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Destinations
All the countries that are welcoming American travelers right now
With vaccine rollout slowly underway, we're letting ourselves dream about international travel again. We already know which trendy vacation spots are at the top of every traveler's bucket list for 2021, but to think we might be able to actually visit those cities in the coming year! Throw in the fact that airlines like Delta and United have…
— Time Out
10 Reasons This Australian State Is the Ultimate Offbeat Destination
From dark tourism to natural wonders, Western Australia has it all for a traveler looking to see something new. This region has stunning forests and the picture-perfect Hutt Lagoon, as well as the more unique and spooky, with everything from the site of the Batavia Shipwreck to the Wittenoom Ghost…
— Fodor's Travel
Paraguay Reopening For Tourism: All Entry Requirements
Paraguay, being one of the last nations in South America to reopen for tourism, is once again allowing foreigners to enter. Granted, it's one of the least visited nations on the continent, but it's growing in popularity for those that want to get off the beaten…
— Travel Off Path
Tours and Activities
10 of the most beautiful places we visited (virtually) in 2020
2020 has been a time of staying home. Instead of circling the globe on a plane, we've gotten in plenty of armchair travel (and have had lots of time to make a wish list for when it's safe to travel again). Here are the 10 most beautiful places we've virtually visited this…
— USA Today
Cruise
Viking Is Planning an Epic 28-country World Cruise for 2022
Even a pandemic hasn’t been able to kill demand for elaborate world cruise itineraries. Viking, which already is scheduled to embark on one around-the-world cruise late next year, is adding another with a departure date of December…
— Travel+Leisure
81% of luxury passengers plan to take a cruise in 2021: Rpt
Well, that fast spreading strain of coronavirus now emerging from England has prompted fresh travel restrictions, dealing yet another blow to prospects for a global economic recovery. As a result, we are seeing investors dumping…
— Yahoo! Finance
Transportation
Airline stocks slide as highly contagious Covid mutation in UK prompts travel restrictions
Airline stocks slipped Monday as a highly contagious mutation of Covid-19 found in the U.K. and South Africa prompted travel restrictions by more than two dozen nations. Countries from Italy to India to El Salvador have banned flights from the U.K.…
— CNBC
United passenger on flight from Orlando to Los Angeles died of respiratory failure, COVID-19: Coroner
The 69-year-old man was traveling from Orlando to Los Angeles when he became ill. The plane diverted to New Orleans, where he…
— USA Today
United Airlines will 'extract' sick, or possibly sick crew members from abroad using passenger-less planes
United Airlines will use a passenger-less plane to safely "extract" any pilot or crew member from abroad who is or may be infected with the coronavirus back to the United States. Earlier this month, employees received a memo titled “International extraction procedure – COVID affected crew member" that outlined how United will safely extract…
— FOX Business
Lodging
How COVID-19 will impact the future of hotel technology
Enseo CEO Vanessa Ogle joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the latest hotel and hospitality tech trends heading into 2021 during the COVID-19…
— Yahoo! Finance
Surviving a hotel quarantine... with kids
Imagine spending two weeks in a strict quarantine, not allowed to go anywhere beyond a small hotel room even to eat or exercise. We asked parents to share how they turned enforced quarantine time into opportunities to connect with their…
— CNN
Other and Odd
Cuomo wants pre-flight testing for travel from U.K. to New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking airlines transporting passengers from the United Kingdom to New York to require a negative Covid-19 test before boarding. Cuomo announced the request during a virtual briefing on Monday in response to reports of a new mutated variant of the coronavirus that appears to be spreading…
— Politico
'Desperately needed': Travel industry praises COVID-19 stimulus package; likely $15 billion for airlines
The travel industry applauded lawmakers after Congressional leaders said Sunday that they reached a deal on a nearly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. "We applaud the bipartisan group of senators that drove progress forward, and the congressional leadership for striking a bipartisan…
— USA Today
Today in History
The First Gorilla Born in Captivity
On this day in 1956, the Columbus Zoo in Ohio celebrated the birth of the first gorilla born in captivity. The baby, Colo, was 4 pounds and the daughter of two Western Lowland gorillas captured in French Cameroon. When gorillas were captured in the wild, they were often taken young enough to be reared by humans, and their parents and families were…
— Travel Research Online
Mike’s 1-Minute Marketing Memos
The Power of The Well-Executed “Launch”
 If you are looking for a good business book to read, I highly recommend Jeff Walker’s Launch. It reminds us of the importance of timing and the value of “setting up” your next important project. I was introduced to a great example of how “anticipation” works earlier…
— Travel Research Online
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