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Monday May 09, 2022

Editor’s Note — TRO wants to remind its Travelgram readers the articles presented here are meant to assist you in remaining informed and prepared to discuss travel news of the day with clients.


Destinations

Cancun Braces For Worst Sargassum Seaweed Season In Five Years
The Mexican Caribbean's Sargassum Season Could Be The Worst One In Over Five Years According To New…

Belize: What to Know Before You Go
This Central American destination is the adventure traveler’s dream, from its jungle-covered peaks to a coastline dotted with more than 450…

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Tours and Activities

Safest, most dangerous destinations for LGBTQ travelers in 2022
Some countries quite accepting and some countries are really not accepting. The U.S. didn't crack the top 20. It ranked 24th…

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Cruise

Here's Why a River Cruise Is the Perfect Way to Ease Back Into European Travel
Aboard the AmaSiena, one writer returns to European travel with a cruise on Germany's Rhine…

ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2022
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) last week reported a first quarter 2022 net loss of $(1.2) billion and loss per share of $(4.58). The Group…

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Transportation

Interrail slashes price by fifty per cent to celebrate 50 years
Interrail has slashed the cost of its unlimited travel passes by 50 per cent - but you’ll have to get in…

United suspends 7 long-haul routes for June due to aircraft shortage
If you're flying United next month to Hawaii, Japan, Brazil or parts of Europe, listen…

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Lodging

Hotels expand into Airbnb territory by offering private homes
Over the past few years, hotel chains have been venturing into the short-term rental market, a domain long dominated by peer-to-peer platforms…

Police investigating after 3 Americans found dead at Bahamas hotel, 4th airlifted to hospital
Environmental health scientists, physicians and others were investigating to ensure there was not a public health hazard, officials…

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Other and Odd

Travel news: Glass bridges, space hotels and a beautiful reunion after 23 years
In this week's travel news roundup, CNN Travel looks at space hotels through the ages, Sicily's new "Little America" and a new glass-bottomed bridge in…

How Some Tourists are Ruining Hawaii Travel for Everyone
It just takes one person to wreck it for others. With some ugly…

Today in History

The Theft of the Crown Jewels
On May 9, 1671, a parson visited the Tower of London. 77 year old Talbot Edwards, the keeper of the jewels, was very fond of this parson, and hoped that his niece would…

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Editorial Musings

The Hits Keep Coming, We Just Keep Swingin!
by John Frenaye
Monday May 09, 2022

We’ve all heard the adage about taking three steps forward and one step back. It’s a struggle, but you are still making forward progress! But in the travel industry, coming out of COVID, I sometimes wonder.

Earlier this week, the headlines screamed Carnival’s entire fleet is back in service. Only to be followed up with, “I did not feel safe, Carnival’s cruise overwhelmed with COVID”

I opened up my email yesterday, and the headline that greeted me was “Three Americans Found Dead at Sandals Resort in Unknown Health…

  — Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner

Enhancing Supplier Relationships
by Richard Earls
Sunday May 08, 2022

The first quarter of 2022 is already a memory. Yikes! The new car smell is gone but we can all look forward to good things for the balance of this year. It's time to focus on enhancing every aspect of your travel practice, making every point of contact with clients as sharp as possible. As we have said to the point of extreme repetition, travel consulting is all about relationships.

The unique nature of your position as a travel consultant, however, is dual-facing.  Your relationships with clients are of primary importance.  But of nearly equal importance is the relationships you develop with your suppliers.  Knowing a supplier intimately is a very large part of mastering the art of being a travel professional.   — Travel Research Online
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Mike's Monday Cup of Mo-Joe

Why You Can Still Make It in the Travel Business

Although nearly two decades ago, I remember like it was yesterday hearing the following words at the home of two Russian immigrants in Chicago. The husband was now an emergency room surgeon, and his wife was a successful travel consultant. Their home was modest, yet beautifully furnished.

After hearing their saga of eventually fleeing to America, arriving in New York City not speaking the language, the good doctor added after passing the rolls at the dinner table, “If you can’t make it in America, you can’t make it. “Those eleven words have stuck with me ever since.

That was over 20 years ago, and I think of that sentence every time I present to a room full of travel professionals. With a little poetic license, I put…

  — Travel Research Online
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