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Travel Industry: An Overview of One of...

June 20, 2020

The travel industry is one of the largest service industries in the world, an increasingly important one in the modern age. It is centred on the movement of people from one location to another, as well as the services they require along the way, and is closely linked to the hospitality industry and the hotel industry, among others. In this article, you will learn more about what the travel industry is, and the various sectors contained within it. Quick...

Hospitality Industry: The No. 1 Hospitality Information...

June 20, 2020

The hospitality industry is generally recognised as a section of the wider service industry, with a focus on leisure, rather than more basic needs. In this article, you will learn more about the nature of the hospitality industry, the various sectors contained within it, and its connections to the hotel industry and travel industry. Quick menu: What is the Hospitality Industry? The Difference Between the Hospitality Industry and the Travel Industry Sectors Within the Hospitality Industry Accommodation Food &...

How an Agoraphobic Traveler Wanders the Earth

June 20, 2020

Her physical adventures have been curtailed by agoraphobia and anxiety, but from her home in London, Jacqui Kenny has seen the world. Since 2016, she has wandered beneath cerulean skies in the American Southwest and among the shadows cast by tapered trees in Puebla, Mexico. She has visited horses on windswept expanses in Mongolia and ambled along a snow-flanked road in Kyrgyzstan. She has done it all through Google Street View, and collected some 40,000 snapshots of her travels....

Sold: A Black Texan Trailblazer’s ‘Treasure Chest’...

June 19, 2020

A compact cardboard box full of recipes on index cards was a hot item at a virtual rare book fair earlier this month, selling for $1,650. But this wasn’t your average recipe box. Instead, Lucille’s Treasure Chest of Fine Foods was the work of Lucille Bishop Smith, a trailblazing Black chef, educator, and entrepreneur whose legacy lives on, at both a Houston restaurant named for her and in her sought-after collection of recipes. Smith was born in Crockett, Texas,...

Fiordo di Furore in Furore, Italy

June 19, 2020

The rugged and mountainous Amalfi Coast offers a countless scenic views and wonderful beaches, but among the most unique features in the area is the narrow opening known as Fiordo di Furore. Fiordo di Furore, which is actually a ria, not a fjord, is an inlet created by the Schiato torrent that flows between the rocks, creating a valley that opens to the sea. It is located near the small town of Furore, with the name coming from Latin...

How Street Artists Honor George Floyd and...

June 19, 2020

As racial justice protests continue to erupt in cities across the world, prompted by the killings of George Floyd and many other Black Americans, so too has another phenomenon: the proliferation of murals honoring their lives and critiquing systemic oppression. The murals are united in their themes, but artists everywhere are adding their own unique spin. #CreativesAfterCurfew Minneapolis, Minnesota The artist Leslie Barlow lives just a few blocks away from the Cup Foods where a police officer killed George...

Statue of Jackson the Elephant in Somerset,...

June 19, 2020

A life-size statue of Jackson the elephant stands in the parking lot of the Eat’nPark, just south of exit 110, off the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The statue not only honors Jackson, but also Somerset County’s elephant breeding ranch. After Jackson joined the Pittsburgh Zoo in 1994, his prolific mating ability quickly filled the available elephant space at the zoo, which prompted it to create the International Conservation Center in Fairhope. The 724-acre property has a 10,000-square-foot elephant barn, with heated...

575 Wandsworth Road in London, England

June 19, 2020

The 19th century terraced house located at 575 Wandsworth Road in London is a work of art. Over two decades, Khadambi Asalache, a Kenyan-born poet, novelist, math philosopher and British civil servant, renovated the house and turned it into a breathtaking structure. Born in Kenya, Asalache studied architecture and fine art in Nairobi before immigrating to London in 1960. In 1967, he published a novel, A Calabash of Life, as well as a poetry collection, Sunset in Naivasha in 1973. He...

Temple of the Dioscuri in Cori, Italy

June 19, 2020

The town of Cori, the ancient Cora, located on the Lepini mountains southeast of Rome, contains the ruins of the Temple of Hercules, as well as the more fragmentary Temple of the Dioscuri. Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, were two semi-divine half brothers (sons of Leda, Zeus, and Tyndareus, the king of Sparta), with Pollux being immortal and Castor becoming immortal after they were transformed into the constellation Gemini. Their cult was popular in the Roman world, and the temple...

Okazaki Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

June 19, 2020

To the average passerby, this shrine may seem like a fairly commonplace neighborhood site. Its neighbors include a busy main road, a concrete hotel, and a construction site. But take just a couple of steps inside and the world lightens to reveal a tiny oasis in an urban world—full of bunnies. Sorry, no real ones, but bunny motifs, statues, fortunes, and carvings. Visitors are greeted by two curious rabbits that almost appear to be sniffing you. Many shrines and temples...

William Kempe Memorial Tablet in Finchingfield, England

June 19, 2020

In times of trial, stress, and frustration we often say things we later regret. It can be very hard to hold one’s tongue until the red mist fades. William Kempe, however, was weighed with so much regret after one indignant outburst, in which he accused his wife of adultery, that he swore to hold his tongue. Kempe, a gentleman of the country house called Spains Hall in the 17th century, would have surely been familiar with Psalm 141 and its...

Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in San...

June 19, 2020

In July of 1943, the Allied troops invaded Sicily, sparking what would be a nearly two-year-long campaign to liberate Italy from the Axis forces. The Battle of Ortona, which took place during what’s now referred to as “Bloody December,” was one of the most devastating battles of World War II that took place in Italy. Today, Ortona is home to the largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy, the final resting spot for the thousands of Canadian soldiers, among other...

Tips for Choosing a Revenue Management System...

June 19, 2020

Revenue management systems (RMS) are a new way of working for the vast majority of hotels – in fact, for most, this kind of software was not even an option before. But times are changing. Property management systems (PMS) are becoming more user friendly, and such systems can help you to simplify your life, save you time and result in more revenue. Dynamic pricing automation is now available for even the smallest hotels. This article can help you to...

How a Black-Owned 19th-Century Tavern Became the...

June 19, 2020

Here is what historians have been able to piece together about the lives of tavern-keepers Joseph and Lucretia Thomas Brown. Lucretia Thomas was born in 1772 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a rough-and-tumble seaport just south of Salem. She was most likely born free, but her parents had been previously enslaved by Continental Navy Captain Samuel Tucker. When Lucretia was a young woman, she met Joseph Brown, who’d been born into slavery as the son of an African-American mother and a...

The Tiny Town Where Corrugated Iron Becomes...

June 18, 2020

Steven Clothier never intended to become an artist. A mechanic by trade, the New Zealander used to work odd jobs around his home of Tirau, a small township of 800 people whose name means “place of many cabbage trees” in te reo Māori. Today, he’s known for his quirky outdoor sculptures and colorful signs made of corrugated iron, which can be found across the country, especially on the North Island. In Auckland, a smiling strawberry waving a flag marks...

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