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Destinations
What it's like inside a luxury Caribbean 'vacation bubble'
Why on Earth would you take two kids younger than 3 to a remote island in the middle of a global pandemic? I asked myself this question many times last month as I embarked on my first attempt to get to St. Martin, my transit point to…
— CNN
Puerto Rico the Top Destination Searched by U.S. Travelers
In recent research shared by Discover Puerto Rico, last week’s Coronavirus Travel Sentiment Index Report from Destination Analysts shows that consumers’ receptiveness to travel inspiration is at a pandemic…
— The Weekly Journal
Tours and Activities
Take a walk around the world with these virtual tours of art museums
Art is one of those subjects where it doesn’t matter when or where you’re from, you can still enjoy it. We can appreciate art made today or a piece of art that was made hundreds of years ago. Someone in Rome can love a work of art from Africa, and that’s what makes art so…
— The Orange County Register
Backroads Looks At Adventure Travel In 2021
When can you get back on the road to adventure? Who better to ask than Tom Hale, President of Backroads, the world’s largest active adventure company. Here’s are his insights into the world of adventure travel in…
— Forbes
Cruise
MSC Cruises Is Setting the Standard
“We’re leveraging the fact that we were the first ones to start operating in Southern Europe to set the tone on how to operate a safe cruise,” said Ken Muskat, executive vice president and COO of MSC Cruises (USA). The startup of the Grandiosa in Italy last August set the…
— Cruise Industry News
How the CDC's New Air Travel Requirements Could Impact Cruising
On January 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control issued an Order, in effect January 25, requiring all air passengers arriving in the US from a foreign country to get tested no more than 3…
— Cruise Hive
Transportation
Singapore Airlines hopes to be world's first fully-vaccinated airline
Singapore's national carrier is hoping to become the world's first airline to get all of its crew members vaccinated against Covid-19. Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed to CNN Travel that all of their crew members -- including pilots, gate agents, flight attendants and anyone whose job requires…
— CNN
Himalaya Airlines Operates First High Altitude Test Flight
Himalaya Airlines has completed its first high altitude test flight on Tuesday, January 19th. The flight was operated as H9 961 from Kathmandu to Lhasa by the airline’s Airbus A319 and performed three different…
— Simple Flying
No-fly lists: Major airlines reveal how many passengers are banned from their flights
Thousands of Americans are currently listed on the collective "no-fly" lists of the nation’s major airlines amid news of the TSA reviewing "hundreds of names" that may be prohibited from flying with any commercial carrier following riots at the U.S.…
— Fox Travel News
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Lodging
7 innovative hotel hygiene solutions
To kickstart Hotel Designs’ mission to put ‘Safe Design’ under the editorial spotlight – and following a lot of confusion when it comes to which hotel hygiene…
— Hotel Designs
W hotels to open in Nashville and Philadelphia this spring
Marriott is gearing up to open two W hotels in the US in the coming months, as the brand welcomes properties in Nashville and Philadelphia. As we reported back in 2018, W Nashville is located in the Gulch district of the…
— Business Traveller
Other and Odd
Trump to lift some Covid travel restrictions, a move Biden quickly rejects
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is ending Covid-19 travel restrictions for air travelers from Europe and Brazil, a move the incoming administration quickly…
— NBC News
Has COVID-19 affected Brits’ and Americans’ love of travel?
A new year brings the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine closer and those dreaming of travel may soon be able to take the trips they plan for in 2021. Given the disruption to the travel industry brought on by the…
— YouGov
Today in History
Edgar Allan Poe is Born
Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts as the son of theatrical actors. Both parents died before he was three years old, events which very likely colored his young sensibilities and provided an almost neurotic obsession with death. He attended the University of Virginia, but accumulated gambling debts and was forced to leave, enlisting in the Army where he served for two years. He married his cousin Virginia when she was only 13 years old. In 1845 he published his…
— Travel Research Online
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