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Recently the World Travel Awards announced its candidates for the 2020 awards and nominated Sunset World's Hacienda Tres Ros Resort, Spa & Nature Park in three categories, including World's Leading All-Inclusive Resort, World's Leading Family Resort and World's Leading Beach and Luxury Lifestyle Resort.

Every year the World Travel Awards lists nominees on its website and the general public is invited to vote. Voting is open in two stages, at the regional and global level. The latter is open until October 25. It is worth mentioning that the World Travel Awards is an organization that rewards and celebrates excellence in all sectors of world tourism.

In addition, Hacienda Tres Ros was awarded the Gold Crown and Excellence in Service awards from RCI, obtained the Safe Travels seal from the World Travel and Tourism Council and the Protection and Health Prevention Certification in Tourist Facilities from the state of Quintana Roo, making it a favorite vacation resort for the new normal.

We are very excited and proud of the recognitions and certifications that Hacienda Tres Ros has received during this difficult year, said Annie Arroyo, Sunset World Group Corporate Brand and Communication Director, They are the fruits of our staff's efforts and we hope that many people will vote for us in the World Travel Awards, she concluded.

Hacienda Tres Ros is the only environmentally responsible luxury resort that offers exclusive access to the Tres Ros Nature Park in the Riviera Maya and a truly comprehensive All-Inclusive Plan. Enjoy architecturally acclaimed accommodations, fine dining, world-class spa services, and dazzling experiences at the exclusive Tres Ros Nature Park with guided tours through mangrove forests, swimming, snorkeling, and kayaking along winding natural rivers or simply unwind on its tranquil beaches.

Sunset World Group is a family-owned Mexican company and a leader in the hospitality industry, offering authentic and unforgettable vacation experiences in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. It was founded more than 30 years ago and has grown to offer six resorts, world-class travel services, amenities and a diverse network of operational and marketing solutions that focus on providing the best vacation experiences for its Members and guests. From cultural excursions to water sports, the Members of Sunset World are never far from their next great adventure.

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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TCS World Travel, the worlds leading operator of private jet expeditions, today announced dates for its first scheduled all-inclusive luxury tours on its new private Airbus A321neo-LR aircraft. The new ground-breaking private Airbus will take to the skies for its inaugural flight on an upgraded version of the companys most popular Around the World expedition October 10 November 2, 2021 followed by a second offering December 30, 2021 January 22, 2022. Both expeditions will fly with an 18-person staff and crew, including a dedicated physician who will travel with guests the entire trip.

With TCS World Travels new customized A321 private jet, guests will fly on the most modern and comfortable aircraft in group jet expedition travel. They will venture to nine legendary destinations including Cusco and Machu Picchu, Peru; Easter Island, Chile; Nadi, Fiji; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Angkor Wat, Cambodia; Taj Mahal and Jaipur, India (new city added); Serengeti Plain, Tanzania (third night added); Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan; and Marrakech, Morocco. The 24-day itinerary is filled with UNESCO World Heritage sites, natural wonders and new unique lodging options, including a luxury tented camp in the desert of Wadi Rum or a luxury riad in the heart of the medina in Marrakesh.

TCS World Travels new Airbus A321neo-LR aircraft features state of the art amenities and comforts including:

Health, Comfort & Style

Environmental Responsibility, Efficiency and Range

As the world starts to slowly reopen, we at TCS see clearly how the benefits of traveling by private jet have become even more desirable. A more controlled environment, smaller airports, private or expedited customs and immigration, and the ability to make changes and pivot up to the last minute are all hallmarks of traveling by private jet and are now more important to our guests than ever, said Shelley Cline, president of TCS World Travel. As the most experienced private jet travel company in the world, we are proud to announce our first expedition of 2021 on our new customized private jet that was designed and guided by research-informed insights so that our guests can continue to explore bucket-list destinations around the globe with comfort, convenience and safety.

Health & Safety Practices

As part of TCS World Travels health and safety practices, an on-trip physician will be screening and monitoring guest health throughout the trip. The company has implemented additional cleanings and hygiene protocols aboard the new private jet and works with its luxury hotel partners and in-country associates to help ensure that they adhere to its hygiene standards. TCS will also be monitoring the situation throughout each trip and if there is an increased risk in any of the countries the group is visiting, the company has the ability to change the itinerary as needed.

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Travelers can book their group expeditions with confidence with the TCS Refund Promise. If TCS cancels a trip for any reason, guests money, which is protected in a dedicated escrow account, will be refunded in full.

Pricing for the Around the World Luxury Tour is $99,950 per person, based on double occupancy. As with all of TCS World Travels trips, the price of the all-inclusive expedition covers every facet of the trip including travel on its new private jet, exquisite hotels, all meals and ground transportation, daily activities, top-of-the-line guides, beverages and all gratuities.

For more information please call TCS World Travel at 866.875.5238, email at GuestRelations@TCSWorldTravel.com or visit http://www.tcsworldtravel.com.

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TCS World Travel leads the industry in private jet journeys with the experience and knowledge built from developing hundreds of trips for over 25 years. The company excels at providing unparalleled local access and exclusive activities tailored to any travel style. Circle the globe or take a dive deep into a region on a luxury private jet expedition or embark on a luxury custom journey by private charter plane created especially for you to any destination in the world. For more information, visit http://www.tcsworldtravel.com or find TCS World Travel on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Maldives was nominated in eight categories at the 27th annual World Travel Awards, considered one of the most prestigious honors programme in global travel and tourism.

Established in 1993 and recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence, the World Travel Awards chooses winners across several categories from various regions.

This year, Maldives was nominated as the World's Leading Beach Destination, World's Leading Cruise Destination, World's Leading Destination, World's Leading Dive Destination, World's Leading Honeymoon Destination, World's Leading Island Destination, World's Leading Tourist Board and World's Most Romantic Destination.

Voting for these categories will be open until 0000 hrs on October 25, giving the opportunity for interested individuals to choose Maldives as, one of the most loved and preferred destinations in the world.

Votes can be cast via https://www.worldtravelawards.com/register by both travel professionals and consumers globally, with the nominee gaining the most votes in a category named as the winner.

As Maldives reopened its borders on July 15, 2020, the nominations at the 27th World Travel Awards will aid in strengthening the image and increase the brand presence globally, said Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC)

Additionally, Maldives has secured multiple awards in various categories over the years including the World's Leading Airport Resort, World's Leading Beach Destination, World's Leading Honeymoon Resort, World's Most Romantic Resort and World's Leading Luxury Island Resort in 2019.

The island destination also won the famed Indian Oceans Leading Destination award 12 times within the past 16 years.

