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In honor of Global Travel Advisor Day, Carnival Cruise Line is introducing a new summer event series for travel advisors, “Your Peek at Paradise.” This series brings you up close to Carnival's new exclusive destination, Celebration Key, which opens in July 2025. -Select event series provide travel advisors with exclusive destination information and insight from Carnival's leadership team on cruise port vision, design and development. The series begins June 8th in Miami and continues July 13th in Baltimore, Maryland. Atlanta, Georgia on August 17th and Chicago, Illinois on September 14th. There will also be a virtual event on September 14th.…

Written by Mia Taylor Last updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 1:30 PM ET The amount of travel-related information available online and through direct marketing has increased exponentially over the past few decades, and the amount has grown to be overwhelming for the average consumer.New research from Accenture confirms the same. According to the results of the company's just-released 2024 Consumer Pulse study titled “The Empowered Consumer,” travelers are grappling with the overwhelming amount of information they receive from competing travel brands and are struggling to plan their trips. It is necessary to collect information on Or vacation.And consumers are now…

Mother’s Day is almost upon us. If your mom is already dreaming of her next well-deserved vacation, she’ll welcome a Mother’s Day gift that will inspire her next trip, help her travel better or even give her the gift of travel itself. This May, honor your mom with one — or a few — of these 37 editor-approved travel gifts. From treats that will fuel her wanderlust to handy travel accessories and luxury travel gear, there’s a gift for each and every traveling mom on this list. This customizable hive of containers is the perfect way to help mom stay…

This article has been reviewed in accordance with Science X's editorial processes and policies. The editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the authenticity of the content: fact confirmed Peer-reviewed publications trusted sources proofread got it! Credit: CC0 Public Domain × close Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered a molecular gateway that could help deliver drugs to the brain to treat neurological disorders. Dr Rosemary Kater from UQ's Institute of Molecular Biosciences led the team that discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported to the brain by a protein called FLVCR2.…

Starting today with Global Travel Advisor Day, Expedia Group will host 16 travel advisor events in May for members of the Expedia Travel Agent Affiliate Program.Expedia (No. 2 on Travel Weekly's Power List) updates its advisors on new features. “This channel is very important to us,” said Robin Lowther, TAAP Vice President. “TAAP has been around for about 15 years, but in the last few years we have started to put a lot of energy, time and investment into his TAAP program.”In the past, TAAP held events throughout the year, but this year they have unified events around Travel Advisor…

This sponsored content was created in collaboration with our Skift partners. skift take Innovation requires more than just technology. In this episode of the Skift Travel Spotlight podcast, we discuss how Trip.com approaches innovation and why collaboration is important. — Saudi Tourism Authority Artificial intelligence, smart design, and travel technology are changing the possibilities of travel for travelers. However, innovation requires more than just leveraging technology. In this episode, Skift Creative Strategist Kate Anderson speaks with Boon Siang Chai, Managing Director and Vice President of International Markets at Trip.com Group, about how travel brands are responding to changing traveler experience…

Last month, I attended both Seatrade Cruise Global and CLIA's Cruise360 conference, and the overarching theme of both shows was how strong the cruise industry is. Words like unprecedented, noisy, and solid were thrown around among cruise line presidents and CEOs, and orders for new ships were announced almost daily. During the Seat Trade period, CLIA released its 2024 State of the Cruise Industry Report and its numbers. teeth It's amazing. From 2019 to 2023, the number of cruisers in North America grew by an impressive 17.5%, from 15.4 million ships in 2019 to 18.1 million ships in 2023. Additionally,…

Chris Rich can only walk short distances at a time, but he has traveled around the world on his scooter.The 57-year-old U.S. Army veteran has limited mobility due to a leg injury sustained in the 1980s and related complications, which cruises have helped him explore destinations like Alaska and the Caribbean. I found it to be an easy method. Just this month, he, his wife, and friends took a weeklong Royal Caribbean International cruise to Belize, Honduras, and Mexico.Rich, who is based in Lakeland, Florida, needed to drive to Tampa to ride Enchantment of the Seas. “I think it's a…

A new study reveals that carbon emissions associated with professional conferences account for a significant portion of the air travel carbon emissions produced by academic researchers. Andrea Goks, a McDonnell Center postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Arts, Sciences, and Physics at Washington University in St. Louis, advocates for reducing air travel emissions. In a paper published in PNAS NexusGoks and colleagues estimated the CO2-equivalent emissions from meeting travel to all 362 public meetings in astronomy in 2019. The total is an estimated 42,500 tons, or approximately 1 ton per participant per conference. Overall, aviation accounts for about 2.5% of…

Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got. Chelsea Beck for NPR hide caption toggle caption Chelsea Beck for NPR Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got. Chelsea Beck for NPR Dozens of federal judges failed to fully disclose free luxury travel to judicial conferences around the world, as required by internal judiciary rules and federal ethics…