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Destinations
Monaco Becomes a Featured Destination of International LGBTQ+ Travel Association
The Principality of Monaco announced that it has become a Featured Destination of the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) for 2021. The principality became a member of the association in…
— Luxury Travel Advisor
The 10 Best Places to Travel Alone as a Woman
As of press time, the COVID-19 pandemic is still making all but the most essential travel impossible. However, for many people, the ban has merely strengthened their resolve to travel once we can safely do so…
— AOL
Tours and Activities
How Helicopter Tours Are Getting Guests Into the Sky During COVID-19
From more time with passengers to pivoting to new routes, pilots tell us how helicopter tours are evolving during the…
— Conde Nast Traveler
4 Awesome Winter Road Trips to National Parks
We've put together regional road trip suggestions in various parts of the country to help you explore some of your area's lesser-known national parks during the least busy time of the…
— Outside Magazine
Cruise
Why Hasn't My Alaska Cruise Been Cancelled?
After Canada says no to cruises until 2022, many cruisers wonder why their 2021 Alaska sailings have yet to be cancelled. Cruise Critic…
— CruiseCritic.com
Carnival Cruise Line Reveals Details on New Food and Beverage Outlets
Carnival Cruise Line has revealed details on new food and beverage outlets for the La Piazza zone on their newest and largest cruise ship, Mardi…
— Cruise Fever
Alaskan Delegation Responds to Canada’s Cruise Ship Ban
Alaska’s elected officials responded to Canada’s year-long ban on large cruise ships and pleasure crafts by calling the action “unexpected” and “unacceptable” due to the extensive damage it would cause to the state’s…
— The Maritime Executive
Transportation
Airlines issue travel waivers as Winter Storm Shirley approaches mid-Atlantic region
American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United have all issued waivers to prevent passengers and planes from becoming stranded on Thursday and…
— USA Today
Airlines can now pick their own routes across the Atlantic. Huge fuel savings could follow
Airlines are poised to reduce their emissions and reap huge fuel savings on transatlantic flights in the coming weeks as air traffic controllers experiment with giving pilots free rein to chart their own paths across skies that have been cleared out by the…
— CNN
Southwest Airlines urges Biden administration to not require COVID tests for domestic flights
Another airline CEO has urged the federal government to not make coronavirus testing mandatory for domestic…
— Fox Travel News
Lodging
These Hotels Are an Integral Part of Black History
Hotels have always been more than just a place to sleep. The most storied accommodations come with a rich history, based on their location or guests that have passed through the doors. Many hotels with ties to Black history have long closed or been destroyed, but several still remain…
— Conde Nast Traveler
How these hotel brands you've never heard of are going to change your mind about luxury travel
Accor is changing the way we think about modern luxury hotels with its Delano, SLS and Faena…
— The Points Guy
Other and Odd
White House weighs domestic travel restrictions as variant cases spike in Florida
The Biden administration is reportedly considering whether to impose restrictions on domestic travel in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 and target new variants of the disease that are spreading quickly in states like…
— NBC 8 WFLA
Fully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC says
People who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus -- right now that means with two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine -- can skip quarantine if they are exposed to someone infected with the virus, CDC said…
— CNN
Biden Administration Says Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Domestic Travel Is an 'Active Conversation'
Biden administration officials are looking into the possibility of requiring COVID-19 testing for domestic…
— Travel+Leisure
Today in History
Thomas Edison is born
1,093 patents were issued to Thomas A. Edison during his lifetime, the last at age 83. He was born February 11, 1846 in Milan, Ohio. He was nothing short of practical, saying once that he never wasted time inventing things people did not want to buy. Almost deaf since childhood, he famously remarked that genius was "one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration."
He invented the phonograph in 1877, the incandescent…
— Travel Research Online
The Incessant Traveler
When Far & Wide Went Too Far (and Got Too Wide)
by David Cogswell
Thursday February 11, 2021
I received an e mail in response to an article I wrote recently about the U.S. Tour Operators Association from a former head of a USTOA tour operator. He pointed out that my review of the history of USTOA’s $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program left out an important chapter of the story. And he had a point.
He was referring to the story of the Far & Wide Travel Corporation. It was an important chapter in the history of the tour operator segment of the travel industry.
But there was some logic to skating over that episode in a short summary, because Far & Wide was a big story in itself, one that could fill many pages. It would be challenging to do it justice in one column.…
— Travel Research Online
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