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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced Peru, Bahamas and Puerto Rico are the latest destinations to use the worlds first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp.

WTTC officials recently announced in the three months since its inception, the Safe Travels stamp is being used by over 100 destinations, as the Philippines recently became the official 100th destination.

The stamp enables travelers from around the world to recognize destinations that have adopted standardized global health and hygiene protocols, thus providing a safe experience for tourists.

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Puerto Rico was one of the first destinations in the Western Hemisphere to design and implement an industry-specific safety and health program for the entire destination with the creation of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company Gold Star Health and Safety Seal Certification back on May 4, Puerto Rico Tourism Company Executive Director Carla Campos said.

Today, we are proud to join WTTCs Safe Travels global protocols and stamp program, Campos continued.

Other destinations recently added to the WTTC Safe Travel list include El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Paraguay and Zambia. The global protocols have been embraced by over 200 CEOs, including some of the worlds major tourism groups.

Our Safe Travels stamp continues to go from strength to strength and we are delighted with its success so far, WTTC President Gloria Guevara said. More than 120 destinations now proudly use the stamp, all of which are working together to help rebuild consumer confidence worldwide.

As the stamp continues to grow in popularity, travelers will more easily be able to recognize the destinations worldwide which have adopted these important global protocols, encouraging the return of Safe Travels around the world, Guevara continued.

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Reed Exhibitions, the organizer of the leading events for the global cabin interiors and inflight services industry, has announced new dates for 2021. Both AIX and WTCE will return to the Hamburg Messe from August 31 to September 2, 2021, moving from the original April dates.

This early announcement allows time for businesses to adapt and plan to ensure that the events continue their critical role in bringing the global industry together again.

Speaking about the announcement, Polly Magraw, Exhibition Director, Aircraft Interiors Expo and World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo, said: After consulting with exhibitors and airlines, we recognize the industry needs more time to allow for the reopening of borders, lifting of travel restrictions and resuming of services. It is clear that the industry needs to meet in person later in 2021. Our priority is to deliver an engaging and COVID-secure face-to-face event in September that gives our exhibitors and visitors the additional time to adapt and continue on the path to recovery.

Now, more than ever, there is a strong need to reunite, connect and do business. The importance of AIX and WTCE cannot be underestimated as the largest marketplace that brings together key stakeholders from the global supply chain. We are confident that this decision best supports the industry, and in September we will be ready to regroup and look ahead to the future.

The majority of exhibitors have already confirmed their participation at the face-to-face events in 2021, and we continue to focus on keeping the industry connected during this time, fostering collaboration, promoting new innovative solutions and helping to nurture critical business contacts. We look forward to facilitating this through a further series of virtual events, set to take place in April, details of which will be announced soon.

We once again want to thank all of our exhibitors, visitors, and partners for their support. We believe this extra time ahead of the 2021 events will offer exhibitors reassurance and more opportunity to prepare their fantastic showcases, and for our visitors to be ready to restart planning for the cabins of the future.

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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) this week presented a plan to the tourism ministers of the world's largest economies, known as the G-20, to save the embattled travel sector.

The WTTC said the plan will help save 100 million jobs globally, in a presentation made along with more than 45 travel industry leaders during a virtual G-20 meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia.

The 24-point plan is divided into what both the private and public sector should do to incentivize travel, with an emphasis on standardized health protocols and ways to make travel more seamless and safer.

"The private sector cannot reduce the time frame of recovery and bring back 100 million jobs alone; public-private collaboration is essential to the success of the plan," the WTTC said, calling on G-20 nations to strengthen collaboration and work with the private sector to implement the plan.

Among the 24 points, the WTTC asks governments for more coordination to resume international travel and reopen borders; "air corridors" between countries or cities with similar epidemiological situations, such as London, New York, Dubai and Shanghai; and international standardization of health protocols, testing regimens and contact tracing. The plan also calls on nations to support travel promotion campaigns to incentivize and attract both leisure and business travel.

From the private sector, WTTC calls for standardized health protocols across all industries to create a consistent and safer travel experience; the development and adoption of digital technologies to enable seamless travel and better manage visitor flow; and for companies to offer flexible booking policies and make travel more affordable to increase demand.

Gloria Guevara, WTTC CEO, said the meeting represented the first time that many travel industry leaders had been invited to sit in the same forum as G-20 tourism ministers.

Chris Nassetta, CEO of Hilton and WTTC chair, called the plan "hugely important in supporting the recovery of the sector and bringing back 100 million travel and tourism jobs globally."

According to the WTTC's 2020 Economic Impact Report, the tourism sector will be critical to the global recovery from the pandemic. In 2019, the sector was responsible for one in 10 jobs (330 million in total) and a 10.3% contribution to global GDP.

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Oakland, CA, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deem, a leading mobile and cloud technology provider for the corporate travel industry, announced today that Short's Travel Management (STM) chose to include Deem in its new offerings of travel booking solutions for its clients. As STM plans to sunset its own proprietary booking tool, STO, later in the year, it chose Deem as an additional travel booking solution to offer to its medium and enterprise-level clients. Adding Deem to STMs arsenal of innovative technology solutions will give STM clients an additional intuitive, secure, and powerful choice when selecting online booking software.

Working with Deem reinforces our commitment to present leading-edge tools and allow clients to select the best fit for their program, said David LeCompte, CEO at Shorts Travel Management. Our clients know they can leverage our volumes while also taking advantage of our nimbleness in creating custom solutions other TMCs may not be able to manage. Were confident we can extend these benefits to our clients through Deem.

Were grateful when we can partner with travel management companies that share our philosophy, that is, innovation and business agility arent optional, said Deem CEO John F. Rizzo. We move at the speed of technology with the traveler at the forefront and believe Shorts Travel adheres to these same central tenets.

Shorts Travel Management is known for its work with corporate, government and sports organizations and its ability to help organizations move groups efficiently and safely. In providing a choice of booking solutions to its clients, STM selected Deem in part for its enhanced content related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Deems Travel SafetyCheck feature offers information on COVID-19 cases in a destination hotels neighborhood as well as safety scores for different types of travelers. Additional information on airlines cleaning and other safety protocols is also available directly in the booking flow, so travelers are able to get the information they need at the time when its most useful for them.

Deem currently serves a number of leading CT100 companies in technology, automotive and other industries, as well as highly competitive midsize and smaller agencies. It is also actively helping TMCs with a marketing cooperative program, Deem Collective, which provides funds, assets and information to help stimulate business, and its Deem Rise product, aimed at helping smaller companies get an online booking solution quickly and easily.

