On cruise, beware the air Even out at sea, the air on cruise ships may be dirtier than you think, a study shows. Ryan Kennedy, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, secretly measured the …
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ST. LOUIS – Mike and Lisa Tiff will celebrate their first anniversary in September; a dream they planned to continue with a honeymoon to French Polynesia. “We had researched several companies. We discovered Custom Tahiti Travel. Looked like a very …
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Once you’ve ticked off the Caribbean and Mediterranean, a cruise to Northern Europe could be the next on your list. Or perhaps you just prefer a holiday in cooler climes? Either way, there will be something among the following selection …
MSC Cruises introduced its voice-activated personal digital assistant, which has a female name and voice, like Alexa and Siri. MSC calls its assistant Zoe, named for chairman Gianluigi Aponte’s granddaughter. In addition to having “a nice lady voice”, said MSC …
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The U.S. and Canada both started issuing travel warnings for cruise vacationers. The U.S. started issuing travel warning at the end of December 2018 and Canada began issuing travel advisories two weeks ago. The U.S. State Department also recently began posting …
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The surge is partly thanks to increased computing power on the vessels themselves. Ships now “have better data centers, satellite connectivity and IT staff on board,” said Manny Vellon, chief technology officer of the software and consulting company, Level 11, …
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Coleraine travel specialist Briege McAuley has been named Honeymoon Planner of the Year at the prestigious Northern Ireland Wedding Awards 2019. Briege, who runs her own business as part of leading independent travel company, Travel Counsellors, won the award at …
The Minister of Tourism and Investment Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez has announced the appointment of Lorraine Headley-Raeburn as chairperson of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) Board of Directors, while Dean Fenton has been appointed as the new U.S. director of tourism. …
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It’s time to seas the day. Have you created your 2019 travel bucket list yet? Taking a cruise should be at the very top of that list. In my opinion, it’s a travel experience that everyone should have at least …
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When Kristin Karst called from a recent sailing aboard her namesake AmaKristina to talk about the evolution of river cruising, she started off with an apology for being a few minutes late because she had been finishing up an afternoon …