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Thursday May 16, 2019

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Destinations

10 of the world’s best city views: readers’ travel tips
Nahargarh Fort sprawls around a rocky outcrop above the Pink City of Jaipur in Rajasthan province. Take a rickshaw up the hairpin road or go in the evening and tackle the stiff 20-minute hike up the path from the city’s northern edge. Wander the extensive battlements and find an empty rampart or dome-covered lookout for incredible views over the constant tumult…

How To See San Diego Like A Local
With its sunny disposition and year-round mild weather, San Diego makes it easy to while the days away on the beach. But there’s so much more to this bustling SoCal city than scenic stretches of sand. With five years of local knowledge and a slew of awards under her belt (including Concierge of the Year 2018 from the San Diego Concierge Association), Les Clefs d’Or…

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Tours and Activities

The best places to travel alone
New Zealand: Solo travelers who love hiking, mountain biking or other outdoor activities shouldn’t miss New Zealand. It’s one of the world’s most relaxing places to travel: Crime is low, and just about every city and town has its own visitor info center with friendly staff who will help you find lodging or book activities (so you’ll never feel lost). Best of all, there are countless…

Australians could get a rare glimpse of the southern lights
Australians have the rare opportunity to see a display of the Aurora Australis, or the southern lights, for one more night. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued an aurora watch May 14. It said that Thursday could be the last night for optimal viewing. The mysterious light shows occur in the high north and high south latitudes when massive solar flares blast particles into…

Getting fizzy with it: the Italian wine route that sparkles
An Italian region and a sparkling wine, Franciacorta may not be well-known but it is great for vineyard visits and fine places to eat and stay. Put sparkling wine and Italy together and the usual answer is prosecco, but 200km west of the Veneto – the home of prosecco – lies another, little-known, sparkling wine region: Franciacorta. Wine has been made in the area for centuries…

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Cruise

2 Royal Caribbean passengers die of natural causes on same voyage, cruise line confirms
Royal Caribbean has confirmed the deaths of two guests aboard the Voyager of the Seas, which had embarked on a four-day cruise from Singapore on Monday. "We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of the 75-year-old and 61-year-old guests due to unrelated natural causes," the cruise line wrote in a statement shared with Fox News. "Our Care Team…

Q&A With Celebrity Cruises Captain Kate McCue on Her Soon-to-Be New Home, Celebrity Edge
We first spoke with Celebrity Cruises Captain Kate McCue, the first American female to captain a large cruise ship, just after she became captain of Celebrity Summit in 2015 at the age of 37. Back then, Celebrity (and the wider industry) was a very different place. Only three percent of the Bridge team fleetwide was female, compared to 22 percent today (30 percent on Celebrity…

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Transportation

Archaeologists Sign Petition Protesting the Construction of a Machu Picchu Airport
Peruvian archaeologists, historians and conservationists are banding together to petition against a new airport at Machu Picchu. The famous Incan ruin is Peru’s most famous tourist attraction, bringing in almost 1.5 million people in 2017 alone, according to The Guardian. In order to bring more people to the landmark, the Peruvian government has begun construction on an…

Sorry, But Flying Is Really, *Really* Bad For The Environment
Travelling across the country in hours or across the world in a day is wonderful. However, it takes an unbelievable amount of jet fuel to get a plane up into the air. In other words, even if you do your best to live green the rest of the time, one round-trip flight on first class from Vancouver to Toronto can create the same amount of emissions as an average year of travelling by car,…

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Lodging

Taco Bell Is Opening a Hotel
Taco Bell is opening a pop-up hotel this summer. Take a moment to let that sink in: a Taco Bell... Hotel. Opening for a limited time in Palm Springs, California, The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort will be an immersive experience designed to celebrate and pamper the world’s biggest fans of the fast-food chain. “We’re already in the hospitality business,” Taco Bell Chief Brand…

Design Talk: Behind The Scenes At Madeira's New Savoy Palace
Last year, when Madeira was voted Europe's 'Leading Island Destination' in the World Travel Awards for the fifth year running, it firmly kissed goodbye to its reputation as destination of choice for sedate retirees. Shaking off its staid reputation further is the fact that travel aficionados are falling over themselves with the ‘discovery’ that it is actually an interesting part of the…

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Other and Odd

Black Kids Do Travel Instagram inspires families to 'to get up and go'
"Can I go here?" It's a question posed time and time again by families of color to Karen Akpan, a mom who has been traveling the world with her now six-year-old son, Aiden, since he was six months old. Often, it's just the two of them. Sometimes her husband and her niece and nephew join them as well. The question, on the surface, seems straightforward enough. But…

Classic Travel Watches Are Hotter Than Ever
In the age of the smartphone, a timepiece that displays the hour in multiple time zones imbues a measure of worldly sophistication and sense of adventure. Touch down at any airport in the world in a commercial jetliner, and the first thing you’ll notice is the cabin lighting up as hundreds of smartphones sync with the local time and pull down e-mail and Instagram…

The best credit cards for international travel of 2019
Global travel is becoming more and more accessible with great airfare sales, low-cost carriers, and the ability to earn and use frequent flyer miles for international tickets. It’s all but essential to have a credit card for international travel, but not all cards are created equal—not by a long shot. If you have the desire to travel internationally, or even already have a trip planned, you…

Today in History

The First Academy Awards
On Tuesday, May 16th, 1929, Hollywood celebrated the first Academy Awards ceremony at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. Actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. DeMille hosted the event. Unlike today's ceremony, the first winners of the awards had been announced three month's prior…

Press Releases of Interest

Aventura World Announces the Appointment of Time-Honored Travel Industry Pro to Serve as Vice President of Business Development
May 15, 2019 – Moonachie, New Jersey – Leading group travel brand Aventura World today announced the appointment of time-honored travel industry pro, John Smith, to the role of Vice President of Business Development. In his new role, Smith will be responsible for increasing…

Luxury Travel Tips

Choose Role Models Carefully
by Dan Chappelle
Thursday May 16, 2019

One of the more useful lessons, I learned early on, is to seek out and emulate role models. When the Virtuoso owners who took this naïve young man under their wing to share the “business” of the travel industry, and when recruited into industry roles, I modeled those I considered to be good managers with a high level of trust and integrity.

Ray Dalio is someone worth emulating. A self-made billionaire, his life and work are governed by hundreds of “Principles” documented in the New York Times bestseller by the same name. Here are three that stood out to help find your own role…

  — Travel Research Online
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Mike's Morning Missives

The Rolling Who?

The Rolling Stones recently had to cancel their concert schedule to allow their lead singer, Mick Jagger, to recuperate from a brief health-related set back. They will be back on stage doing what they do best before you know it.

As most of you know, the Rolling Stones are a rock group…a really, really old rock group. They are still doing their thing after fifty plus years of rocking & rolling. Absolutely incredible!

They still have “the juice.”…

  — Travel Research Online
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