About Shorts Travel Management Established in 1946, Shorts Travel Management is a family-owned, woman-owned, private Iowa corporation. Experts in specialized segments including corporate, government, university and sports travel, groups and meetings, and air charters, STM is ranked as one of the top-30 travel management companies today and named the most innovative TMC by a top consultant in the industry. STMs mission is to enhance the experience of getting there, being there, and coming home. Learn more about STM at http://www.shortstravel.com.

About Deem Deem is on a mission to transform travel. With its corporate travel booking and management platform that allows travel managers to customize their programs, Deem offers employees everything they need to easily make the right travel decisions for themselves and their company. Deems travel technology plugs into major travel agencies and expense solution providers, enabling more corporate customers and the worlds largest travel management companies. Deem, a wholly owned and independently run subsidiary of Enterprise Holdings, is now part of the fifth largest travel company in the world. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices in Dublin, Ireland and Bangalore, India. Learn more at Deem.com.

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(CNN) The final figures are in for air passenger traffic in 2019 at the world's busiest airports.

The 2019 list of the world's busiest airports, released by ACI on Thursday, showed a 3.5% increase in passenger numbers -- coming in at more than 9.1 billion -- compared with 2018.

For the first time, the report looks ahead at the drastic declines that came in the first half of 2020 as Covid-19 outbreaks decimated passenger traffic.

Passenger numbers decreased by 58.4% worldwide in the first half of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, with international passenger traffic hit the hardest, with a 64.5% drop.

Atlanta and Beijing airports held the top two spots in 2019, with more than 110 million and 100 million passengers, respectively. But those airports saw passenger traffic drops of 56.6% and 73.6% in the first half of 2020.

Los Angeles International Airport moved up one spot in 2019 to become the third busiest airport for passenger traffic, with more than 88 million passengers in 2019. Passenger traffic there dropped 58.9% in the first half of 2020.

Path to recovery

The airport industry is anticipating a 60% reduction in revenues compared to previous projections, according to ACI.

The organization and its industry partners see reducing travel restrictions and quarantine requirements and a global approach to testing for the virus as keys to recovery.

"We are positive about the future, but we need consistency and collaboration across the globe on key issues like testing," said ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira, in a statement.

"The industry is united in the view that widespread testing of passengers before travel, as an alternative to quarantine restrictions, will be a crucial way to foster public confidence in air travel and must be introduced."

ACI is aligning itself with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in its call for efficient, standardized testing, but ultimately countries would be responsible for working out a coordinated approach.

Testing as a safety measure that would boost traveler confidence is just one measure needed, not just for aviation's recovery, but for all the industries that are interconnected, says Patrick Lucas, ACI World's head of airport business analytics.

"When airports and airlines ask for these things, it's not just for our industry per se, it's because we're so connected to other industries. We're very much connected to, of course, tourism and the hospitality industries."

About 60% of tourists arrive by air, Lucas said, "so everything that is connected to the tourists -- the restaurants and so on and so forth, all those businesses are connected."

Air travel has started to tick up from the darkest days in April, when traffic declines of more than 90% were recorded, but a full recovery is likely several years away.

World's top 10 busiest airports

1. Atlanta (ATL) -- 110.5 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped 56.6% in the first half of 2020

2. Beijing (PEK) -- 100 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped 73.6% in the first half of 2020

3. Los Angeles (LAX) -- 88.1 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped 58.9% in the first half of 2020

4. Dubai (DXB) -- 86.4 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 56.4% in the first half of 2020

5. Tokyo (HND) -- 85.5 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 59.2% in the first half of 2020

6. Chicago (ORD) -- 84.6 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 57.6% in the first half of 2020

7. London (LHR) -- 80.9 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 60.2% in the first half of 2020

8. Shanghai (PVG) -- 76.2 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 68.1% in the first half of 2020

9. Paris (CDG) -- 76.2 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 61.4% in the first half of 2020

10. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) -- 75.1 million passengers in 2019; traffic dropped by 48.2% in the first half of 2020

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The enhanced offering includes a larger international servicing network, broader insurance coverage and new capabilities to support travellers and risk managers through technology.

It also offers assistance and advisory services through the World Travel Protection brand of Cover-More, acquired by Zurich in 2017, in recognition of the priority companies place on the safety and wellbeing of their employees. This includes access to any one of Zurichs external contacts that deliver medical assistance and security services globally.

Business travel is becoming more complex

Risks associated with business travel are changing and becoming more complex, as exemplified this year by the Covid-19 pandemic, a rise in civil unrest, as well as extreme weather events and related catastrophes. As employees become increasingly exposed to such risks, companies have a greater obligation to ensure the health and safety of their workforce.

Drazen Jaksic, Global Head of Accident & Health, said: Covid-19 demonstrated how quickly a localised risk can become a global crisis, affecting not just business travellers and employees, but the global population. Although the pandemic has significantly reduced business travel for now, it is slowly re-starting as companies in some industries have to look after their assets, equipment and customers abroad, and deliver on projects.

To support businesses in fulfilling their duty of care for travelling employees, Zurich Business Travel Solution provides comprehensive insurance and services program, including enhanced coverage to protect travellers during these unprecedented times.

Protecting the business and employees

Jaksic added: Implementing a multinational business travel solution is now more important than ever as it can help prevent employees from being harmed and protect the business from the financial consequences. It also gives companies and their employees the knowledge that, as business travel returns, the safety and wellbeing of all employees is at the forefront of business and travel decisions.

Post Covid-19, where travel now comes with a more complex set of risk factors, businesses will be looking for more support from insurers, especially services that will reduce the risks for their travelling employees.

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From goat yoga to sound baths, the world is full of wellness trends designed to soothe and calm both body and spirit. Now, a self-care practice hailing from the Netherlands is promising practitioners serenity, and perhaps a smile or two.

Dubbed koe knuffelen in Dutch (literally cow hugging), the practice is centred on the inherent healing properties of a good human-to-animal snuggle. Cow cuddlers typically start by taking a tour of the farm before resting against one of the cows for two to three hours. The cows warmer body temperature, slower heartbeat and mammoth size can make hugging them an incredibly soothing experience, and giving the animal a backrub, reclining against them or even getting licked is all part of the therapeutic encounter.

Cow cuddling is believed to promote positivity and reduce stress by boosting oxytocin in humans, the hormone released in social bonding. The calming effects of curling up with a pet or emotional support animal, it seems, are accentuated when cuddling with larger mammals.

This wholesome pastime emerged in rural Dutch provinces more than a decade ago, and is now part of a wider Dutch movement to bring people closer to nature and country life. Today, farms in Rotterdam, Switzerland and even the United States are offering cow-hugging sessions and promoting the activitys joy-inducing, stress-busting properties.

