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Friday January 08, 2021

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Destinations

England will now require international arrivals to have negative COVID-19 test
England will require all international arrivals to have a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country. U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced early Friday that travelers arriving in England from international destinations…

Australia and New Zealand Expand Travel Bubble Destinations
Australia and New Zealand’s burgeoning travel bubble saw a new destination added this week when a plane bound for Brisbane departed from Auckland on Thursday, January 7th. Travel bubbles have been a hot…

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Tours and Activities

The New Travel Company Created So Everyone Can See The World
Let’s just admit it: If you’re reading this, you love to travel. You love the idea of visiting and experiencing new and unique places. Becoming one with a new society and absorbing all that traveling offers into your life and your memories. But for many of us, the physical act of…

Legoland adding shade over MiniLand USA, prepping other 10th anniversary activities
Legoland Florida is about to throw shade in the nicest possible way. The theme park is installing tents over the entirety of its MiniLand USA, a popular area featuring tiny versions of American…

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Cruise

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Kicking Off 2021 With Complimentary Suite Upgrades, Extended Cancellations
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is ringing in 2021 by offering free suite upgrades to anyone who books a cruise before the end of February, the company shared with Travel + Leisure. Travelers who book almost any future…

MSC Cruises Will Resume Cruises This Month
Strict measures implemented in Italy that restrict people’s movement within the country have forced Swiss Cruise Operator MSC Cruises to halt operations temporarily. However, guests do not have to wait long as cruises will resume from the…

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Transportation

Delta Air Lines bans emotional support animals
Sorry, but your emotional support hamster is no longer cleared to fly on Delta Air Lines. The carrier on Thursday officially banned travelers from flying with emotional support animals. This comes after a final rule from the Department of Transportation affirming that carriers no longer have to recognize…

JetBlue lands a lawsuit from travel booking websites alleging anti-competitive pricing ‘scheme’
When you go looking for airfares online, are you really getting the best deal possible? Fareportal, an online travel agency behind flight booking websites like CheapOair and OneTravel, filed a lawsuit against budget airline JetBlue this week, accusing it of engaging in an anti-competitive "scheme" to prevent…

JetBlue Joins American, Alaska in Changing Rules for Emotional Support Animals
JetBlue is the latest airline to no longer accept emotional support animals onboard flights. In a statement provided to Travel + Leisure on Wednesday, a JetBlue spokesperson confirmed that "as of January 11,…

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Lodging

Vancouver’s Iconic Piano-Shaped Hotel Rebrands to Hilton Hotels & Resorts
A new brand identity heralds an exciting future for Vancouver's hospitality industry. Pacific Reach Properties announces the rebranding of the former Westin Grand Hotel to Hilton Vancouver…

Five stylish English spa hotels
The new spa lodges at the Gilpin, in the Lake District, elicit “a genuine and increasingly rare expression of ‘wow!’”, says Mark O’Flaherty in The Daily Telegraph. Each is a “big open-plan glass space”, with the decor and outdoor hot tub reminiscent of reality TV’s Big…

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Other and Odd

What are travelers afraid of in 2021? And what should they actually be worried about?
Walt Meyer is afraid of getting sick when he travels. Too many people aren't taking COVID-19 seriously, he says. He'd travel again this year if he could be sure that his fellow passengers were…

Six travel insiders share their tips and predictions for 2021
Oliver Bell says: “If you’ve got airmiles then now is a good time to use them as there is much more availability than usual (typically it’s quite hard to find flights that suit on the dates you want to travel). Most airlines are offering free cancellation if you can’t fly due to Covid so I’m…

Detourism: Can the past year's lessons help us become better tourists?
Detourism entails exploring your surroundings, often associated with being a tourist in your own area, and going with the flow, going where the day takes you and opening yourself up to chance…

Today in History

The Battle of New Orleans
The War of 1812 was over. On December 12, 1814, the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent, ending the war. Unfortunately, American forces under the command of General Andrew Jackson and British forces encamped near New Orleans were unaware of that fact. The two armies had been facing each other just south of New Orleans since mid-December and news traveled…

Agent Perspectives

Shin Kicking, Floral Extravaganzas, Opera, and a Royal Regatta
by Paull Tickner
Friday January 08, 2021

I don’t know about you but after the Christmas festivities and New Year celebrations, January and even February are often dull and drab months that have to be endured. Let me lift your spirits with a collection of festivals and events that can be used as the cornerstone for a UK tour that can be customised to meet your customer’s interests, time frame and budget. To enable them to travel less and therefore see more, they are based in the Cotswolds and in the colourful seaside city of…

  — Travel Research Online
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The Rosen Report

Cuddle up a Little Closer: Tripadvisor Offers Luxury Agents a Pipeline to 463 Million Customers a Month (Part 1 of 2)
by Cheryl Rosen
Friday January 08, 2021

In an unusual year for travel, a partnership between an OTA and established travel advisors is arguably the most unusual alliance of…

  — Travel Research Online
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