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Destinations
‘Fire and Ice’ Vacations Are the Latest Travel Trend. Here’s How to Plan One
Planning a vacation can be stressful. With limited vacation time and infinite destination options, many prospective travelers bear the burden of making the right choices. Luckily, for those who are admittedly indecisive, a new travel trend could help alleviate some of that…
— Time
10 insanely affordable vacations for spring 2019
Need to plan a cheap trip for spring? Consult this list of affordable destinations, which are offering great value to travelers at this time of year. You’ll find plenty of beach-side locations on this list, as well as alternative vacation ideas for a spring break that doesn’t involve the…
— USA Today
Tours and Activities
Everything you need to know about the cherry blossom in Japan
There’s no better time of year to visit Japan than spring, when its wondrous cherry tree blossoms are in full bloom. The Japanese cherry blossom season is a celebration of beauty and the fleeting nature of life, and it's one of the most beautiful sights you will ever see.…
— Good Housekeeping
Fascinating Places To Visit In Dubai
With thousands of tourists visiting this city in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment city of the world, Dubai, needs no introduction. From the iconic shopping places in Dubai to the authentic Arabian souks, impressive beaches, theme parks, and vast deserts. The city surely has something to offer to suit…
— Explosion
Cruise
Norwegian Cruise Line Is Giving Free Cruises to Teachers This Spring
Norwegian Cruise Line is launching a campaign to show its appreciation for educators by giving away free cruises to inspirational teachers. Ahead of Teacher Appreciation Week in May, the cruise line is seeking nominations of educators who are “spreading the joy of learning” in their classrooms.…
— Travel+Leisure
How to Choose the Right European River Cruise for You
Planning your first European river cruise? Picking a waterway, dates, and budget seem easy enough. Then you find there's an overwhelming choice of boats out there, and with seemingly similar appearances, routes, amenities—even cost. What to do? Read on for our river cruising guide, which will help you learn the distinct personalities and perks of the major river cruise lines, to find the right one for…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Transportation
The world’s busiest airport? Yep, it’s still Atlanta…
The “World’s Busiest Airport” title for 2018 will have a familiar ring to it. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is forecast to take that title yet again for 2018, marking the 21st consecutive year that the airport has hosted more passengers than any other airport on the…
— USA Today
These are the world's safest airlines
As aviation authorities across the world ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, we look at the safest airlines to fly with. When there's a plane crash, it's big news among media headlines. But there are airlines out there that have never had a fatal plane crash.…
— These are the world's safest airlines
Lodging
Millennium Hotels & Resorts Launches New Loyalty Program
Hospitality group Millennium Hotels & Resorts launched its new My Millennium Guest Reward Program. Within the new program, Millennium Hotels & Resorts has aimed to prioritize simplicity, inclusivity, value, immediacy and access for guests, by implementing a single-tier membership and offering new member privileges…
— Hotel Business
Want a lounge chair by the hotel pool? It may cost you extra
With sunshine and temperatures in the 70s during Thanksgiving weekend in Phoenix, Tom McKnew and his family did what any visitor would do at a luxury desert resort: headed for the pool. The sprawling pool complex at The Phoenician was packed with sunbathers – with one notable exception. McKnew…
— USA Today
Other and Odd
Travel Insurance 101: What You Need To Know, Like Whether It Covers The Boeing 737 Max Grounding
One of the most confusing decisions travelers need to make before taking any trip is whether to buy insurance. What will it really cover? How much will it cost? Is it worth it? Too many people find the whole thing so overwhelming, they just skip the insurance and end up finding themselves in situations that would have been so much easier and less expensive if they were…
— Forbes
Boeing unveils its brand new 777X airplane
The longest passenger jetliner in the world just made its debut. On March 13, the very first Boeing 777X was presented to company employees, inside the airframer's main wide-body manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington. Boeing had planned to unveil the jetliner on…
— CNN
Today in History
Albert Einstein is Born
Time magazine named him the "Person of the Century". He was a physicist, but his name is known by every common laborer, housewife and school child. His last name is synonomous with genius. He is Albert Einstein and he was born on this day in 1879.
He was a promising though not particularly outstanding student. He felt that classical methods of teaching were detrimental to creativity. When 16, he recorded a series of insights he had while imagining traveling alongside a beam of light. He had difficulty finding work in physics, and so took a job in the Swiss patent office.…
— Travel Research Online
Press Releases of Interest
COLLETTE LAUNCHES ST. PATRICK’S DAY SALE: DISCOVER THE EMERALD ISLE FOR LESS!
Pawtucket, RI (March 11, 2019) – Collette, global tour operator, is pleased to announce the launch of their St. Patrick’s Day Sale – clients can save big on air-inclusive tours to Ireland.
From March 11-19, guests can purchase air-inclusive tours to Ireland that include $199 round-trip airfare*. Travelers can choose from 7 different tour itineraries and over 80 individual departures. With over 30 eligible air gateways, guests can fly to the Emerald Isle from a host of cities across the…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
Let’s Keep This Selling Thing Simple
 Sales today is more competitive than ever. The old style of selling simply doesn’t work like it used to. Buyers, customers and clients are too smart…too street savvy…too educated to fall for any textbook trick from some fast-talking sales goon with the gift of gab. And they have lots of buying options. They are being inundated with all sorts of “noise” in the form of advertising, promotions, special deals, BOGO’s, and bait-and-switch gimmicks. Enough all ready.
That being said, it is not time to become frustrated, dejected or forlorn. It is time to start doing what works. And from the beginning of time there remains a single strategy that works more often than not.
People still have needs and will continue to buy goods and services at an unprecedented…
— Travel Research Online
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