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I’m still behind in reading so I just spotted an interesting article from Sunday’s New York Times: Can Darwin’s Lab Survive Success? During and following this summer’s class in Cultural & Heritage Tourism Development I learned a lot about tourism at World Heritage sites and did my final paper on  endangered world heritage. It’s a [...]

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Online Reviews of Hotels and Restaurants Flourish in today’s New York Times certainly caught my attention, due in part to last semester’s consulting project. Many of the reader-generated reviews of hotels, restaurants, destinations and other travel services on the Web may have started their lives as independent blogs by travel buffs. But they have consolidated [...]

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A Million Miles vs. a Few More Smiles from today’s New York Times While I realize the issue(s) facing those interviewed: Like many other frequent business travelers, he finds that there is only one airline whose flight schedule fits his needs. “I’m not loyal,” he adds. “I’m just a hostage.” it bothers me. Maybe I’m [...]

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I’ve really enjoyed reading the New York Times’ new blog: JetLagged. It’s the first airline-centered blog I’ve read that’s written by multiple authors and presents an interesting range of views on different topics. Pico Iyer’s recent post, The Friendliest Country, and the Unfriendliest Skies is a great read. I’ve read a few of Iyer’s books [...]

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Arthur Frommer had a very interesting post on the New York Times’ 53 Places to go in 2008 article. Initially I’d written the article off as ‘not my kind of destinations’, however reading Frommer’s post made me think a lot more about it… But instead of citing culture, history, natural wonders, political interest, or interaction [...]

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The New York Times has on its website some reader comments to their November 25th article, Class Conflict. Some interesting comments, but in my opinion, a lot of over-reaction as well. If flying coach from Sydney to LAX is going to induce a “14 hour panic-attack” then I think there are other issues. I said [...]

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interesting article from the New York Times on the 53 Places to Go in 2008… My thoughts on those I’ve been to, or am likely to go to… 1. Laos – don’t have a huge interest in SE Asia but the history of Laos and the French influence interests me. 2. Lisbon 3. Tunisia 4. [...]

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Arthur Frommer Answers All Your Travel Questions, And Then Some from the newly re-homed Freakonomics blog… That article made me smile. I’m not much of a user of Frommer’s guides, but I met him last December when a professor brought him in to speak to our class. I was thrilled when he remembered me two [...]

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For Safety, Lady Liberty’s Crown Will Stay Closed, Park Service Says I’d like to say I get it, but I don’t. “Our primary concerns about public access to the Statue of Liberty’s crown are safety and health concerns, not terrorism,” Daniel N. Wenk, the deputy director of the park service, said at a Congressional hearing [...]

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Follow up on my previous post on the new seven wonders (linked because I haven’t been able to get the related posts widget to work) Newest Wonders  of the World Prompt More Than Wonder from today’s New York Times is an interesting article. “We believe there is a risk that these sites will become tourist [...]

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