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TRO TravelGram - June 30

06-30-2011

 

Thursday, June 30
Destinations
The Ultimate Beijing Travel Guide
Beijing, the undulating metropolis located in remote northeastern China, would take many lifetimes to fully explore and understand...IndependentTraveler.com

Ottawa's new groove: fresh-air yoga, foodie tours and underground cinema
Ottawa has a new laid-back vibe... Globe and Mail

On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise
Just past the tiny village of Ilias, on the two-lane highway that weaves through the Ceraunian Mountains, a sign pointing down a narrow road indicated a monastery about two kilometers on... New York Times


Tours and Activities
Essence festival weekend opening in New Orleans
Headliners this year include Usher, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Chaka Khan, Kanye West, Jill Scott, New Edition and Fantasia...Yahoo Travel News

Berlin's newest tourist draw: a futuristic box
Berlin has unveiled its latest tourist attraction: a futuristic box that will sit for the next few years on a downtown square where a replica Prussian palace is to be built... MSN.com

For voluntourists, Zambia on two wheels
World Bicycle Relief, a Chicago-based charity,builds bikes in Zambia and sometimes sends travelers, too... LA Times

Provincial Eating in Beijing
Each region of China has an outpost in the capital, offering some of the best regional cuisine in the country... New York Times


Cruise
The $40 Million Facelift: Big Changes Coming to Celebrity Cruise Ship
Celebrity Millennium is on tap for a massive makeover in April 2012... CruiseCritic.com

Galveston gears up for surge in cruisers
Galveston is gearing up for a surge in cruisers in the coming months, and that means - yes - adding more chairs to its cruise ship terminal... USA Today


Transportation
Drunk passenger urinates in airplane aisle
Seatmates who talk incessantly or screaming babies may not seem so bad after what one passenger reportedly did on a New Zealand-to-Singapore flight on Monday... MSN.com

Southwest pilot apologizes for slur-laced rant
The Southwest pilot whose slur-laced rant was accidentally broadcast over an air traffic control frequency has apologized... USA Today

Delta: All 777s, 767-400s now have full flat-bed seats
Delta Air Lines says it has now installed full flat-bed seats on all of its Boeing 777 and 767-400 aircraft... USA Today

JFK turtles bring runway traffic to a crawl - and start tweeting
Maybe the most amazing part of a JFK airport story involving turtles on the runway is that the reptiles now have their own Twitter feed... LA Times


Lodging
Ten Top Quirky Hotels
From a UFO-style hotel to lodging shaped like sea shells... The Independent

Get high at these mountain resorts
The crowd enjoying apres-hiking, apres-shopping and apres-festival cocktails has swapped down jackets and ski goggles for shorts and sundresses... MSN.com

Hotel Bel-Air's reopening hottest L.A. hotel topic
The Bel-Air was slated to reopen in July, but now plans an October reopening that without question is the No. 1 hottest topic in L.A.'s hotel world... USA Today


Other and Odd
New hurdle in Dutch plan to stop marijuana tourism
The Dutch government's plan to stop tourists from buying marijuana in the Netherlands has apparently been set back after a ruling from the country's top legal advisory body... Yahoo Travel News

Yuck! America's dirtiest beaches
Consult the beach water report released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council... MSN.com


365 Guide Tip for the Day
Public Relations for Travel Agents: Introducing Yourself
Everyone in business has to learn to blow their own horn. Of course, it helps to practice blowing the horn first... Travel Res
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