Japan is one of the current winners in the worldwide “beating COVID-19” event. Although they reportedly did a lot of things that some would consider wrong (poor social distancing, karaoke …
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Hotels
New Hilton & Marriott Openings, & MGM Properties Re-Opening In Vegas
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIt’s been a big week for hotel openings, with Hilton announcing the opening of a new hotel, Hilton announcing the opening of 4 new properties, and several MGM hotels re-opening …
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Travel
Video: World’s Largest Commercial Cargo Plane Arrives In Ireland
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe Antonov An-225 Mriya (translation: “Dream”) is a monster-sized plane. It was built in Ukraine in the late 1980s and is considered the heaviest and most capable aircraft in the …
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Travel
Hawaii Again Extends Their 14-Day Quarantine For Incoming Travelers
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegTravelers were SO CLOSE to being able to fly to Hawaii without having to worry about quarantining for 2 weeks when they got there. But nope, the governor of the …
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Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
“Give Kids The World,” Disney Area Charity Resort For Sick Kids, Closing Indefinitely
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegCOVID-19 has been the cause of a lot of places closing, but this one hurts. Give Kids The World Village is an 84-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides …
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Two of Hawaii’s largest commuter airlines have announced that they’ve agreed to merge operations. Makani Kai Air has been in operation since 1994; Mokulele Airlines since 1998. Until the advent …
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Travel
Have You Heard The New Enhancement To The Golden Gate Bridge?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe Golden Gate Bridge has kept San Francisco and Marin County, California connected for close to 100 years. Construction started in 1933 and was completed in 1937, and this 1.7 …
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Travelers have had to add a bunch of new terms into their vocabularies. Travel bubbles. Air bridges. Travel corridors. Green lanes. Green zones. And my favorite, corona corridors. They all …
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Credit Cards
Why Credit Card Fraud For Flights Remain High, Despite Few Flying
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWith the advent of COVID-19, purchases for leisure and business flights in the latter half of March were at an all-time low. Yet reports of credit card fraud for air …
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Even before COVID-19 entered our lives, you always kind of had to worry about the cleanliness of your hotel room. I’m not necessarily talking about nightmare hotels; just regular hotels …