The cuddling experience can even be pleasurable for the cattle themselves. A 2007 study in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science states that cows show cues of deep relaxation, stretching out and allowing their ears to fall back when massaged in particular areas of their neck and upper back.

It seems that heartfelt bonding with bovines may just be what the doctor ordered.

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Nostalgia is a funny thing. You tend to look back in time through rose-tinted glasses, to shed all of the bad stuff in your memory and make your life a highlights reel of the fun and the joyous. Even the most challenging events take on a sheen of job-well-done after a few years.

(True story: I once climbed a volcano in Chile and I have a vague but nagging memory that the whole thing really sucked. It was cold, it was dark, and I was unfit. But my dominant recollection, the thing that springs to mind every time I think about Villarrica, is the incredible view of the rising sun and the emerald-green fields as we perched on the side of that snow-covered mountain.)

And so most of us probably look back at travel, at the old style of travel from 20 or 30 years ago, as being a good thing. Life with no budget airlines. Life with no-go zones and barriers. Life with fewer flights. Life with less money.

Travel used to be harder. It used to be more prohibitive to take part.

By comparison, think about last year: you could have gone anywhere, you could have done anything. You could have flown to Asia for less than a week's rent. You could have taken a couple of weeks in Europe without having to scrimp and save, without having to dedicate yourself to this one holiday, this one adventure.

Twenty years ago, you couldn't have done that. Thirty years ago, definitely not. Forty years ago, not a chance. To travel used to require dedication to the cause, a true passion for getting out there and exploring, because you couldn't just jump on the next flight and go on a whim. You had to save. You had to take your time.

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And now look where we find ourselves. Travel has changed immeasurably in the last six months, and it's about to change even more. We're about to see whether the rose tint to our nostalgia has any ring of truth to it.

By the time we can see the world again, it's going to look a whole lot different for travellers. It's going to be more expensive. After an initial bump, after airlines and other providers dangle a few affordable carrots to get travellers back on board, we're going to settle into a new normal, and that new normal is going to be pricier.

Until a vaccine has been introduced and distributed worldwide, and proven to be effective, fewer people will be travelling. They'll be sticking closer to home. Fewer flights will be available. There will be fewer airlines as a whole not all of them are going to make it out of this pandemic. Australia has already lost one

It's going to be a bigger deal to leave the country. The bubble has been burst now, we've seen what can happen. For the short-term future at least, there's going to be a worry that it could all go wrong again, that borders could close and availability could drop and we'll find ourselves stuck somewhere, unable to get home.

As I've written previously, in the short-term at least, travel is likely to favour the rich, those who can afford the luxury of space.

So does this mean travel is over? Maybe not for older travellers, those with plenty of money and time, but what about the young people, the budget travellers, the backpackers, the adventurers? Is travel for them dead?

No. But it's definitely different. And it's definitely going back to the future. Anyone who's been harping on about a return to the good old days, I have exciting news: the good old days are back.

To travel in the modern world is going to require commitment. Airfares will be expensive, accommodation will be expensive, the Australian dollar will be weak. So you're going to have to save up plenty of cash.

You're going to have to travel for several months in somewhere like Europe to make it all worthwhile. You're going to have to stay in hostels or pitch a tent in campsites. You're going to have to slum it in dorms and ratty bungalows on the banana pancake trail. You're going to have to find work or do odd jobs for board. You're going to have to buy an old bomb of a vehicle that has no #vanlife Insta-cred at all, and call that your house.

In other words, you're going to have to do what so many of us had to do back in the day. And the good news as far as I can remember, anyway is that it's awesome.

Travel, after all, should be a treated as a novelty, as a gift, as a privilege, rather than a right. It should be hard to achieve. It should require dedication and appreciation.

This style of travel once had so much going for it, and it will again. The fellow travellers you meet in the new world will be just as passionate and dedicated as you. There will be fewer tourists with which to share your experiences, to crowd the sights, to queue at the attractions. You will be more of a novelty for locals, locals who will no doubt welcome the return of the tourist trade, who will view you as a sign the world is returning to normal.

Travel for young people, for adventurous people, for the budget conscious, will be as it once was. And that as far as I can remember is very good.

Do you think travel will have changed by the time we're able to go overseas again? Are you happy it might go back to the way it once was? Did you enjoy scrimping and saving for travel 20, 30 or 40 years ago?

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Much of the United States is now at high-risk.

Here we go again. Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 numbers are going in the wrong direction in 29 of 50 states.

Despite President Trump saying repeatedly that Covid-19 is going away, the data shows that the virus is not going anywhere.

The U.S. is seeing widespread increases in Covid-19 cases at the same level the country was at just after the July 4th holiday weekend, prior to the big summer surge. This has public health experts concerned that the country is heading for a third spike.

We have a baseline of infections that vary between 40 and 50 thousand per day, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nations top infectious disease expert, told CNBCs Shepard Smith yesterday. Thats a bad place to be when youre going into the cooler weather of the fall and the colder weather of the winter.

Since Labor Day weekend, new Covid-19 cases have been on the rise.

Meanwhile, domestic air travel has been ticking up, too. Last month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 900,000 passengers on just two days, both during Labor Day weekend, according to the agencys throughput data. The TSA has already hit that milestone on four days in October, and the month isnt even half over.

For Americans trying to figure out whether its safe to take an upcoming business or leisure trip during the latest surge, several excellent tools can help make sense of the trends.

If your travel dates are imminent, turn to the Covid-19 risk-assessment map run by Harvard Global Health Institute and Brown School of Public Health. The color-coded map provides an easy way for Americans to assess how quickly the disease is spreading in a state or county. Each community has a rating of green, yellow, orange or red, based upon the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people over a seven-day rolling average.

The number of states in the red-alert category has risen from four to 13 in the past month.

With coronavirus hot spots sprawling across the Midwest and Mountain West, nearly one in three states is now colored red, meaning the community is at a tipping point for Covid-19 infections. The number of high-risk states has jumped from four to 13 in the past month.

If your trip is still a week or more away, there is a better metric to look at. According to Dr. Fauci, the best predictor of the next hot spot is a rising positivity rate. You can consult Johns Hopkins Universitys Covid-19 tracking map to find out which states are most likely to turn into hot spots.

Right now, a whopping 25 states exactly half the country have reported rising positivity rates for two consecutive weeks.

The higher the percent positive is, the more concerning it is, according toJohns Hopkins explainer. As a rule of thumb, however, one threshold for the percent positive being too high is 5%. Currently, a mindblowing 31 states are above the 5% threshold.

