Chaos Theory Chaos is a term used to describe the world when nothing makes sense; when 2+2 does not...
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Cruise Industry Flunks Safety Tests
Seasick A recent study of the global cruise industry and tourism crises revealed a systematic...
Is Tourism open or closed? Your fault or their failure?
Is Recovery Doable? The elected and appointed men and women working in Washington, DC, spend most...
Hotel Management, COVID-19, Government/Politics and You
COVID-19 has become our worst nightmare or our brightest star, it all depends on the part of the...
Governments Stick It to Hotel, Travel and Tourism Industries
The hotel, travel and tourism industries have been hammered by COVID-19. As strategic partners in...
Does Crime Take a Holiday?
Watching more TV news than ever? Thinking the country is overrun with bad guys looting and...
Sea Sick: Is Cruising Still a Happy Business?
The cruise industry before COVID-19 generated $134 billion in travel and tourism revenue prompting...
Will meetings return? Can hotels really open safely?… Or should we stay home?
Tourism Encounters a New Paradigm Up to, and including the beginning of 2020, many professionals in...
Why Tourism is part of the COVID-19 Problem?
COVID-19 appeared first on the Chinese radar screen at the end of December 2019 and became part of...
Covid 19 Dining Out Becomes a Dilemma
Life BC (Before Covid 19) Before Covid 19 dining out was a no-brainer; grabbing a pizza or making a...
Getting Beyond COVID-19: Press Releases are Not the Answer
Barriers to a reboot of the hotel, travel and tourism industry grow daily. Why? Perhaps the...
Tourism Will Reboot When Industry Faces COVID-19 Reality
Invisible But Deadly: COVID-19 When you can see it, there is no challenge to keeping surfaces clean...
If Living is a Priority, Should You Cruise?
Although it is hard for me to believe, each and every year approximately 30 million people spend...
Hotels and Airlines Claim Deep Cleaning: What Does It Mean?
Generation Clean We have gone through Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials; now the...
Hotels and Travel Reimagined. Better? Perhaps. Certainly Different!
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” Rahm Emanuel (American politician: adviser to U.S...
Air in Hotels Can still be Deadly after Deep Cleaning
Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Corinthia Hotels, and Resorts are getting ready to reopen...
WHO Has the Right Person for the Job
WHO Impacts My Life I developed a tiny cough over the weekend (although I have not wandered beyond...
Donald Trump: How do I make him go away?
It is almost 4 years since The Donald left Manhattan and took up residency in Washington, DC. As a...
In the Time of President Trump: Recognition of the Decider-in- Chief
It appears, in the short term, that decisions made by the men and women working at the White House...
The Answer is Brunello: The Grape Is?
Sangiovese in the Vineyard? Brunello (brown one) in the Glass Sangiovese is considered one of the...
Wine from Kosovo – Not Costco
Searching for a WOW to pour into your wine glass? My suggestion: Wine from Kosovo, especially the...
You are Elegant and Sophisticated? Pour Bordeaux into Your Glass!
Bordeaux Winemakers Started Early Bordeaux, formerly known as Burdigala, dates back to the 3rd...
South African Wine Adventures
Initial Quest The 17th century marks the beginning of the wine industry in South Africa. The year...
Lugana, Italy: Wines Waiting in the Wings
Lugana, located in the vinicultural region of northern Italy, sits at the southern end of Lake...
One Woman. Many Wines
Lia Tolaini Banville and her father, Pier Luigi Tolaini, started importing wines from Italy 16...
The French Vineyards of Occitanie
Occitanie is considered one of the newest French wine regions and it is located only 2 hours from...
Monterey County Wines: Where Wine-making is a Family Affair
What is there to know about Monterey County? First of all, it is in California… always a good...
Should all Makeup be Halal Cosmetics?
It was not until I was meandering down the Javits aisle at the recent In-Cosmetics event that I...
Delicious Wines in Australia
Looking for an easy and delicious way to explore Australia? May I suggest getting a wine...
A Big Deal for Wine Partisans
If you grow grapes, make wine, drink wine, sell wine, are a wine educator, wine writer, or have...
What to Wear When How
Many knew there were rules and guidelines for women executives that extended beyond the roles of...
Welcome to the 2016 Grands Crus Classes of Saint Emilion
Louis XIV paid tribute to the wines of Saint Emilion – declaring “Saint Emilion, nectar of the gods...
Introducing Nizza DOCG, Italy
Learning by Sipping What I did not know about Nizza DOCG before I attended the Master Class in...
Hundreds of Wines Showcased at Lincoln Center
Winebow named the event the Vintners’ Harvest, but it really was an opportunity for wine makers in...
Leading Israel in New York: Dani Dayan, Consul General
Have you wondered who represents the State of Israel in New York? The current Consul General is the...
Wine Discoveries
At a recent event announcing the acquisition of The Robert Parker Wine Guide by Michelin Guides...
Robert Parker Wine Advocate Acquired by Michelin Guides
You may have heard that Michelin Guides recently acquired The Robert Parker Wine Advocate (RPWA)...
Exactly Where Do Women Belong? In Champagne!
Champagne belongs to women, from the ground and the grape, to the fermentation, bottling and...
Tiffany Is On My 2020 Travel Schedule
My international travel plans for 2020 will include visits to all the Tiffany shops on the planet...
