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Thursday April 16, 2020

Editor’s Note — TRO wants to remind its Travelgram readers the articles presented here are meant to assist you in remaining informed and prepared to discuss travel news of the day with clients.


Destinations

Take a Virtual Tour of the Faroe Islands With a Local in Real Time
The Faroe Islands, a remote nation set halfway between Iceland and Norway is now open for (virtual) tourism. And no, this isn’t just another 360-video experience. The Faroe Islands launched a first of its kind virtual travel experience that allows virtual travelers to visit the islands from anywhere and see it all from a local’s perspective — and it’s all done live. The new Faroe Islands travel site will…

Where we're traveling next
Like most of the world, we here at CNN have been grounded for the past several weeks. For a team that covers travel daily, this has been a challenging time. Not for lack of news, but because most of us feel at home while on the road or in the sky. Since planning travel is linked to increased happiness, we're sharing our future trips with you. And if you'd like, please share your plans with us in…

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Tours and Activities

Will Small, Private Tours Become The New Travel Norm?
Now that social distancing has become embedded in the global lexicon, perhaps this form of interaction will carry over into the travel industry once things return to some sense of normalcy. As opposed to travelers booking multi-person tours, they may instead opt for small, private tours that are limited in number but large in scope. Several travel officials offer their informed opinion. Smaller groups…

See the Most Colorful Tulip Fields in the Netherlands Without Leaving Your House This Year
If you can’t go see the spring flowers, the spring flowers can now come to you — virtually. Coronavirus has affected millions (if not billions) around the world. Globally, cities have been issuing stay-at-home orders and closing down public places in order to combat the spread of the disease. Unfortunately, this also included the Keukenhof Flower Exhibit, which is nearly in full bloom during this time…

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Cruise

Royal Caribbean Cruises sheds 26% of U.S. workers as coronavirus cancellations continue
Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is reducing its U.S. workforce by 26%, with more than half of those workers in South Florida, the cruise line confirmed. “Earlier today, we told our employees the difficult news that we were laying off or furloughing approximately 26 percent of our more than 5,000 coworkers in the US,” the company said in a written statement. “We earlier announced the…

Cruise Lines Donate Food to Local Charities
With empty ships in ports and no passengers to serve food to, a number of cruise lines have donated their excess food to local charities. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Hurtigruten and Windstar have all donated food to a variety of different charities after the lines suspended operations. After Braemar was forced to end its last sailing in Cuba, rather than its scheduled port of Barbados,…

How cruise ships are cleaned, according to CEO of company that sterilized Diamond Princess after outbreak
Even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides, Americans might still be hesitant to board cruise ships, especially following recent outbreaks across several liners that prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend a “no sail order" to ships under U.S. jurisdiction. But fear of contamination while traveling should not completely dictate your vacation plans — and the CEO of…

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Transportation

What Will It Take for Air Travel to Start Again?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought air travel to a screeching halt around the globe. Government restrictions and stay-at-home orders have stopped passengers from crossing borders or even leaving their homes, sapping demand for flight bookings. In the wake of these unprecedented changes, experts are beginning to look ahead to how the airline industry will restart once the outbreak is…

Flights to these cities likely to be nixed as bailed-out airlines seek service cuts
For travelers, getting to some cities is going to get tougher. Airlines taking federal bailout money are asking for exemptions from minimum service levels they are required to provide as a condition of their government-provided loans and grants. Of course, airlines are known for adding or reducing levels of service and the cities to which they fly all the time. But now, because of the bailout –…

Lodging

Turkey's newest hotel 'floats' above ancient archaeological ruins
You could spend your vacation visiting cultural sites or luxuriating in your five-star hotel. But what if you could do both at the same place? An extraordinary new luxury hotel opened in Antakya, Turkey, earlier this year and it is at once an engineering marvel, an architectural beauty and a world-class archaeological site. Like hotels around the world, Museum Hotel Antakya is temporarily…

Club Med Resorts To Re-Open ‘One By One’ Starting With Those In China, Fosun Tourism CEO Says
As China gradually lifts its containment measures, Atlantis Sanya on the country's popular Hainan Island re-opened for business on March 28 with an occupancy rate of 70%. The majority of those guests were from outside Hainan, mainly Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The early indications look promising to Jim Qian, executive chairman and CEO of Hong…

Other and Odd

Everything You Need to Know About Coronavirus and Travel
We may be staying home during the coronavirus travel restrictions, but our urge to connect to the world is stronger than ever. That's why we've spent the past month sharing dispatches from our contributors across the globe. In these uncertain times, there are also many questions that travelers desperately need answers to. We're dedicated to reporting the most up-to-date advice, whether…

How can we be sustainable post-Covid 19?
As a travel journalist and someone who cares deeply about the future of our planet, the moral dilemma of air travel is something I constantly grapple with. I’ve reduced the number of trips I take, buy carbon offsets when I travel and focus my assignments on stories that allow me to tackle conservation issues whenever possible. But the positive effect these measures have had is hard to…

Today in History

The Birth of Charlie Chaplin
The Academy Award-winning British comedy actor Charlie Chaplin was born on this day in 1889. Chaplin is one of the most notable actors and directors of cinema history. Even today his performances greatly influence Hollywood. Over a period of 65 years in the entertainment industry, he acted, directed,…

Press Releases of Interest

South African Airways Repatriates Stranded South Africans From Miami
Fort Lauderdale,FL (April 15, 2020)–South African Airways (SAA), repatriated over 300 South African citizens on April 14, 2020 aboard a specially planned charter flight from the Miami International Airport (MIA) to South Africa. This flight, chartered by Workaway International, operated with SAA’s new…

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Persistence Pays Dividends

 

Although there may not be any do-overs or mulligans in business these…

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