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Destinations
The Best Places Americans Can Travel in Europe Right Now
Want to travel to Europe in summer 2021? This guide for American tourists will help you decide where to…
— Travel+Leisure
Why we’re plotting our post-lockdown vacay to the glorious islands of Malta
After a year of our suitcases gathering four layers of dust, we FINALLY have a chance to get our sun-starved limbs abroad this summer and we couldn’t be more…
— Glamour Magazine
7 Fantastic European Cities To Visit In July
These European cities offer smaller crowds, joyous festivals, and access to water - the ingredients for a perfect July…
— TravelAwaits
Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line will require COVID vaccine for first cruises in US waters in July
Carnival Cruise Line, the namesake line of cruising giant Carnival Corp., will sail in July from Port of Galveston with vaccinated…
— USA Today
MSC Cruises Announces U.S. Restart
MSC Cruises has confirmed its restart plans for cruising from U.S. ports beginning this August on two ships, according to a press release. Cruises…
— Cruise Industry News
Cruise Lines Resuming Trips With Reduced Capacity, New COVID Restrictions
Back on the sea; for the first time since the pandemic, a cruise ship is carrying American passengers in the…
— CBS Chicago
Transportation
'Current hold time is eight hours and 31 minutes': Travelers face frustrating waits to reach airlines
Frequent flyer Jay Groh rarely calls airlines for help. The Atlanta sales executive books his travel online or on airline mobile apps with little…
— USA Today
American Airlines announces expansion of it service to Mexico
The new routes are a permanent one between Cancún and Los Angeles, and seasonal ones between Mérida and Miami and Hermosillo and…
— Mexico Daily News
United Airlines says it, too, won't hire unvaccinated workers
United Airlines is following in Delta's flight path in saying it won't hire employees who have not been vaccinated against…
— CBS News
Lodging
6 New NOLA Hotels Worth a Visit
From renovated 19th-century mansions to the Virgin's newest party-forward outpost, New Orleans is sure to draw a wide-ranging crowd with this new lineup of hot…
— Architectural Design
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Tokyo Tatemono and HPL Announce Plans for Brand New Hotel in Osaka, Japan
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd, a developer of condominiums and office buildings, and Hotel Properties Limited (HPL), a Singapore-based real estate company, have announced plans for the One Dojima Project in Osaka,…
— Yahoo! Finance
Other and Odd
Hilton's bizarre 1967 plan for a space hotel
Two years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the Hilton chain of hotels was already planning to welcome guests in…
— CNN
5 things I've learned now that travel is back
Like millions of other travelers, I recently took to the skies to visit family. I offer the top five things I learned during my…
— The Points Guy
Airline chiefs urge end to UK-U.S. travel restrictions
The heads of all passenger airlines flying between Britain and the United States called on Monday for both countries to lift trans-Atlantic travel restrictions put in place to fight the COVID-19…
— Reuters
Today in History
Porsche No. 1
On June 8, 1948, the first car bearing the name "Porsche" took its very first test drive. The company had been restructured by a British Major, Ivan Hirst, after its founder was imprisoned for war crimes following Porsche's involvement in building tanks and designing Volkswagens for Germany during World War II. He was never charged and was subsequently released after 20 months in prison. The Porsche 356/1, as it came to be known, was never put into mass production but formed the basis…
— Travel Research Online
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