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Destinations
Two more states added to New York's Covid-19 quarantine travel list
New York state added two more states to its list of states and territories that are subject to its Covid-19 travel advisory, bringing the total to 33. People traveling to the state from Alaska and Montana will now have to quarantine for 14 days upon…
— CNN
Namibia reopens to tourists who can show negative Covid-19 test results
Namibia has reopened to tourists with international flights now operating to and from the country. From this week, airlines can land at Hosea Kutako International Airport and tourists with negative Covid-19 certificates can visit for a…
— The National
Tours and Activities
Empty Cruise Ships Are the Newest Tourist Attraction in the UK
Floating in the distance off the coast of Dorset, England, is a true sign of the times: major cruise ships, including Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Sea, Carnival’s Valor, and P&O’s Aurora, sidelined by the pandemic, anchored in place instead of carrying thousands of passengers around the…
— Travel+Leisure
White House to resume tours Sept. 12, and yes, you have to wear a mask
Public tours of the White House, halted nearly six months ago during the coronavirus outbreak, are set to resume this month and will require visitors to wear a…
— USA Today
Cruise
AmaWaterways Temporarily Cancels Nearly All Cruises, Weeks After Attempting Return to Sea
River cruise line AmaWaterways has paused most of its cruises until November, following an attempt at returning to the water in…
— Travel+Leisure
With no end to COVID-19 pandemic in sight, what is the future of around-the-world cruises?
Both cruise lines and passengers are nervous about the outlook for world cruises, which last months, span the globe and start at…
— USA Today
American Cruise Lines takes delivery of 190-passenger overnight riverboat
American Cruise Lines (ACL) has taken delivery of the American Jazz after successful sea trials in late…
— WorkBoat
Transportation
Trump: 'We'll be helping the airlines' as furloughs loom
As the major U.S. airlines, still dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus, prepare to furlough thousands of workers, President Trump is ready to throw the industry a…
— FOX Business
Do Commercial Airline Passengers Need More Education on Cabin Health Concerns?
Does the average commercial airline passenger have a good enough understanding of how airplane cabin air recirculation systems work to fly without concerns of catching COVID-19 from touching a surface or contact with passenger or crew…
— Aviation Today
American Airlines Hands Out 1 Million Lbs Of Food To Those In Need
American Airlines has donated one million pounds of food since the start of the global crisis. The airline has partnered with Feeding America and other charity organizations to provide meals to those in…
— Simple Flying
Lodging
5 more Universal Orlando hotels announce layoffs; 1,291 workers affected
Universal Orlando, still reeling from the months when the coronavirus outbreak made ghost towns of its theme parks, announced more layoffs at five of its…
— Orlando Sentinel
Don't fall for this trap when you stay at a hotel
Free is not always free. That's what Mark Sulkin discovered this year when he picked up a "free" bottle of water in his room at the DoubleTree hotel in…
— Traveller
Other and Odd
Can travel become less dependent on Google in a post-pandemic world?
Little more than six months ago, the one topic that kept travel executives awake at night was Google increasingly siphoning off industry profits by moving deeper and deeper into the travelers' user…
— Hospitality.net
Want to Support Wildlife Conservation in Africa? Start by Going on a Virtual Safari
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the beleaguered safari industry is livestreaming game drives to draw attention to its…
— Smithsonian Magazine
Today in History
The Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London began on September 2, 1666 at the storefront bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane. The mayor of London delayed calling for demolition of buildings around the fire, the chief means of fighting urban fires at the time. As a consequence of the delay, the fire spread rapidly. The conflagration consumed more than 13,000 houses, 87 parish churches, the great St. Paul's Cathedral, and many city government buildings. The fire burned through Wednesday when organized efforts and favorable wind conditions finally helped to extinquish it. The city was re-built along much of the same road plan.…
— Travel Research Online
Press Releases of Interest
American Cruise Lines New Modern Riverboat Passes Sea Trails
GUILFORD, CT — August 31st, 2020 — American Cruise Lines proudly announces that American Jazz has passed Sea Trails with flying colors. Following the successful trials, American accepted delivery of the riverboat from Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD. The 190-passenger American Jazz is the latest in American’s acclaimed series of 5 new modern riverboats and will be added to the company’s fleet on the Mississippi River. American’s building plans have continued at full strength, despite this year’s pause in cruising, underscoring the Line’s confidence in domestic U.S. small ship…
— Travel Research Online
Point-to-Point
Coronavirus Screening on Cruise Ships Without Swabs, Saliva, or Blood
by Steven Frankel
Wednesday September 02, 2020
 According to The Washington Post, the University of Arizona detected a coronavirus outbreak in one of its dorms, after everyone in the dorm had passed antigen tests before moving in. They found two infectious students that had previously tested Negative. All that needed to be done was monitoring the wastewater in each dorm for infectious…
— Travel Research Online
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Motivationally Speaking...
Skills Don’t Come In Pill Form
by Stuart Cohen
Tuesday September 01, 2020
What new skill  sets are you working to acquire these days? With all the pivot-preaching prevalent, I wonder who is dreaming big and who is doing big? Inspire me,…
— Travel Research Online
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