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TRO TravelGram - April 7

04-07-2011

 

Thursday, April 7
Destinations
The 15 Best Places to See Right Now
The pros reveal their picks of the countries, islands, cities (and even a borough) that are poised for discovery... Conde Nast Traveler

Dunedin City Guide
A guide to Dunedin's best attractions, restaurants, hotels and bars ahead of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand... Telegraph (London)

Palermo, Buenos Aires
Neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires have the ability to rise up from shabby, dusty, unknown corners to hubs of urban splendour in only a few years... Globe and Mail

Barcelona Essentials 
Since hosting the Summer Olympics in 1992, Barcelona has received the attention it deserves as a premier vacation destination... IndependentTraveler.com

Tours and Activities
Fiesta San Antonio offers barge parade, parties and more
Fiesta San Antonio, which began in 1891 as a parade honoring heroes of the Texas Revolution, has morphed into a citywide party... LA Times

Six days, six Bay area restaurants
What are the chances of picking six really good restaurants in a row? Slim... LA Times

New Night-Life Spot in Berlin Is About More Than Parties
A new club and performance space is flourishing in Kreuzberg's Kottbusser Tor area, a bohemian neighborhood in Berlin... New York Times

Cruise
Crystal Cruises will go all-inclusive next year
Crystal Cruises recently announced some sweeping changes... LA Times

Disney to launch cruises out of New York, Seattle, Galveston
The rapidly expanding Disney Cruise Line plans to offer voyages out of three new ports in 2012: New York, Seattle and Galveston, Texas... USA Today

Transportation
Horizon Air sorry for kicking tall man off flight 
Carrier said it should have asked passengers in exit or bulkhead row to give up seat ... MSN.com

States, Amtrak vie for Florida's forfeited rail funds
Twenty-four states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak are vying for $2.4 billion in federal aid that became available when Florida's governor canceled a high-speed rail project ... USA Today

Another air-traffic controller falls asleep
A second air-traffic controller has been found sleeping on the job at night - this time intentionally. And the government said Wednesday he's being fired for it... USA Today

Which Airports Have the Most Unfair Fares?
What's a fair airfare? Here's a hint: It's probably not the one you're paying if you're flying out of Newark, Cincinnati or Houston... New York Times

Lodging
Has the moment finally arrived for Shanghai's pleasure palace?
After 50 years, Victor Sassoon's elegant Art Deco hotel is back...The Independent

Four Seasons Sydney
Four drop-dead gorgeous, 34th-floor suites complete an almost $19 million, two-year overhaul of Sydney's iconic Four Seasons Hotel... The Australian

Homestays and Farmstays 
Imagine waking up to the sound of a rooster on a farm in New Zealand, or sitting around a kitchen table with an Italian family to enjoy a homemade Tuscan meal... IndependentTraveler.com

The Hotel Amenity Travelers Want Most
Several creative responses were offered - bidet toilets, "in-room hot and cold running chocolate" - but there was one answer that kept coming up over and over again... IndependentTraveler.com


Other and Odd
How space tourism works
For decades, space travel has been the province of nations...Seattle Times

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