Perhaps you still think the travel agent is a profession on the decline, and you are doing your agent a favor each time you call, text or email instead of going direct. When you get their recommendations back you reply with a screenshot from Expedia or Travelocity with a slightly better price or some travel blogger’s post suggesting something else, just to keep them on their toes. If you keep it up, don't be surprised to get a message back, “Please go ahead and book it. Good luck. Love and best wishes. Goodbye!” The one thing you and I don’t have, many travel agents today don’t have much of either – and that’s time.

More and more agents know the value of their time. Author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek, the keynote speaker at opening Virtuoso Travel Week, told the audience he doesn’t take clients who want him prove how he…

By Ramsey Qubein 7.3.2018

No, airlines don’t empty plane bathrooms in the air. From the dangers of turbulence to the importance of “airplane mode,” here are the answers to everything you’ve been wondering about flying.

Long flights offer plenty of time for your mind to wander and settle on those burning—and often frankly worrying—aviation questions. Has this plane got enough fuel to get us there? Will my phone scramble the pilot’s computers? And why exactly IS there a hole in my window?

If you’re the anxious or the curious type, here are some answers to those airline questions and many more.

Why do window shades have to be open for takeoff and landing?

Many airlines outside North America require this as a safety feature intended to create full awareness of surroundings if there’s an emergency. U.S. airlines rarely do the same, but some regional jets (the CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 models,…

SeaDream Yacht Club is pleased to appoint Ricardo (Rich) Ramirez as Sales Director, responsible for overseeing the Pacific Northwest including Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Western Canada.

Combining 25 years of Sales Experience representing Leading Luxury Hotels Worldwide, Ramirez will focus on Luxury Travel Advisors including preferred partners such as Virtuoso, Signature and Ensemble Consortias, Corporate Meetings and Incentive Travel Planners, Non-Profit Organizations, Country Clubs, Wine Clubs, Yacht Clubs and Discerning Luxury Travelers.'

"I am thrilled to bring my sales experience to SeaDream Yacht Club, a bucket-list experience which I have been fortunate to have celebrated a couple of milestones as a personal guest, says Ramirez. I look forward to helping others in recognizing the exquisiteness of these once-in-a-lifetime experiences aboard the worlds leading mega-yachts, SeaDream I and SeaDream ll."

Prior to joining SeaDream, Ramirez opened the San Francisco International Sales Office for Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces'…

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