Hotel rooms define the guest experience
Edward Hopper, Hotel Room, 1931 A hotel room can be a very lonely place if the interior design...
Sardinia: Headquarters for Sannai Mirto
There are many reasons to schedule a visit to Sardinia and they range from excellent wines and...
Sardinia: Experience the wines for a taste adventure
What is Old is New Again There are many reasons to visit Sardinia, an island that has become a go...
Sardinia: A lifestyle destination
On LinkedIn, I noticed an opportunity for travel writers to join a group to visit Olbia. I...
Truth on trial
The New York Chapter of The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recently considered TRUTH...
Israel Captured in a Delicious Bottle of Wine: Pair with a Side of Politics
Israel is a small country (in the Eastern Mediterranean), with an ancient wine culture...
Do Not Travel! Without your makeup
Many women will not appear in public with a nude face and there are a growing number of men who are...
Volcanic Wines: Delicious Results of a Volcano
Volcanos: Bad News When a volcano eruption is the featured story on television news and headlines...
Champagne: Describes a Lifestyle
It may be politically incorrect, but judgements are made by wines selected, shoes worn, and hotels...
Don’t Travel Stark-Naked: Make a Jewelry Statement
Value of Jewelry Industry If your ears, neck, wrists, and fingers are bare, you must have missed...
Retail: Here Today, Here Tomorrow
We all shop. No matter where we live, what we do or how we do it, we need “stuff” and the only way...
Making the World More Beautiful: One Well-Dressed Guy at a Time
Men. Looking Good In-Transit Lots of space is filled with recommendations on how to improve city...
Danger ahead for New York pedestrians
In 2017 there were more than 450,000 daily bike trips in New York City, up from 170,000 in 2005...
Wines from Cotes du Rhone: When Bigger is Better
Cotes du Rhone is the second largest appellation in France, exceeded only by Bordeaux. This massive...
Move Over Wine: Make Room for Beer from Spain
The Change in Spain We easily associate wine with Spain; however, this country is also home to...
New Yorkers Discover French Roses
Picture this: It is a late on a summer afternoon; you are relaxing with friends on the terrace of...
French Bistro Dining in NYC: Almost Next-door @ Paname
While it is wonderful to discover restaurants in Paris and Rome, St. Charles, Missouri and...
Cognac Begins with Grapes. Apples Become Calvados
Not All Grapes Become Wine Have you ever considered an alternative path for grapes; one that leads...
Live like a Local in St. Maarten
St. Maarten is governed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, although there are very few signs of the...
Aviation: A Stepping Stone to Caribbean Tourism Expansion… or Not
Unless you live in a Caribbean country, there is no way to reach the islands without using air...
The Prosecco Selected by Trainer to the Stars and C-suite Executives
Question: Can you identify the wine that is low in sugar and calories and recommended by Shawn...
Casa Perfect: Retailing Takes on a New Persona
Research suggests that retail is going the way of the Model T and dinosaurs. In reality, retailing...
Women Travel Solo, Widely and Stylishly
About the Woman Traveler The fact that women like to travel is not a new phenomenon. What might be...
The Kosher Gourmet Dine-Drink Adventure
If there is one event in New York that should not be missed, it is the Kosher Food & Wine...
Death by Vacation: Think you’re safe?
No one plans to die on a vacation! We have learned to take precautions that will keep sickness and...
Italy: Wines of Emilia-Romagna
Located in northern Italy, Emilia-Romagna is a prolific wine region covering more than 136,000...
State of Beer @ the American Museum of Natural History
Many museums have upped their game over the last few years, adding gourmet restaurants and boutique...
Biodynamic Bordeaux
Elementary The Bordeaux wine region in southwestern France produces some of the most desired wines...
Tasting wines, blind
Tasting Blind Wine industry professionals (i.e., winemakers, writers, sommeliers, researchers...
Italian wines seduce New Yorkers
“Wine is an Emotion” James Suckling, the noted wine critic, did not know that wine would become his...
Would you travel nude or naked?
Face Forward. Please! Traveling sucks the moisture out of our skin! We may start the journey...
Spain’s secret: Txakoli wines
The first mention of Txakoli (pronounced cha-ko-lee) wines dates back to 1520. The wine was locally...
Spanish winery architect brings attention to Baigorri wines
There are wineries and then there is Baigorri (started in 2000), currently owned by Pedro Martinez...
Drink like a New Yorker
If you live in New York, work in New York or are doing business in New York – there is only one...
NY drinks NY wines: History and hybrids
New York Wines: Disaster in the Beginning Historians have documented the fact that grapes were...
AIDS/HIV research supported by design community
Members of the Design Industries have supported AIDS research since 1984 through the Design...
NY Visit: Creative approaches to traditional spaces
Architectural Digest Home Design Show Delivers 40,000 people (approximately) attended the AD Home...
Czech Memorial Scrolls survived the Holocaust and travel to New York City
The fact that a few of the 1,564 Czech Memorial Scrolls were all in one place at the same time, was...
It is wine time: Meet the new competition
APVSA Introduces Wine-Entrepreneurs to Global Markets The Association for the Promotion of Wines...
Speed Dating Tourism Style @ Javits
Picture it – hundreds of small tables staffed by representatives of destinations, hotels...
Travel professionals take over Javits
If you happened to walk by the Javits Convention Center in January, you would have found thousands...