denver
To get to the front desk of the 50-room Ramble Hotel, which opened in Denver’s River North Art District (RiNo) last May, guests walk through what amounts to a cocktail jamboree: the first outpost of the bar Death & Co beyond New York City’s East Village. The hotel, owned by Ryan Diggins, 34, a local developer, was generally inspired by…
— New York Times
Best Ski Hotels: Ritz-Carlton Northstar, CA
It’s been such a great winter for skiing that many resorts broke snow records last month and several announced extensions to later than anticipated closing dates, making the ski and snowboard season longer - and better - than ever. I just wrote about this here at Forbes with a roundup of all the deep powder and later closing dates, and…
— Forbes
Other and Odd
For Americans, Travel to Europe Will Be Slightly More Complicated
United States citizens wishing to visit or travel to the majority of the European Union nations after January 2021 will have to register online and pay a small fee as part of a new security system intended to screen visa-free travelers. What’s changing? Starting on Jan. 1, 2021, American citizens will have to register online, through…
— New York Times
Will Zika return? What pregnant women and others need to know about this frightening disease
Three years after Zika virus first made headlines, and the photos of babies born with disturbingly small heads instilled fear in expectant parents around the world, doctors have learned a great deal about the disease. But while some of Zika's mysteries have been solved, other questions linger. Between 2015 and 2016, thousands of…
— CBS
21 Samantha Brown Quotes That Will Inform Your Travel Near and Far
Samantha Brown gets paid to travel the world. She’s been to 62 countries for her job. Brown is a travel host, and when she was recruited by the Travel Channel in 1999, she wasn’t exactly sure what that job entailed. An international travel novice when she began her travel hosting career, Brown learned on the job. Twenty years…
— Travel+Leisure
Today in History
General MacArthur Leaves the Philippines
It was March 11, 1942. General Douglas MacArthur climbed aboard a gunship in the Philippines under cover of darkness and ran a Japanese blockade. Speaking to the press in Adelaide, Australia, MacArthur told reporters, "I came through and I shall…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
October 2020 Are You Ready?
by John Frenaye
Monday March 11, 2019
October 1, 2020 . Mark the date on your calendar! This is the day when all hell will break loose in airports across the country. I am no sage capable of predicting an air traffic controller’s strike or a computer malfunction or worse. I just know people. October 1, 2020 is the deadline for all passengers to be REAL ID compliant. Will your clients be ready? I am guessing many will not.
REAL ID compliance is the largest change in airport security ever. It is that simple. If you do not have a REAL ID compliant form of identification, you are not getting on a plane—plain and simple.
In 2015, Congress passed the Real ID Act which sets stricter standards for issuing official identification such as driver’s licenses…
— Travel Research Online
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One-to-One Interviews
Mike Melhem, CTO, CTS Fares
 Mike Melhem, Jr. earned a BA from the University of Michigan before working in the Software Industry for several years. He joined CTS in 2001 and has since then supervised the technological side of the business. He spearheaded the transition of CTS from a single offline GDS to a multi-GDS operation with a major online presence, and continues to bring CTS into the technological future.
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
Networking
by Richard Earls
Sunday March 10, 2019
Travel consulti ng is a people business, and in the end, it's all about who you know. As our good friend Mike Marchev will remind us on occasion, it's also about how many "who's" you know. An important component of building a successful travel practice is the network of people with whom you come into contact. Although your own circle of influence may be small, it grows exponentially because your friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers, and co-workers all have circles of influence into which you can market. These relationships provide opportunities to introduce your practice to people with whom you might otherwise not come into contact.
But you have to make the effort to meet…
— Travel Research Online
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Mike's Morning Missives
Don’t Shoot Yourself In The Foot
 I see it all the time. Sometimes multiple times in a single week. And when I am party to it, I see red. I feel the hair on the back of neck rise as my heartbeat shoots into palpitation mode.
Why don’t more people realize that it takes time…months…and even years to earn a customer. And with a single mismanaged phone call one can put a dent in your income without saying a word?
Consider yourself warned. You DO NOT have to shoot yourself in the foot. Learn by my observation. This is a True…
— Travel Research Online
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