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Destinations
An American in Greece: Travel to Europe is no easy feat this summer
What awaits American visitors to Europe this summer is a byzantine and constantly-changing array of Covid-related restrictions and registration requirements. But this American traveler would go again in a…
— CNN
Hawaii Travel Update: Vaccinated Travelers Won't Need A Pre-Test Starting July 8th
COVID-19 restrictions are about to loosen in Hawaii. Here's what you need to…
— Forbes
Mask rules, open venues and more: What you need to know about summer travel in Europe
COVID restrictions remain in flux across Europe, and rules are constantly…
— USA Today
Tours and Activities
9 Once-in-a-lifetime Trips to Book for 2022
2022 is the year of the bucket-list vacation, from the beaches of Sardinia to the restaurants of…
— Travel+Leisure
Cruise
Two Carnival Cruise Ships Restarting Cruises This Weekend
Carnival Cruise Line will finally restart cruises this weekend when two of their cruise ships depart on sailings to the Caribbean from U.S.…
— Cruise Fever
Florida banned vaccination proof requirements. Not all cruise lines appear to care.
Some cruise lines are weaving a path that accommodates Florida's law and CDC sailing requirements. Others are…
— NBC News
American Queen Drops Mask Requirements for Guests, Announces Sale
American Queen Steamboat Company has announced that its guests will no longer be required to wear masks onboard or receive pre-cruise…
— Cruise Industry News
Transportation
What to know about airline mask rules when flying with children as travel spikes across the US
Children under two are not required to wear masks and wearing a mask isn't required when eating, drinking, or taking…
— Business Insider
US Airlines Are Expecting Record Passenger Numbers Over July 4th
Tens of millions of people are expected to be on the move over the Independence Day…
— Simple Flying
Flight Attendants Say ‘Not So Fast’ On Lifting Mask Requirements
Various U.S. Senators are pushing to end the transportation mask mandate in the immediate future, rather than await its Sept. 13…
— Forbes
Lodging
This 120-Year-Old Budapest Palace Was Turned Into a Luxury Hotel
The Matild Palace in Budapest, Hungary has opened its doors as a luxury hotel this week and it now offers over 130 guest rooms to choose…
— House Beautiful
This Rhode Island hotel has been named one of the 15 best beach resorts in the US
Ocean House, a 13-acre coastal property in Watch Hill, has just been named one of the best beach resorts in the country by Travel and…
— The Boston Globe
Other and Odd
How airlines will stop you losing your bags in the future
In 2019, 25.4 million bags went missing, costing the industry billions of dollars - can big data solve the…
— BBCNews
TSA Provides Travel Tips as Airports See Pre-Pandemic Numbers Ahead of July 4
As summer travel volumes continue to rise and the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) remains prepared to ensure a secure screening process at airports…
— Homeland Security Today
Today in History
The Assassination of President James Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau was an unhappy man. Disgruntled by his failure to obtain a government position, he stalked James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. Guteau approached Garfield and his entourage and pulled his pistol, firing twice. One of the bullets lodged in Garfield's torso. Ironically, Garfield's Secretary of War, Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of the first assassinated President,…
— Travel Research Online
Deck Plans
Lindblad Expeditions Will Return To Iceland In July
Lindblad Expedi tions has announced it will be reactivating National Geographic Explorer for a series of voyages in Iceland this summer. Plans call for the 148-guest polar vessel to explore the mythical land of the midnight sun on two alternating itineraries, Wild Island Escape and The Circumnavigation of Iceland. On both expeditions, guests will discover why Iceland is known as the “land of fire and ice” as they journey through the country’s fjords, tundra, waterfalls, and geothermal hot…
— Travel Research Online
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The Rosen Report
Tips and Inspiration for Travel Advisors from the DreamVacations Conference
by Cheryl Rosen
Friday July 02, 2021
It’s a CEO’ s job to be inspirational, and a reporter’s job to be skeptical. But I have to admit, I was moved by Brad Tolkin’s buoyant tone as he kicked off Dream Vacations/CruiseOne/Travel Inc.’s Travel Advisor Learning Summit on Zoom last week—and inspired by the great tips offered up by the speakers.
Overnight, it seems, all those dire predictions for the travel industry in general and cruising in particular have been put to rest by that pent-up demand industry leaders have been promising through the pandemic. World Travel Holdings, parent of these three travel companies and many others, saw its non-cruise bookings surge by double digits over record 2019 sales, “validating the explosion in business we are seeing,” WTH co-chairman and CEO Tolkin said in his…
— Travel Research Online
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