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TRO TravelGram- March 21

03-21-2011

 

Monday, March 21
Destinations
The 'City of Kings' reigns again
Once a place to leave as quickly as possible, Lima, the capital of Peru, is now showing off its many colonial and pre-conquistador glories... Telegraph (London)

Ye Olde Dolce Vita
Clive Irving follows Britain's original Roman high life... Conde Nast Traveler

SoCal Close-ups: A walk around Los Angeles' park neighborhoods
Here are 10 itineraries for the Griffith Park, Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Echo Park areas... LA Times

A Rising Nanjing Thrives on Youth and Art
Thanks to entrepreneurs, university students and revitalization efforts, today's Nanjing has an air of youthful exuberance that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago... New York Times

Tours and Activities
America's best cities for pizza 
Providence and Phoenix join perennial favorites Chicago and New York... MSN.com

Tour reveals layers of Shanghai's Jewish history
Not far from the Bund district in Shanghai, with its hordes of tourists and view of the city's famous skyscrapers across the Huangpu River, is a quiet neighborhood called Hongkou... Yahoo Travel News

Kings Island to open animatronic dinosaur exhibit
Kings Island amusement park has unveiled a new "Dinosaurs Alive!" exhibit in a Jurassic-forest setting with more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs featuring movement and sound... Yahoo Travel News

37 Asian Odysseys
From Vietnam to Sri Lanka, a must-do list of essential experiences... New York Times

Cruise
Caribbean Fly-Cruising Takes Another Hit After Fred. Olsen Pulls Out of Region
U.K. Caribbean fly-cruising suffered yet another blow this week after Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines announced that it was pulling the 927-passenger Braemar out of the region... CruiseCritic.com

Major Nile River Cruise Operator Fails, 3,500 Travellers Impacted
Nile river cruise specialist African Safari Club folded last week, leaving some 500 clients overseas in Egypt and Kenya, and thousands more with forward bookings affected ... CruiseCritic.com

Transportation
Travelocity's price guarantee less than prompt 
A reader complains that the company never processed his claim for a refund ... MSN.com

Flight attendants' group distributes radiation detection devices
A flight attendants' group is distributing radiation dosimeters to a sampling of its members as assurance that they are not being exposed to harmful radiation levels on trips to and from Japan...CNN

Why aren't more women airline pilots?
While there are plenty of women working in the airline industry around the world, men still dominate when it comes to finding a career in the cockpit... CNN

Boeing's biggest passenger jet makes first flight
The biggest passenger jet ever built by Boeing took to the skies for the first time Sunday... USA Today

Lodging
Ritzy ski lodges offer fun for the whole family 
Bowling alleys, media rooms and a hot-chocolate bar add to apres-ski options ... MSN.com

Hotel art: Is that a garden growing on the wall? 
Some hotels are really going for the green look these days... USA Today

New Hotels in Asia Embrace Their Local Settings
Five new hotels go out of their way to incorporate local design, cuisine and aesthetics... New York Times


Other and Odd
The Obama Family's Jetsetter Vacations
Barack Obama is set to travel to Latin America on Friday to discuss trade and the global economy with the region's leaders... MSN.com

Atlantic City casinos see visitor drop

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