Few people in the modern world dominated by the spread of social media will be unaware of the disaster of the cruise ship Costa Concordia. Since the ship ran aground off the Tuscan coast media of all kinds have been swamped by the story. Every day there
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Costa Concordia – Trial by Social Media
“Significant human error” – thoughts on the Costa Concordia tragedy
If anyone hadn't heard of Costa Cruises before this weekend, they sure do now. Although, as of Monday, the story has moved to the inside of the front sections of U.S. newspapers the repercussions will reverberate through the cruise industry for months if not years
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“Significant human error” – thoughts on the Costa Concordia tragedy
If anyone hadn't heard of Costa Cruises before this weekend, they sure do now. Although, as of Monday, the story has moved to the inside of the front sections of U.S. newspapers the repercussions will reverberate through the cruise industry for months if not years and it is still front-and-center in Europe
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Experience the Haunted Queen Mary … If you dare
United States. Published on January 04, 2012 by Aaron JacksonCrabb The Story For decades the RMS Queen Mary cruise liner—also known as “the Grey Ghost”—transported passengers across wartime waters as a transport ship and luxury liner. During her waterway passages she carried seasick sailors, ...
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5 Reasons To Go Cycling In Bonaire
Hi Castaways, here is a guest post from Darryl Kotyk of LovingTheBike.com. Darryl is an island nut like us and is big into cycling. Enjoy his story of biking on the island of Bonaire. Cheers! Do you picture bikes or cycling when you think about the ...
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What happens to that leftover soap you leave behind?
Our travel agency loves?to read stories on how companies in the travel and tourism business find new ways to recycle, or better yet, do good deeds that benefit mankind or the planet.? Within our own travel agency business, and as an ASTA?Green Member, we continue to recycle, reduce ...
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My 3 days travel experience in Venice, Italy
Finally here is my story on Venice, which I traveled to during my Europe tour a year ago. One of the city that I love most in Italy is definitely Venice. Venice is an island compo consisting of 118 small islands separating each other by canals.
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The Goodwin Project
Meet the Goodwins: Aamion, Daize, and their two children, Given and True. With the philosophy that travel is the best teacher, they have set off an incredible journey around the world. Intent on showing their children the natural beauty of life, this...
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Keeping life in perspective ~ My look back at 9-11-01
? We all have it, the memorey of that moment, where we were and what we were doing on that Tuesday morning. Everyone has their story to tell about that day, some are truly heart-wrenching while others are uplifting?and even inspirational...mine is...
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Busting a Hawaiian Myth
Have you heard the story about Mark Twain and “The Grand Canyon of the Pacific”? If you think you know the real story, read on. “I have visited, a great many years ago, the Sandwich Islands-that peaceful land, that beautiful land, that far-off ...
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