In Idaho, 22.9% of tests came back positive for COVID-19 last week, the highest positivity rate in the country. South Dakota and Wisconsin also reported percent positive rates above 20% last week.

When it comes to managing the coronavirus pandemic, the United States has fared worse than nearly every other country in the world. To date, over 7.8 million Americans have become infected with the novel coronavirus and 215,000 have died.

A well-regarded model by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington is currently projecting that the U.S. will hit394,000 Covid-19 deathsby February 1, 2021. The model predicts that the death rate will rise throughout the fall and winter until itpeaks at 2,300 per dayin mid-January, up from about 700 a day now.

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A Day in the WoodsBy Brian Walsh

TRABUCO CANYON, Cali., Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brian Walsh always wanted to explore the world. In his newly released book, A Day in the Woods, he gives readers a glimpse into his European getaway. In 1976 Walsh left home for the first time to take on a new country he has never been to before. Without much planning, the author realizes he is not fully prepared for this trip as he thought he would be.

Throughout the book, Walsh pens the harsh reality he faced throughout his travels from country to country in Western Europe. He experienced hardships of poverty and rejection that made him reflect on if he had the determination to sustain his journey to the very end. Walsh decided he wanted to explore the world, emulating the characters in James Micheners novel, The Drifters: Tales of Adventure, was the inspiration behind his voyage. Despite the hard times he endured, Walsh searches for Micheners characters' perceived lifestyle, which inspired him to chase his dreams.

I wrote A Day in the Woods to inspire would-be travelers while clearly defining both pleasure and hardship experiences that I faced, said Walsh. I hope my story will entertain seasoned travelers with familiar and shared experiences while giving the truth behind my European travel.

Ultimately, "A Day in the Woods" will show readers that regardless of the adversity one might face during their travels, if they live their dreams and not give up irrespective of the challenges that may arise, it will all be worth it in the end.

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About the authorBrian Walsh was born and bred in South Africa. The author has experienced extensive worldwide travel, both for pleasure and business. He has lived in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Walsh has been employed by both British and United States corporate entities and established a business in 2004, which he still operates on a semi-retired basis. His debut book, A Day in the Woods, was developed from years of scribbled notes and has only come to fruition. Walsh and his wife currently reside in California.

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Walt Disney World has reopened to the public but with many new precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Wochit

For theme park regulars who havebeen enjoying the new, less-crowded Disney World, this will come as good news: The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek says it will continue to cap attendance at theFlorida theme park at 25% until there is new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"We're limited by the 6-foot social-distancing guideline of the CDC. And that translates, essentially, to about a 25% park capacity," Chapek said in an interview with CNBC's "Closing Bell" Monday evening. "Every day, that's about where we're at: 25%. And that won't change until the CDC guidelines change."

He also didn't sound optimistic about the chances of Disneyland reopening anytime soon, which could lead to more theme park job cutsin addition to the 28,000 workersin Florida and California who lost their jobs at the end of September.Chapek said he hopes the company won't have to cut any more theme park workers but acknowledged their futures hingeon when Disneyland,its California park, can reopen.

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom saidthe state "is in no hurry in putting out guidelines," referring to the rules that theme parks would need to operate safely in the state, which experienced one of the country's worst COVID-19 surges over the summer. Though the situation there has improved, CDC data still puts California second in the country in terms of new cases reported in the last week with 22,850, trailing only Texas.

"We don't anticipate in the immediate term any of these larger theme parks opening until we see more stability in terms of the data," Newsom said at an Oct. 7 news conference, after promisingin mid-September that the state would provide those guidelines "very, very shortly."

Chapek noted:"Obviously, we're watching very carefully what the state of California does as an indicator of whether we can retain some of our cast members that are on furlough now. We'd like to keep them on furlough until we can reopen ...We'd like to put our cast members back to work as many of them as possible as soon as possible if the government will let us."

Asked about the state of Disney'snegotiations with California, he commented,"It's not much of a negotiation. It's pretty much a mandate that we stay closed."

Neither CalifornianorCalifornia Attractionsand Parks Association, the trade group that represents Disneyland and other theme parks, would say where the disconnect lies, although the Timesreported that the statedoesn't want theme parks to reopen until the infection rate inneighboring counties drops to one per 100,000 residents and the rate of positive testsfalls to below 2%. (USA TODAY has requested comment from Newsom's office and the trade group.)

Such an improvementwould movetheme parks intothe minimum-risk category, the lowest of thefour-tier system in the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy. ButOrange County, where Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm arelocated, still has aways to go:It is currentlyreporting a rangeof 4-7 new cases a day per 100,000 people and a positivity rate of 5-8%, which puts it in the substantial-risk, or second-worst,category. Los Angeles County, home to Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain, remains in the widespread-risk and worst tier with upwards of seven new cases a day per 100,000 people and a positivity rate over 8%.

Confusing matters further: Theme parks aren't even a category in the blueprint. And businesses in the two closest categories museums, zoos and aquariums and family entertainment centers are allowed to operate under all four risk levels, even if only outdoors.

At a Monday news conference, Newsom said the state is also concerned about reopening its theme parks against the backdrop of fall and flu season.

"This is serious," he said."Were entering not just the flu season, but were entering into a period of time where people are more likely to start congregating and mixing back indoors.

Chapek told CNBC,"It seems to me that the guidelines that are set up by the state of California are more stringent than any state across the country. If you look at the history of Disney and what we've been able to do during the reopening rather than arbitrary standards set up without regard to actual fact and what we've been able to do as a company, I think you'd come to a different decision about reopening Disneyland."

Chapek pointed to the successful reopeningof other Disney propertiesas evidence that the outcome will be similar at Disneyland:"I look across our Disney properties be it Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, Walt Disney World, the Disney bubble for the NBAand all I see is that we've been able to open up responsibly using the guidelines that health care experts have given us."

The parks' chief medical officer, Dr. Pamela Hymel, echoed that claim to the New York Times, saying:Data shows that Disney World opened responsibly; we didnt cause a surge.

Dr. Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, supported Disney's claims, telling the newspaper, We have no issues or concerns with the major theme parks at this point."

In late August, about six weeks after Disney World reopened, Pino told Orlando's News 6 that his team had been looking for outbreaks therebut had not found any. He credited the park'sdiligent efforts butnoted that limited capacity has also been a key factor.

The parks are taking great measures, and they have gone to great lengths to be ableto open and to prevent the transmission, but its also the whole thing of an open space I think is whats making the difference," he said. "And also, the parks are not full. They are operating on probably less than 50% capacity and that may be a contributing factor."

The company has not said how many employeesand guestshave tested positive for the virus since Disney World reopened on July. 11.USA TODAY has sought comment from Actor's Equity, the union that represents Disney performers.

