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Destinations
Buy That Excursion Now. Bahamas to Charge Private Islands a 10% VAT
If you're headed to a cruise in the Bahamas, it might be a good idea to pay now for that excursion to their private island. Prices are likely to go up after March 1, when the Bahamas begins charging a new 10% Value Added Tax…
— Travel Research Online
American woman killed in apparent drug dealer crossfire in Mexican resort city of Tulum
Authorities said a man believed to have been a dealer was also shot dead in the beach resort of Tulum but the two weren't a…
— CBS News
Tours and Activities
Where To Soak in the South: A Guide to Hot Springs in New Zealand
New Zealand’s North Island is home to all the country’s volcanoes and most of its geothermal activity. But that doesn’t mean it hogs all the hot water. In partnership with 100% Pure New Zealand, we take a hot springs tour of the South…
— Broadsheet
Cruise
Italy, Croatia: The cities set to see an influx of cruise ships
Here are the historical cities where cruise passengers may find themselves instead of Venice this…
— EuroNews
Carnival to add new 180,000-ton cruise ship in 2027
Carnival Cruise Line will add a new 180,000-ton ship to its fleet that is expected to set sail in spring 2027, the Miami-based company said Tuesday. Why it matters: Carnival has rebounded from the pandemic with great demand for…
— AXIOS
Sun Princess Delivered but Feb. 18 Sailing Cancelled
Princess Cruises today has taken delivery of Sun Princess at Fincantieri. Princess said that the 175,500-ton, 4,300-guest Sun Princess “is the most impressive luxurious and stunning Love Boat ever created, offering an array of exciting new entertainment and activities, as well as sensational…
— Cruise Industry News
Transportation
Flight attendants hold picket signs and rallies in protest for new contracts, pay raises
Flight attendants for major U.S. airlines are holding rallies at airports around the country to push for higher…
— CBS News
JetBlue shares soar as activist investor Carl Icahn takes a stake in the airline
Shares of JetBlue are up more than 18% in Tuesday afternoon trading as activist investor Carl Icahn took an almost 10% stake in the…
— Associated Press
Lodging
Pixar Place Hotel Now Open at Disneyland Resort
The first Pixar-themed property in the U.S. captures the magic of the…
— TravelAge West
Mexico's Luxury Resort Susurros Del Corazón Speaks To The Heart
Situated between jungle and sea, Susurros del Corazón is a luxury resort that speaks to the…
— Gotham Magazine
Other and Odd
The new normal: travel companies temper expectations for 2024
The buzzword from travel companies for 2024 is "normal." After the pandemic slammed the brakes on the tourism industry, and the subsequent years were the era of "revenge travel,"…
— Yahoo!
Total solar eclipse unprecedented travel surge: opportunities for the industry
An upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, spanning Mexico, the United States, and Canada, presents a rare travel…
— Travel And Tour World
Today in History
Patent Applications for the Telephone
William Orton, the president of Western Union, was worried. Telegraph traffic was expanding faster than the telegraph lines could handle them. Only a single message could be carried at a time, a severe limitation even in the earliest days of the new technology. He contracted with inventor Alexander Graham Bell to find a way to overcome the bottleneck and to develop a system for transmitting multiple telegraph…
— Travel Research Online
The Incessant Traveler
Tauck Leaders Move Up a Notch as the Company Enters Its Second Century
by David Cogswell
Wednesday February 14, 2024
Tauck, the fami ly-owned tour operator that started in 1925, has announced a plan of succession that was designed with an eye on the next century, as Tauck concludes its first century this year.
As of next October, all the members of Tauck’s leadership team will move up a notch in the hierarchy. Arthur Tauck Jr., the son of the founder, will move from chairman to chairman emeritus. Dan Mahar, son-in-law of Arthur Jr., will move from CEO to chairman. Jennifer Tombaugh will move from president to CEO. And Jeremy Palmer will move from COO to president. To fully grasp the significance of this development, it’s helpful to cast a quick look at where Tauck has come from.
In the travel industry, between the corporate giants, such as…
— Travel Research Online
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