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TRO TravelGram - Wednesday, August 18
08-18-2010
Destinations
Wednesday, August 18
Travel + Leisure's Guide to Secret Paris
Want to find the hidden joys of one of Europe’s most iconic destinations? Travel + Leisure shows you how... Travel and Leisure
Traveller's Guide: Bali
Beautiful beaches, exquisite temples, great food, and mighty volcanoes – this Indonesian island has it all... The Independent
Udaipur, India: My kind of town
The author Katherine Russell Rich fell in love with wildly beautiful Udaipur, but 'hadn't counted on falling so hard'... Telegraph (London)
Brittany, France: The perfect break
With its golden sands and striped beach huts, the seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, France, is comfortingly familiar, says Charles Starmer-Smith... Telegraph (London)
Praying and partying in the streets of Istanbul
For Muslims, Ramadan is a time to devote themselves to God and self-discipline. For travel writer Rick Steves, observing Ramadan rituals in a Muslim country is one of the great travel experiences...Seattle Times
Tours and Activities
Exhibit explores influences on early New Mexico art
For centuries, New Mexico has been home to a distinctive tradition of painting Catholic saints in simple portraits, rather than adhering to the elaborate styles of European art... USA Today
San Francisco: 4 indie bookstores worth a visit
This city is home to an impressive number of indie bookstores. Here are four worth a visit... Budget Travel Online
Picasso show draws huge crowds to NYC's Met Museum
An exhibition of 300 works by the Spanish modernist drew more than 700,000 people to The Metropolitan Museum of Art between April 19 and Aug. 15. That makes it the most highly attended show since 2001... Yahoo Travel News
Cruise
Background Checks: Who's Working on Your Cruise Ship?
It's extremely important to travelers that the people who go into their cabins to clean while they're onshore or the counselors looking after their children in the kids' clubs do not have past histories of criminal activities... CruiseCritic.com
Chubby Checker to headline new 'Malt Shop Memories' music cruise
Can't get enough of the oldies? Here's the good news: The Malt Shop Memories Cruise is making a comeback for 2011... USA Today
Transportation
Update: U.K. Air Strike Called Off
BAA and the Unite union have reached an agreement -- meaning the possible strikes have been called off... CruiseCritic.com
Engineers: Passengers' survival was miracle by design
When an airliner slammed onto a rainy Caribbean runway early Monday and split into three shredded pieces, passengers called it a miracle that no one died in the impact... USA Today
In-flight cell phone use faces uphill battle
A battle is brewing in the court of public opinion and in Congress over whether air travelers should be allowed to use cell phones...MSN.com
When Is Cheap Not Enough?
The airfares from Spirit are cheap, but does that make up for the inconveniences?... New York Times
Lodging
The Best Hotel-Points Options for Penny-Pinchers
A new J.D. Powers study ranks the budget hotels. Of the 10 hotels on their list, five are linked to one loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards... Smarter Travel
Mall of America to get luxury hotel with federal stimulus money
The Mall of America will finally get a long-delayed luxury hotel with the help of a controversial, municipal bond offering made possible with federal stimulus money... USA Today
SLS Hotel chief targeting NY, London, South Beach for more luxury hotels
Los Angeles boutique hotelier Sam Nazarian - who a year ago was fighting to revamp debt on his chic, celeb-magnet SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills - is chasing big expansion plans as the hotel industry begins to recover... USA Today
Other and Odd
Flotilla of Stinging Jellyfish Hit Spanish Beaches
Huge invisible jellyfish flotilla stings hundreds in eastern Spain, others zapped in the north... ABC News
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