Contributing: Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY

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(CNN) It might not seem that way when you read harrowing accounts of climbers perishing on its treacherous slopes, but there's an easy way to climb Everest, and there's a hard way.

Nate Menninger, a young adventurer from Boston, definitely took the hard way.

Rather than hike up the world's tallest peak, like most trekkers, with the support of an organized climbing outfit, the 26-year-old decided to take a job as one of the first ever non-native Everest porters.

That meant being paid $15 a day for hauling gigantic packs weighing up to 220 pounds (100 kilograms) along rugged, high altitude trails, huddling with fellow porters in freezing huts at night for rest and sharing their basic rations.

Along the way, he made a film about his experiences, which he hopes will shine a light on the largely unsung work of Everest porters and the precarious way they eke out a living in one of the planet's toughest environments.

Harsh reality

In 2019, Nate Menninger became one of the first foreign-born porters on Mount Everest.

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Menninger came up with his idea to become a porter after spending a season working as a guide in Nepal, teaching himself Nepalese and becoming fascinated with the work and lives of these human hauliers.

Equally fascinated by Everest, but unable to afford the tens of thousands of dollars needed to cover the cost of the permit and support needed to reach the summit, he hit upon an idea to climb it for free.

"When I was guiding that summer, I saw how porters lived for the first time," he tells CNN Travel. "I saw them sleeping on the floor. I saw how they ate, and how strong they were.

"And I realized if I climbed Everest as a porter, I wouldn't have to pay $65,000. I would actually get paid to climb Everest.

"That was the only feasible way I could attempt the mountain at the age I was."

Menninger eventually scaled back his original plan to reach the top of Everest, settling for making a film about his time among the porters on the still arduous 11-day hike from the town of Lukla, at 9,400 feet above sea level, to Everest Base Camp.

"My goal was to have the exact same experience as the porters no matter what," he explains. "I wanted to see if I could handle what it's like to have this job and if I could be as strong as a porter has to be."

His grueling experience is chronicled in the hour-long documentary "The Porter."

Physically demanding work

Porters are required to carry packs, known as badis, to supply the region with necessities.

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The physical and emotional toll of the job is laid bare as Menninger is captured struggling with the weight of a pack that consisted of multiple bags lashed together, then trying to sleep at night in crowded porter houses.

Subsisting mainly on a diet of rice with lentils, he lost over 20 pounds over the course of the expedition and didn't shower for more than three weeks.

Menninger says he tried to fully embed himself into the lives of the porters, but accepts his experiences only scratched the surface.

"It's not a sight you see a lot over there," he explains. "I tried to take the worst scenario possible every time. If the other porters were sleeping on the floor, I wanted to sleep on the floor.

"I just wanted to be another guy in the room while people were doing their thing."

It wasn't just his appearance -- a muscular six-foot-plus that towered over his Nepalese colleagues -- that set him apart. It was also the temporary nature of his new job.

"I had a very different experience than a normal porter would because I was just coming in for one trip," he says. "It was just a snapshot. I wasn't really relying on the money.

"And in terms of everything that they go through, I'm just experiencing a fraction of the emotion and the physical output."

A typical day would involve waking up at around 7:30 a.m. and going to the client's hotel to collect their bags, before tying the bags together and beginning to trek.

"One porter carries two clients' bags, that's how it works," he says. "You move very quickly. Most of the day, you're looking down."

Unpredictable income

Menninger hauled packs conisting of multiple bags lashed together.

Babin Dulal/'The Porter'

Porters have to pay for their own food and accommodation during expeditions, and Menninger says some regularly forgo meals in order to keep costs down.

"If you want to survive, you have to try to save the money you spend on food," he says. "One porter would cut his rations in half. He would eat half meals to save money."

While working an expedition, porters will spend around $7 a day on food and housing, and the charges rise the further up the mountain they go.

"By the end your costs are over $20, so you're actually losing money while you're working," he says. "So you really rely on tips."

As porters aren't tipped until day 11, they essentially have no idea whether the expedition has been financially worthwhile until they've more or less completed it.

Menninger made $15 a day during his 11-day expedition and he and his fellow porters, who mostly hail from villages near Base Camp, received a $100 tip each.

Menninger visibly struggled with his load during the filming.

Babin Dulal/'The Porter'

"Some people tip well, some don't," he says. "At that point it's just the luck of the draw, whether you make $500 dollars or $50. It just depends on your expedition."

They receive their tip on the final evening of the expedition, but work a 12th day "pro bono" to escort the climbers to the airport.

"Then the next day, or maybe a few days later you'll go on another expedition," he adds. "And you could do that five or six times in a season back to back."

Since returning to the United States last year, Menninger has remained in contact with the porters he worked with during his time at Everest.

He admits to being apprehensive about showing his former colleagues the completed film.

"It was very nerve wracking," he says. "I was very, very worried about what they'd say, because it was [showing] their job on an international scale. But they said it wasn't tough enough."

Local-foreigner divide

Menninger's experiences on Everest are documented in the film "The Porter."

Babin Dulal

The mountaineering industry that surrounds Everest has been under added scrutiny after 2019 was plagued by overcrowding, with climbers becoming stuck in a queue to the summit, above the peak's highest camp at 26,247 feet.

Adding to the problems, says Menninger, is a lack of communication between the porters and their mostly wealthy clients.

"The guides speak a little bit, but porters don't really speak to their clients at all and clients don't speak to their porters.

"So there's no cultural exchange. Usually with traveling, you go somewhere to learn more. To meet other people and exchange ideas."

He's seen the divide between locals and tourists first hand, and believes the lack of communication has created many issues.

"There's this separation between our mountain and their mountain," he continues.

"Their trash and our trash. It's a terrible way to treat the situation."

While he's loath to tell potential climbers what a good or a bad tip is, Menninger wishes more were aware of how much porters rely on the money due to their low salaries, as well as how much workers contribute to the overall Everest experience.

"The people that live there make everything possible," he says. "Even if you go and don't have a porter and just carry your own bags.

"Everything you enjoy, the hotel, the restaurant. Everything has pretty much been carried by a porter at some point.

"So whether you are using a porter or not, you're benefiting from their work. So make sure you talk to your porter. Find out how much they're making. Ask and be curious."

Menninger says he was "very humbled" by his experiences with the porters, particularly as someone from a relatively wealthy background, and hopes his film will elevate the porters of Everest by demonstrating what they're able to endure and how hard they work.

"Even if you go to Everest, you will not see where your porters sleep. The movie is the first time you'd see this.

"I wanted to show that these people were strong, proud and powerful and that anyone can have pride in any job in the world," he adds.

