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Destinations
Kenya Bans Travel In and Out of Nairobi to Fight Coronavirus
Kenya increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus on Monday, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two counties. Forty-three of Africa’s 54 countries have closed their borders, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of Africa’s 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or…
— New York Times
Tour the Castle Where the Queen Spends Her Weekends From Your Couch
Are you going stir-crazy yet? Losing track of the days? Refreshing the news at a rapid-fire pace? Engaging in a daily self-debate about whether or not to get dressed? There’s no doubt about it: These are unfamiliar, unprecedented times. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to take the edge off: finally visit that museum or national park that’s been sitting on your bucket list, tune in to an opera or…
— Travel+Leisure
Tours and Activities
A virtual walk in Welsh mountains – with just an OS map and my imagination
The method is simple: I examine my pile of Ordnance Survey maps, some battered and torn, others barely used, and find an area of Britain that I would like to visit. But I have no map, so I order the sheet I need online. I am going for a virtual walk there. No one can stop me, not even the Derbyshire constabulary. My virtual travel on maps started when I was eight and confined to my bed for six…
— The Guardian
I've Always Been in Love With Boston's Chinatown and You Should Be, Too
My relationship with Chinatown started as many affairs do: intrigue with a hint of danger. Back in those dirty old Boston days, Chinatown’s reputation was pretty dodgy. The "Combat Zone" moniker hung around like the scent of stale beer and smoke the morning after. Walking home through the city at night, I was warned to avoid this neighborhood. That advice always seemed counterintuitive…
— Food & Wine
Cruise
Carnival Sells 8 Percent Stake to Saudis After Dire Financial Warning
Carnival Corp. stealthily filed its first quarter earnings on Friday, giving insight into a company on its knees as it faces an unprecedented crisis, and disclosing a long list of risk factors to its business going forward. The world’s largest cruise company — which has found itself at the epicenter of the Covid-19 crisis with incidents across its fleet — paused sailings on Mar. 13 after both the U.S. State…
— Yahoo!
Disney Extends Cruise Line Suspensions Through April 28; Postpones Alaska Until July
Disney Cruise Line has extended its temporary suspension of operations through April 28, 2020, with the exception of its Vancouver/Alaska sailings, which are postponed until July. The measure applies to all four Disney cruise ships. The line is giving cruisers on canceled sailings a choice of either a full refund or a future cruise credit worth 125 percent of the fare paid, to be used within…
— CruiseCritic.com
Transportation
7 of the world's most stunning rail journeys you can take without leaving your house
As a 30-something millennial who has been lucky enough to experience some of the world's most stunning rail adventures, I can safely say train travel isn't just for the over 65s. From pristine glass observation cars on a Swiss train rolling through alpine scenery to the astounding beauty of the Scottish Highlands creeping into view aboard the Jacobite Steam Train made famous in "Harry Potter,"…
— Insider
11 Movies Set on Planes to Keep You Entertained Until Your Next Flight
From turbulence to sitting next to strangers, there are a lot of stressful situations that come along with flying in planes—and Hollywood has capitalized on all of them. Whether the plots revolve around heroic pilots or a rampage of killer reptiles, movie scenes set on airplanes number among some of the scariest, funniest, and most memorable in cinema history. And while we wouldn't…
— Conde Nast Traveler
The world's most powerful passports in the age of coronavirus
Just a couple of months ago, the world was enjoying greater freedom of movement than at any time in history. Air traffic had been rising steadily for decades. The Henley Passport Index, which measures the world's most travel-friendly passports, announced in January that Japan had topped its 2020 ranking, with its citizens able to visit a record-breaking 191 destinations without requiring a…
— CNN
Lodging
In A Time Of Travel Uncertainty, One Woman In Whistler Takes The Reins
Nothing in the travel industry right now is certain. As bookings evaporate, travel restrictions are enforced and tourism takes a nosedive in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, hotels and resorts are faced with many struggles. However, in these uncertain times good leadership is more important than ever. At Nita Lake Lodge, a stunning mountainside retreat in Whistler, British Columbia,…
— Forbes
London's Top Hotels Are Hosting Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus
It's been more than a week since London icons Claridge's, The Connaught and The Berkeley closed their gilded doors in central Mayfair to the public as the city went into mandatory lockdown. Today, Claridge's is reopening with the help of teams from all three properties in the Maybourne Hotel Group to play a different role in hospitality—as host to frontline workers from the United Kingdom's…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Other and Odd
Jenny Slate Says It's Okay to Feel Lonely
We're back—albeit this time from a closet in Dallas and a Brooklyn living room, rather than the podcast studio. This week, we're joined by comedian and actor Jenny Slate, who, despite growing up thinking the only way to have a relaxing vacation was at the beach, has traveled everywhere from Norway's Lofoten Islands above the Arctic Circle to Chilean Patagonia. Along the way, she's come to…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Adorable Grandpa Recreates Disney's 'It's a Small World' Ride to Cheer Up His Grandkids
Now more than ever, it’s a small, small, small, small world. Dealing with anxiety as coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be a major issue in the U.S. is totally normal. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, sad, and unmotivated when you’re stuck inside all day, every day. But one man in Portland, Oregon isn’t letting the ongoing pandemic get him (or his grandkids) down. According to Oregon Live,…
— Travel+Leisure
Tips for virtual travel from the 'Agoraphobic Traveller'
While the coronavirus crisis has restricted most global travel, a typical day sees Jacqui Kenny spend the morning in Arizonian desert, lunch in Kyrgyzstan and the evening wandering streets in Mongolia. So how does Kenny do it? Well, she's had some practice. New Zealand-born, London-based Kenny runs a popular Instagram account @streetview.portraits -- under the pseudonym "The…
— CNN
Today in History
Establishment of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) was established by the United Nations to act as an international coordinating authority on April 7, 1948. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, WHO succeeded the role of the Health Organization, its predecessor under the League of Nations. One of the original…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
One Step at a Time
 Page 169 of the book Momentum Builders by John Mason states: “The quickest way to get a lot of things accomplished is to do just one thing at a time.” Upon reading this passage, my mind shot to the concept of Kaizen which is the Japanese term meaning incremental…
— Travel Research Online
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