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By Cari, on February 1st, 2008%
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 sad issue that, in my opinion, doesn’t get near the coverage that it should.
Although I’ve never been to Galápagos, it’s always interested me stemming from research I did as an undergrad about the economic situation in Ecuador (archive of an old tripod page that defies all laws . . . → Keep Going: Galápagos
By Cari, on January 27th, 2008%
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 into major online businesses, taking an ever-growing piece of the market from print guides.
While there’s no doubt that the resources, financial and otherwise, that come from the big corporations can help a site I can’t help but wonder if it causes the same problems that face the . . . → Keep Going: Online Reviews
By Cari, on January 13th, 2008%
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 spoiled in the NY area where I have, at minimum, four viable airports (HPN, EWR, LGA and JFK) and innumerable airline choices but I find it very hard to imagine an airport where there is a monopoly. Or if not a monopoly, a time monopoly. If the traveler’s schedule . . . → Keep Going: I Refuse to be a “Hostage”
By Cari, on December 18th, 2007%
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 and some of his contributions to anthologies, but I hadn’t read his work in blog format prior to his contributions to JetLagged.
When comparing foreign-flag carriers to those operating under the US flag, he noted that they provide good service:
instead of the large, angry and tired militants on . . . → Keep Going: Unfriendly Skies
By Cari, on December 17th, 2007%
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 with people, as the primary reason for its 53 geographical choices, it clearly implied that the arrival of upscale deluxe hotels was the main reason for visiting most of its nominees.
Now it’s fair enough that different people have different travel drivers, but I’m with Frommer on this . . . → Keep Going: Arthur Frommer on the 53 places…
By Cari, on December 17th, 2007%
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 it then and I’ll say it again… I don’t think coach is the end of the world. I’d much rather spend the $ on another aspect of my trip, but that’s just me. A me who has survived the following in coach:
EWR-DTW-KIX in August 01 (much saner . . . → Keep Going: “Coach Class”: Reader Comments
By Cari, on December 10th, 2007%
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. Mauritius
5. Mid-Beach, Miami/6. South Beach, Miami – maybe it’s just me and my general lack of interest in all things Florida, but these two seem out of place among their list neighbours.
7. Maldives – heard wonderful things about these islands.
8. Death Valley
9. Courchevel
10. Libya
11. Hvar
12. Puerto Vallarta
13. . . . → Keep Going: The 53 Places to Go in 2008
By Cari, on September 29th, 2007%
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 months later at the Javits show “From Dr. Laitamaki’s class, right?” because I couldn’t imagine how many people he must have met in the intervening months. It’s amazing how many industry changes Frommer has seen, and its a testament to the strength of his product that it . . . → Keep Going: Frommer and Freakonomics…
By Cari, on September 19th, 2007%
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 on the subject, the first in the six years the crown has been closed.
Like others, I think that if that were really the case, it would have come up long before 9/11.
Mr. Wenk said the statue’s creator, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, “never intended or designed the Statue of . . . → Keep Going: Statue of Liberty Sadness
By Cari, on July 22nd, 2007%
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 attractions like Disneyland,” said Sue Williams, a Unesco spokeswoman, adding, “The campaign seemed quite commercially driven and another way to lure in more tourist dollars.”
While I understand the risk that over-development and over-touristing can damage a destination, it’s not as if any of these wonders are new destinations. . . . → Keep Going: NY Times on the New Seven Wonders
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