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Overview for Experiential Travels Market Helps in providing scope and definitions, Key Findings, Growth Drivers, and Various Dynamics.

Experiential Travels Market Data and Acquisition Research Study with Trends and Opportunities 2019-2024The study of Experiential Travels market is a compilation of the market of Experiential Travels broken down into its entirety on the basis of types, application, trends and opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, drivers and restraints, and a global outreach. The detailed study also offers a board interpretation of the Experiential Travels industry from a variety of data points that are collected through reputable and verified sources. Furthermore, the study sheds a lights on a market interpretations on a global scale which is further distributed through distribution channels, generated incomes sources and a marginalized market space where most trade occurs.

Along with a generalized market study, the report also consists of the risks that are often neglected when it comes to the Experiential Travels industry in a comprehensive manner. The study is also divided in an analytical space where the forecast is predicted through a primary and secondary research methodologies along with an in-house model.

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Key players in the global Experiential Travels market covered in Chapter 4:Mountain Lodges of PeruBackroadsCtrip.ComAirbnbYatra OnlineMakeMyTripJourneys WithinHostelworldAsia Transpacific JourneysCheapOair.ComTripAdvisorGray and CoTuniuExpediaHeritage ToursBookingClassic JourneysPricelineHays TravelTCS World TravelHotel Urbano

In Chapter 11 and 13.3, on the basis of types, the Experiential Travels market from 2015 to 2026 is primarily split into:Food ExperienceCultural ExperienceNatural ExperienceOther

In Chapter 12 and 13.4, on the basis of applications, the Experiential Travels market from 2015 to 2026 covers:Group TravelPersonal Travel

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2015-2026) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13:North America (Covered in Chapter 6 and 13)United StatesCanadaMexicoEurope (Covered in Chapter 7 and 13)GermanyUKFranceItalySpainRussiaOthersAsia-Pacific (Covered in Chapter 8 and 13)ChinaJapanSouth KoreaAustraliaIndiaSoutheast AsiaOthersMiddle East and Africa (Covered in Chapter 9 and 13)Saudi ArabiaUAEEgyptNigeriaSouth AfricaOthersSouth America (Covered in Chapter 10 and 13)BrazilArgentinaColumbiaChileOthers

For a global outreach, the Experiential Travels study also classifies the market into a global distribution where key market demographics are established based on the majority of the market share. The following markets that are often considered for establishing a global outreach are North America, Europe, Asia, and the Rest of the World. Depending on the study, the following markets are often interchanged, added, or excluded as certain markets only adhere to certain products and needs.

Here is a short glance at what the study actually encompasses:Study includes strategic developments, latest product launches, regional growth markers and mergers & acquisitionsRevenue, cost price, capacity & utilizations, import/export rates and market shareForecast predictions are generated from analytical data sources and calculated through a series of in-house processes.

However, based on requirements, this report could be customized for specific regions and countries.

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Chapter One: Report Overview

Chapter Two: Global Market Growth Trends

Chapter Three: Value Chain of Experiential Travels Market

Chapter Four: Players Profiles

Chapter Five: Global Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Regions

Chapter Six: North America Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter Seven: Europe Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter Eight: Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter Nine: Middle East and Africa Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter Ten: South America Experiential Travels Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter Eleven: Global Experiential Travels Market Segment by Types

Chapter Twelve: Global Experiential Travels Market Segment by Applications12.1 Global Experiential Travels Sales, Revenue and Market Share by Applications (2015-2020)12.1.1 Global Experiential Travels Sales and Market Share by Applications (2015-2020)12.1.2 Global Experiential Travels Revenue and Market Share by Applications (2015-2020)12.2 Group Travel Sales, Revenue and Growth Rate (2015-2020)12.3 Personal Travel Sales, Revenue and Growth Rate (2015-2020)

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List of tablesList of Tables and FiguresTable Global Experiential Travels Market Size Growth Rate by Type (2020-2026)Figure Global Experiential Travels Market Share by Type in 2019 & 2026Figure Food Experience FeaturesFigure Cultural Experience FeaturesFigure Natural Experience FeaturesFigure Other FeaturesTable Global Experiential Travels Market Size Growth by Application (2020-2026)Figure Global Experiential Travels Market Share by Application in 2019 & 2026Figure Group Travel DescriptionFigure Personal Travel DescriptionFigure Global COVID-19 Status OverviewTable Influence of COVID-19 Outbreak on Experiential Travels Industry DevelopmentTable SWOT AnalysisFigure Porters Five Forces AnalysisFigure Global Experiential Travels Market Size and Growth Rate 2015-2026Table Industry NewsTable Industry PoliciesFigure Value Chain Status of Experiential TravelsFigure Production Process of Experiential TravelsFigure Manufacturing Cost Structure of Experiential TravelsFigure Major Company Analysis (by Business Distribution Base, by Product Type)Table Downstream Major Customer Analysis (by Region)Table Mountain Lodges of Peru ProfileTable Mountain Lodges of Peru Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Backroads ProfileTable Backroads Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Ctrip.Com ProfileTable Ctrip.Com Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Airbnb ProfileTable Airbnb Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Yatra Online ProfileTable Yatra Online Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table MakeMyTrip ProfileTable MakeMyTrip Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Journeys Within ProfileTable Journeys Within Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Hostelworld ProfileTable Hostelworld Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Asia Transpacific Journeys ProfileTable Asia Transpacific Journeys Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table CheapOair.Com ProfileTable CheapOair.Com Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table TripAdvisor ProfileTable TripAdvisor Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Gray and Co ProfileTable Gray and Co Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Tuniu ProfileTable Tuniu Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Expedia ProfileTable Expedia Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Heritage Tours ProfileTable Heritage Tours Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Booking ProfileTable Booking Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Classic Journeys ProfileTable Classic Journeys Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Priceline ProfileTable Priceline Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Hays Travel ProfileTable Hays Travel Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table TCS World Travel ProfileTable TCS World Travel Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Table Hotel Urbano ProfileTable Hotel Urbano Production, Value, Price, Gross Margin 2015-2020Figure Global Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Global Experiential Travels Revenue ($) and Growth (2015-2020)Table Global Experiential Travels Sales by Regions (2015-2020)Table Global Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Regions (2015-2020)Table Global Experiential Travels Revenue ($) by Regions (2015-2020)Table Global Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Regions (2015-2020)Table Global Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Regions in 2015Table Global Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Regions in 2019Figure North America Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Europe Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Middle East and Africa Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure South America Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure North America Experiential Travels Revenue ($) and Growth (2015-2020)Table North America Experiential Travels Sales by Countries (2015-2020)Table North America Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure North America Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure North America Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2019Table North America Experiential Travels Revenue ($) by Countries (2015-2020)Table North America Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure North America Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure North America Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2019Figure United States Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Canada Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Mexico Experiential Travels Sales and Growth (2015-2020)Figure Europe Experiential Travels Revenue ($) Growth (2015-2020)Table Europe Experiential Travels Sales by Countries (2015-2020)Table Europe Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure Europe Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure Europe Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2019Table Europe Experiential Travels Revenue ($) by Countries (2015-2020)Table Europe Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure Europe Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure Europe Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2019Figure Germany Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure UK Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure France Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Italy Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Spain Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Russia Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Revenue ($) and Growth (2015-2020)Table Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Sales by Countries (2015-2020)Table Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Sales Market Share by Countries in 2019Table Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Revenue ($) by Countries (2015-2020)Table Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries (2015-2020)Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2015Figure Asia-Pacific Experiential Travels Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2019Figure China Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Japan Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure South Korea Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Australia Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure India Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Southeast Asia Experiential Travels Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2020)Figure Middle East and Africa Experiential Travels Revenue ($) and Growth (2015-2020) continued

