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Destinations
You Can Now Travel to Ireland With a Reduced Quarantine
Ireland is the latest country to adopt a new rule for incoming travelers and residents returning from coronavirus hot spots that allows them to quarantine for 5 days instead of 14 if they take a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and procure a negative…
— AFAR
Southwest relaunches flights from Tampa to Cuba
Southwest Airlines will bring back its popular Tampa to Havana, Cuba route before the busy holiday season. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) will resume the Cuba flight on Dec. 6. The relaunch of the service follows other airlines putting international destinations back on their schedules from Tampa International…
— Tampa Bay Business Journal
Saint Lucia named world’s leading honeymoon destination for the third consecutive year
For the third consecutive year since 2018, the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia has been named as the “World’s Leading Honeymoon Destination” by the World Travel Awards, the country’s tourism authority announced. Regarded as the “travel industry’s most prestigious awards programme”, the virtual event was held in Moscow on November…
— Face2Face Africa
Tours and Activities
Electric wheelchair tours show Colombian city from new angle
Wilson Guzmán lost the use of his legs at age 17 when he was shot in the back while trying to recover a stolen bicycle in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia. Two decades later, he glides through the city’s streets using an electric hand-bike attached to the front of his wheelchair.…
— USA Today
Cruise
5 more major cruise lines cancel sailings into March and April
You’ll now have to wait until at least March to take a cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean or Celebrity Cruises and at least April to sail with Oceania Cruises or Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, the parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line, on Wednesday canceled all the brand’s sailings through the end of February and the majority of its March…
— The Points Guy
How Can Cruise Lines Attract New Cruisers in 2021?
Before the pandemic, the cruise industry was the fastest growing sector of the travel industry, with demand increasing a whopping 20.5 percent from 2013 to 2018, according to a 2018 report by the Cruise Lines International Association. The industry was worth roughly $150 billion that same year.…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Cruise Ships Are Returning Home To Florida
It is getting busier by the day on the Florida skyline as more and more vessels arrive back in the United States after being anchored for eight months. Slowly but surely, it looks like the return of cruising is getting closer. To qualify for the CDC’s approval to sail, the vessels will need to undergo testing and mock cruises while also implementing new protocols on board the…
— Cruise Hive
Transportation
Post-crash recovery: How one airline plans to restore confidence in the Boeing 737 MAX
With over 4,800 gross orders, the 737 MAX is the best-selling commercial aircraft in Boeing history. It's 15% more fuel efficient than its predecessor, much more climate friendly and has an average dispatch reliability rate of 99.4%.…
— CNN
Airlines can soon deny emotional support animals free flights
The U.S. Department of Transportation will no longer consider emotional support animals as service animals under a new rule announced Wednesday, allowing airlines to limit the types of animals that fly for…
— ABC News
American, Southwest Airlines Prepare to Take Part in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
The two North Texas-based airlines are preparing to play a role in shipping vaccines across the globe as federal approval appears to be…
— NBC DFW
Lodging
Hotel grants couple 18 years of free stays for making a baby on Valentine's Day
Let's travel back in time to February 14 -- Valentine's Day. A hip little hotel in British Columbia offered couples the chance to win 18 years of free accommodations if, roughly nine months following their Hotel Zed stay, they had a baby. Nicole and Alexander Beshinsky and their three-and-half-year-old son are getting ready to welcome a new member to the…
— CNN
Characters Will Soon Appear at Disney Resort Hotels!
When Walt Disney World Resort reopened its theme parks and hotels to Guests back in July, they had several different safety protocols put into place in order to keep their Guests and Cast Members safe while at the Most Magical Place on Earth.…
— Inside the Magic
Other and Odd
CDC says Americans should avoid travel during winter holiday season, get COVID-19 tests if they do
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging travelers not to travel for the upcoming winter holidays, a repeat of its guidance for Thanksgiving travel. "The best thing for Americans to do in the upcoming holiday season is to stay at home and not travel,'' Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC's COVID-19 incident…
— USA Today
How can we travel to remote communities while still being ethical?
In 2021 and beyond, revitalising human connections and directing funds straight into the pockets of those who need it most will be an important part of the sustainable travel experience. However, in the age of contagion an extra degree of care will need to be taken to protect not infect the people we come in contact with when we go overseas, especially if they are living in remote communities.…
— EuroNews
Today in History
The First Heart Transplant
On December 3, 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant. Operating on a 54-year-old patient, Barnard performed the procedure in his native South Africa. The patient, Louis Washkansky, received the heart from a woman killed the day…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
A Lesson Worth Repeating
 If you are an honest, hard-working business professional who has more than a modicum of interest in helping others get through this whacked-out world we live in, then I say it is your obligation to let us know you exist and are here to help…
— Travel Research Online
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The Incessant Traveler
The Beginning of the End
by David Cogswell
Thursday December 03, 2020
I have attended the United States Tour Operators Association’s Annual Conference and Marketplace every year since the mid-‘90s. This is the first time since then that I have not closed out the year with a warm gathering of friendly people, in some beautiful hotel in a delightful location, with a concentrated schedule of events designed to promote productive engagement among diverse players in the travel industry from around the world. It is a highlight of the…
— Travel Research Online
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