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Destinations
National Geographic reveals its top destinations for 2022
While the pandemic is far from over, many of us are hopeful that 2022 is the year we'll finally be able to broaden our travel horizons…
— CNN
Popular European destinations that unvaccinated people can and can't visit
Several European countries have placed travel restrictions on unvaccinated travelers from the United…
— Newsweek
Top 6 Places To Visit In California For A Winter Getaway
We've put together the best winter destinations in California to help inspire your next…
— Travel Off Path
Jamaica to drop quarantine requirement for vaccinated travelers staying outside the 'resilient corridor'
tarting Thursday, the island country is dropping its quarantine requirement for fully-vaccinated travelers staying outside the country's "resilient corridor" who meet specific pre-arrival…
— USA Today
Tours and Activities
7 Unique Places For Animal Lovers To Travel In 2022
Seeing animals in their natural habitat is a worthwhile experience and these places are the best to see penguins, elephants, and…
— Travel Awaits
Five Bucket List Travel Experiences To Book For 2022
Travelling has taken over the world. People are booking their tickets to exotic locations all around the world, making it one of the most popular…
— Salon Prive Magazine
Anguilla offers Caribbean adventure with a side of relaxation
Visitors to Anguilla are tempted away from luxury resorts and scenic white sand beaches by horseback riding, sailing, diving, snorkeling, and…
— Lonely Planet
Cruise
Disney cruises will require passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated starting in January
Disney Cruise Line announced that all passengers ages 5 and up must be vaccinated against Covid-19 beginning in January, expanding its mandate to cover children who are now eligible for inoculation in the…
— CNN
Carnival Cruise Line Update on Testing for the Holiday Season
Carnival Cruise Line update on testing for the holiday season, including terminal test, home test kits, and back-to-back…
— Cruise Hive
Celebrity Cruises begins construction of its fourth Edge Class cruise ship
Work has begun on the fourth cruise ship in Celebrity Cruise's Edge Class. The ceremonial first cut of steel of Celebrity Ascent was held today, which will make its debut in early…
— Cruise.blog
Princess Cruises' Black Friday & Cyber Monday Travel Deals
This holiday season, give the gift of a real vacation traveling on a Princess cruise by taking advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday…
— FTN News
Transportation
Airlines staff up for holiday onslaught
Airlines are gearing up for the busiest weekend of travel since the start of the pandemic, hoping to avoid a repeat of recent flight delays and cancellations that disrupted travel plans earlier this…
— The Hill
United Airlines is about to resume its longest flight
United's longest route is making a comeback in the new…
— The Points Guy
Domestic airlines look to revive zero bag fares in order to grow traffic
Read more about Domestic airlines look to revive zero bag fares in order to grow traffic on Business Standard. In India, airlines are required to provide 15 kg of check-in bags…
— Business Standard
Frontier Airlines Set to Launch Miami-Turks and Caicos Flights
The low-cost carrier will ramp up its Miami expansion with new service to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos next…
— Caribbean Journal
Lodging
Best Hotels With a View—From Thailand’s Private Villas to Finland’s Northern Lights
Opening the curtains is one of the first things you do when you get into a hotel room. Here are the best hotels with a view around the…
— Men's Journal
TikTok is up in arms over after a luxury hotel charged a guest $14 for 2 small bowls of steamed white rice
A TikTok video showing just how much a bowl of rice can cost at one of Singapore's luxury hotels has gotten people all fired…
— Yahoo!
Intercontinental Hotels : Hotel Indigo opens second hotel in France on the French Riviera
Leading boutique and lifestyle brand Hotel Indigo, has just opened Hotel Indigo Cagnes-sur-Mer, the brand's first hotel on the French Riviera, growing its footprint in the…
— MarketScreener
A First Look Inside Disney’s Star Wars Hotel and Its Many Jedi Mind Tricks
Guests will step into a bustling atrium when they arrive aboard Star Wars: Galactic…
— Bloomberg
Other and Odd
All The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Travel Deals — From Beach Resorts to Safaris
Hotels and travel destinations across the globe are offering incredible deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2021 so you can plan a beach vacation or safari for…
— Travel+Leisure
Evolving the Travel Industry: Talking Change at Condé Nast Traveler’s Points of View Summit
The pandemic has been hugely disruptive to the travel industry-but it has offered a chance to see things…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Traveling With a Baby Changes the Way You Vacation—and That's Okay
The pandemic and new parenthood changed the way I travel—and taught me of the necessity of leaving your comfort zone in order to expand…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Flawed COVID-19 testing protocols for international travel need to be fixed immediately
I'm a big proponent of vaccines, masks and COVID-19…
— The Points Guy
Today in History
William Tell
According to legend, on this day in 1307, William Tell was arrested by Hermann Gessler, a local magistrate in Switzerland seeking to enforce Hapsburg rule in the region. Tell had refused to bow to a symbol of Hapsburg rule in the town square of Burglen. As punishment, Gessler forced Tell, a famed bowman, to shoot an…
— Travel Research Online
The Incessant Traveler
Visiting South Africa via Cinema
by David Cogswell
Thursday November 18, 2021
While Covid lai d waste restaurants, entertainment and tourism businesses, it didn’t hurt Netflix any. Netflix gained 8 million subscribers in 2020. And you don’t need market research to know that people spent a lot more time watching screens in 2020 than in 2019.
Long before the passenger jet industry made global travel easy and accessible, movies were already established as one of the best ways to travel if you couldn’t leave your hometown. Travel scenes have always been a large part of the appeal of movies. And movies are great vehicles for promotion of places where they are set.
Even if the movie does not feature iconic scenes in Paris, New York, Rio or the African bush, it takes you somewhere besides where your physical body is…
— Travel Research Online
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