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Destinations
13 Best Honeymoon Destinations in the U.S.
What do you truly want out of your honeymoon? That's the first question you need to ask yourself and your partner when looking into honeymoon destinations in the U.S. or…
— Travel+Leisure
7 Romantic Southern California Destinations For Mature Couples
Southern California boasts hundreds of miles of beaches, several mountain ranges, and an expanse of scenic desert. When trying to plan a romantic getaway, the problem will be how to choose among so many excellent options. Here are…
— Travel Awaits
Latest Hawaii travel restrictions: What you need to know
When Hawaii launched a program in October allowing visitors to bypass its 14-day coronavirus quarantine by showing proof of a negative COVID-19 test, thousands of travelers took advantage of the offer. Hawaii's statistics show that 594,628 visitors arrived in the state from Oct. 15, when the bypass program took…
— Yahoo! News
Tours and Activities
Why sunny Queensland should be top of your post-Covid travel bucket list
That is why we are taking a closer look at some of our readers’ favourite destinations and seeing what makes them so incredible. Today’s candidate for your first post-vaccination holiday is sunny Queensland in…
— The Sun
Rome to Rebuild Colosseum’s Ancient Retractable Floor
Italian officials have plans to restore a key element of the ancient amphitheater, a floor devised by the Romans to conceal an underground network of tunnels and cages during the gladiator…
— AFAR
Cruise
Several cruise trips have already been cancelled this year. See when major cruise lines plan on operating again.
Bad news for any eager cruisegoers: cruise lines are continuing to extend cruising suspensions into 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic…
— Business Insider
Calls to Remove Unnecessary Travel Quarantines, What About Cruises?
The WTTC President and CEO said in a statement, released on the organization’s website earlier this week, that although the World Travel and Tourism Council supports measures to halt the spread of…
— Cruise Hive
Transportation
14 passengers banned by airline after rowdy DC to Seattle flight
Alaska Airlines banned more than a dozen passengers this week for not complying with its mask mandate and for harassing staff members. The 14 passengers were banned from flying with the airline after they were "non-mask compliant, rowdy, argumentative and harassed our crew members"…
— CNN
United Airlines joins American, Delta in grounding emotional-support animals
United Airlines is joining other major U.S. carriers in no longer allowing emotional-support animals to fly for free. United said Friday that starting Monday, it will no longer let passengers book travel for companion animals. For people who book before the…
— ABC 7
What To Expect From Alaska Airlines In 2021
There will be two major progressions for Alaska Airlines this year. After much anticipation, the carrier will debut its Boeing 737 MAX and join the oneworld Alliance. This week, Simple Flying spoke with Alaska Airlines’ SVP of fleet, finance and…
— Simple Flying
Lodging
10 hotel trends that travelers are likely to observe in 2021
The hospitality industry will continue to face an unprecedented level of challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2021, and success will rely on how companies and individual properties respond to the key trends that are poised to shape the year…
— Fox Travel News
From The Bahamas to Aruba, 7 Tiny Caribbean Hotels to Try
The travel industry has changed in more ways than we can count, but it’s also put that much more emphasis on the decision of where to stay. There’s so much more thought that goes into the choice of accommodation, and for some, the idea of a smaller, boutique stay is that much more appealing as an oasis from large…
— Caribbean Journal
7 Sustainable UK Hotels To Book In 2021
Our travel habits have changed dramatically since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Back in March 2020, we took a worldwide pause, closing offices, factories, shops, public buildings, schools, and airports – and transport was scaled back as a…
— Vogue UK
Other and Odd
A Black American Traveler Shares His Experience of Visiting Africa for the First Time
In terms of African travel destinations, Morocco and Egypt were the only two that topped my must-see list for a long a time. But that recently changed following my first trip to…
— Travel+Leisure
Travel body rejects compulsory COVID-19 shots, experts say herd immunity distant
The head of a global travel organisation on Monday opposed making COVID-19 vaccinations a requirement for travellers in the fight against the pandemic, despite scepticism about reaching herd immunity…
— Reuters
Today in History
The First Clinical Use of Insulin
In 1889, a Polish physician, Oscar Minkowski, removed the pancreas from a healthy dog and noted that the animal suffered an immediate rise in blood sugar. Thirty-three years later in 1922, a Canadian researcher, Frederick Banting, read Minkowski's notes and determined that diabetes might be treated with a pancreatic extract of…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
Butch Stewart represented all that’s good in travel
by John Frenaye
Monday January 11, 2021
Few people I ha ve ever met are what I would consider larger-than-life. Butch Stewart was one of those men; and as 2021 gets underway, the travel industry is a lot poorer for our loss; yet a lot richer for the legacy left behind by Gordon “Butch” Stewart.
Like many, I was shocked to learn that Stewart passed away on January 4th in Miami of a “recent” undisclosed illness at age 79.
In 1981, at age 40, Stewart founded the first Sandals in Montego Bay and never looked back. His empire thrived on the desire to provide a truly adults only, all-inclusive experience to primarily European and American visitors to the island. Over the years, Stewart saw the expansion to include 15 properties under the Sandals brand, 3…
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
Eliminate What Stops You
by Richard Earls
Sunday January 10, 2021
As a travel pla nner, no doubt you are very aware of all the "shoulds": you should develop a marketing plan, you should email clients on a regular basis, you should have a newsletter... there are a lot of "shoulds." In fact, coming up with a list of things to do is easy. Accomplishing the list is a bit tougher. As you continue to build your travel practice, one of the nicest things you can do for yourself is to consciously remove the obstacles you can identify that prevent you from acting on and accomplishing your plans.
Firstly, know you are not alone: many travel agents have problems turning their intentions into action. One of the best preliminary exercises for getting underway…
— Travel Research Online
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Mike's Monday Cup of Mo-Joe
Sales Lessons From 'The Queen’s Gambit'
 I am not a regular when it comes to TV viewing, but I capitulated when my son strongly recommended I watch a particular program on Netflix. The show features the exploits of an orphan who later became a chess genius. I was glued to my TV as each of the seven episodes unfolded. It is reported that this was Netflix’s most watched serial, The Queen’s Gambit. You do not need to be a student of chess to enjoy and personally benefit from this…
— Travel Research Online
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