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Destinations
From free flights to Covid-19 payouts: Can travel incentives lure visitors back?
Ever since the world went into lockdown back in March, many of us have been furiously making a mental list of all the places we'll go once we're finally able to travel again.…
— CNN
Countries Without Covid That Have Reopened For Tourism
Travel has started to resume worldwide despite the virus. However, many travelers are not only looking at just locations that have reopened for tourism, but also where they can safely travel without…
— Travel Off Path
Cruise
Holland America will sell 4 cruise ships
Holland America announced on Wednesday that it will remove four ships from its fleet, sold to new owners. The four ships that were sold are Amsterdam, Maasdam, Rotterdam and Veendam. The Maasdam, Veendam and Rotterdam are over 20 years old, and were built in the 1990s and carry 1,258 to 1,404…
— Cruise.blog
Can cruise companies really convince passengers that they're safe again?
When will it really be safe to cruise again? Until cruise operators can give a more definitive answer to their eager but vulnerable customers, they might as well be rearranging deck chairs on another famously-doomed ocean…
— Fortune
Transportation
American, JetBlue pairing up to woo more travelers, battle rivals in New York, Boston
Under the new alliance, the airlines will feed each other passengers on flights to and from New York and…
— USA Today
Airlines causing ‘financial and emotional distress’ over refund delays
Travellers are suffering an emotional and financial ordeal chasing refunds from airlines, the consumer group Which? has said. Under European air passengers’s rights rules, carriers that cancel flights are required to return the fare within a week of the…
— The Independent
Lodging
Coming Soon: Antiviral Hotel Beds To Block The Spread Of COVID-19
Among the concerns travelers have now when they check into hotels amid the COVID-19 pandemic is whether the surfaces and touchpoints have been cleaned and…
— Forbes
The Maldives reopened to tourists — and its hotels have some ideas to lure you back
Travelers itching for a change of scenery amid months of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders brought on by the coronavirus pandemic now have a new option. The Maldives reopened to international visitors this week, after being closed to visitors since March…
— CNBC
Other and Odd
Three tales of what it’s like to travel internationally right now
Airline volume is up from the worst days of the pandemic, though it has certainly not returned to pre-pandemic levels. On a single day in June, the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 502,000 people, down from a typical day of 2.5 million a year prior, according to New York…
— Quartz
How to Safely Pack Your Jewelry for Travel
I used to throw all my jewelry into a pouch and shove it in my suitcase, but that—no surprise—turned out to be the worst way to store my necklaces and bracelets. I’d show up at my destination with a tangled knot and not enough patience or time to spend untangling them.…
— LifeHacker
Here Is The Latest News On Domestic Travel Restrictions For July 2020
We are starting to see a surge of new coronavirus cases across most U.S. states. More states are rolling back to early-stage reopening…
— Forbes
Today in History
The Trinity Test
On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 a.m. southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the United States conducted the world's first test of an atomic bomb. The resulting explosion was the equivalent to 20 thousand tons of TNT. The shock wave was felt as much as 100 miles away.
A few weeks later, a similar bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and another on Hiroshima, Japan, effectively ending World War II.
"I have become as death, the destoyer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the team that developed the first atomic bomb, quoting the Hindu Bhagavad…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
“I Know” Are My Two Least Favorite Words
 If you are over the age of 35 and happen to have children, nephews, or neighbors over the age of 10, you know exactly what I am about to say. Young people seem to “know” just about everything. This trait, I am sad to say, is not limited to just young people. For my money, there are too many adults who seem to “know” everything they need to…
— Travel Research Online
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