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BigPanda Webinar With Expedia on October 22 Details Why the Company Chose the BigPanda AIOps Platform to Help With Its Mission

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BigPanda, Inc., provider of the first Event Correlation and Automation platform powered by AIOps, today announced it will host a joint webinar with Expedia on Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Titled How Expedia Modernized Operations on One of the World's Fastest-Moving IT Stacks, the session will take a deep dive into how Expedia modernized operations and why it chose to do so with the BigPanda AIOps platform.

What: Webinar: How Expedia Modernized Operations on One of the World's Fastest-Moving IT Stacks

Who: Presenters will include:

When: Thursday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Where: Online registration is here.

Event Details: The need for speed drives enterprises to adopt clouds, containers, micro-services and continuous delivery. The rise of DevOps has created a culture of optionality within organizations. With speed and optionality comes tremendous operational challenges. IT Ops, Site Reliability, DevOps teams have to deal with overwhelming alert volumes, continuous production changes, and dynamic service topologies. The result? Frequent, long and painful outages impacting users and customers.

In this webinar, attendees will hear from Expedia, the Worlds Travel Platform, on how it modernized operations on one of the world's fastest-moving IT stacks, and why the company chose the BigPanda AIOps platform to help with its mission.

Why BigPandaBigPanda helps businesses prevent and resolve IT outages with their platform for Event Correlation and Automation, powered by AIOps. Without BigPanda, IT Ops and DevOps teams struggle with manual and reactive incident response capabilities that are badly suited for the scale, complexity and velocity of modern IT environments. This results in painful outages, unhappy customers, growing IT headcount and the inability to focus on innovation.

Fortune 500 enterprises such as Intel, Cisco, United, Nike, Marriott and Expedia rely on BigPanda to prevent outages, reduce costs, and give their teams time back for digital transformation. BigPanda helps organizations take a giant step towards Autonomous IT Operations by turning IT noise into insights and manual tasks into automated actions. BigPanda is backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Battery Ventures, Greenfield Partners and Insight Partners. Visit http://www.bigpanda.io for more information.

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Travel advisors have had to tap into their creativity to manage the difficulties that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented, coming up with new and fun ways to connect and engage with their clients while there has been a lull in new bookings.

Linda de Sosa, owner of Bucketlist Travel Consulting, an independent travel consultant affiliated with Travel Experts, has created her own QuaranTour, a unique weekly e-mail for her clients during the COVID-19 lockdown.

De Sosa took her clients to different destinations over seven weeks through the tour, which included virtual views of the destination, recipes to cook, language lessons, book lists, and music to make the destination come alive. The virtual QuaranTour visited U.S. National Parks, Spain, Kenya, Thailand, Australia, Antarctica, and Peru.

I wanted to keep in touch with my clients so they knew I would be here whenever COVID ended, de Sosa told Travel Market Report. I had been seeing all these different elements like recipes and virtual tours, and had been sending them out in a weekly email. It felt haphazard though, so I decided to put together a tour so it felt more like a trip. I started in the U.S. because I knew people would start traveling close to home, and then started working my way around the world.

They also exemplified the detail that de Sosa put into her itineraries, where she provides lots of reading and video resources.

I am very close with my clients, some of whom I have worked with for 20 years. This allowed them to know how I was managing and vice versa during the pandemic, she said.

De Sosa said she got a great reaction from clients, adding that it wasnt designed to get bookings but just to let clients know shes thinking of them. Each week different clients viewing the QuaranTour sent their appreciation.

De Sosa emailed clients asking for them where they wanted to travel in 2021-22 and was overwhelmed by the immediate response. I sent them the free version of Wanderlist trip to start planning. I had already decided to have bags made and deliver info on how my website could work for them, created an intro to me with a business card for them to distribute to friends.

Some of her clients are starting to travel domestically to Utah parks, the biltmore, and the like, she said but any many advisors know, those are not big money makers. A few of her clients have already booked tours and cruises for next year, but most everyone is in a wait and see mode, they seem afraid to get stuck somewhere, she said.

For fellow advisors, de Sosa recommends getting creative and engaging your clients anyway you can. They want to travel and are just as frustrated as you.

De Sosa also created a new website and publicized it via social media. My goal is to get people booking through the website and then working with more upscale clients to customize trips, she said.

When it became apparent this wasnt going to be short, I decided to buckle down and create my website that I had envisioned for several years, but never got around to doing. Then I learned about monetizing it using Amazon.

De Sosa said the shutdown has been very hard as shes used to traveling about 25% of the year, and has traveled to 150 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, and has taken 38 cruises on rivers and oceans.

One of most difficult things right now for many advisors is not having commissions come in as clients postpone travel. Dont be afraid to look for other sources of income. De Sosa is developing a travel shop and is exploring creative ways of getting money upfront from clients for cruises sold next year.

In addition to her new marketing endeavors, shes been spending the time taking language learning lessons in German. (Sept. 29 marked her 212th day in a row!) She will be venturing out for the first time Oct. 15 to go to Kenya to visit my granddaughter, who is 2, and will be posting a journal of the experience to let others see it is possible to travel.

All this sounds creative, fun, and rosy, but Ive had some serious issues during the shutdown too. I decided I was never going to have another 2-3 months off travel, de Sosa said.

When I became critically ill at age 36, I decided that the most important thing in my life, besides my family, was my passion for travel. I gave up climbing the corporate ladder and decided to spend full time creating travel experiences for myself and others.

My passion is travel. That is what lights up my eyes. I use it to help color in my future. Experiential travel lets me feel. Themed travel lets me learn. Let me help you color in your future dreams and fill your senses with the world around you.

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