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Destinations
No Quarantine Required In Portugal For Summer 2020 Holidays
British visitors to Portugal are currently subject to a mandatory fourteen day self-Covid-19 quarantine on their return to the UK. However, as the UK is a key tourism market for Portugal, Portuguese and British officials are in ongoing talks to try to agree on an “air…
— Forbes
Maldives brings forward reopening date to July
The Maldives is reopening to visitors, but while anyone with a super yacht or private jet can already head to the Indian Ocean destination, normal travelers will have to wait a few more weeks.…
— CNN
Tours and Activities
Want to explore a real haunted house? Best virtual reality tours to try at home
Travelling is still off the table, but you can have some memorable experiences at these places without ever leaving your…
— CNA Lifestyle
Germany Moves to Reactivate European Travel as Virus Ebbs
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government took a further step to reactivate European travel as the spread of the coronavirus dwindles. Merkel’s cabinet approved plans Wednesday that pave the way for a broad travel warning to be replaced from June 15 with recommendations for individual nations in the 27-member European Union, countries in the passport-free Schengen area and the…
— Bloomberg
Cruise
American Cruise Lines will sail in June. When will other cruise lines return?
Is America ready to sail again? Not yet known, but American Cruise Lines is. The U.S.-based line is planning to sail June 20, more than a month before the expiration of the “no-sail order” issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
— LA Times
Royal Caribbean, P&O cancel cruises into October because of coronavirus; Norwegian updates health policies
British cruise line P&O Cruises, a Carnival subsidiary, is canceling all its sailings until Oct. 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic – after a move by Canada to ban cruises and ferries carrying more than 100 people with overnight capacity in its waters through Oct. 31.…
— USA Today
Transportation
How Airlines Are Using People As Piggy Banks In Covid-19 Refund Scandal
During the Covid-19 crisis, hundreds of thousands of airline passengers around the world have struggled to get cash refunds for cancelled flights. An increasing number of consumers suspect they paid for tickets for unscheduled…
— Forbes
Airlines cut fares to help boost May traffic: IATA
Airlines cut domestic fares by an average 23% last month as traffic picked up from April lows, global airline body IATA said on Wednesday - warning that post-coronavirus discounting posed a further threat to profitability. Domestic passenger traffic rose 30% globally in May from a very low base in…
— Yahoo! Finance
Lodging
Hotel CEOs Say Protests Are Our 'Call to Action' to Do More to Promote Racial Justice
The CEOs of large U.S. hotel companies expressed support Tuesday for peaceful protests in response to ongoing examples of racial injustice across…
— Skift
AG Hotel Group Plans Q3 Opening of New Five-Star Hotel, Il Tornabuoni, in Florence, Italy
AG Group proudly announces the unveiling of IL Tornabuoni, the group's first five star luxury hotel, due to open in Q3 2020 in Florence, Italy. With the addition of this new property in the Italian Renaissance city, AG Group's AG Hotels collection will expand to offer guests a 5-star luxury hotel in Florence and ten 4-star boutique hotels in…
— HospitalityNet
Other and Odd
Is travel safe? We interviewed experts on risks associated with flying, booking hotels or Airbnbs, renting cars, and more, plus ideas on safe vacations during COVID-19
As states lift restrictions around the novel coronavirus, many of us are eagerly wondering: is it safe to travel right now? The answer depends on many variables, namely, how you plan to do so, where you want to go, the rates of infection in your chosen destination, and your anticipated behavior once you…
— Business Insider
We went backpacking with suitcases in Italy and it was a mess
Like many people, I developed an obsession with Italy relatively early in life. Unlike many people, mine was probably inspired by a cartoon dream sequence in which Yogi Bear and his girlfriend Cindy sailed through Venice on a gondola.…
— CNN
Today in History
The Shooting of Andy Warhol
Valerie Jean Solanas was an unusual woman and artist. Her work was so radically feminist and pornographic that even Andy Warhol refused to publish it. The two collaborated on other ventures, but Solanas, perhaps suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, grew increasingly agitated and angry with Warhol. On the morning of June 3, 1968, she waited outside of Warhol’s studio. When he arrived with two others, she pulled a pistol and began firing. Warhol survived, but never fully recovered. He refused to testify against Solanas, who received a three year sentence for attempted…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
How Are You At Eye Contact?
 Today’s short audio clip serves as a reminder of one of the most predominant flaws in salesmanship. Until you sit back and focus on this simple yet effective behavior you will be swimming up river against the tide.
You may think you are good at holding people’s attention. You may believe that they trust you and that they are hanging on your every word. I am here to tell you that when it comes to eye-contact, you are probably very poor at…
— Travel Research Online
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