Archive for April, 2009
Jamaican Bobsled Team Headed To Vancouver Winter Olympics
Though they were initially thought to be a one-time novelty act, the Jamaican bobsled team has continued to press on through the years and once again is headed to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. After finishing in 11th place in the 2009 America’s Cup in Lake Placid, New York last month, the team is on track to [...]
Suzy Gershman’s Postcard from Shanghai, China on Trains, Hotels and Shopping
Dear Peter, I have always taken the train from Beijing to Shanghai; I have done it probably a dozen times as I await the TGV-style train that will eventually unite China’s two most famous in a five-hour journey. There are some rather-fast trains that make this run now (about eight to nine hours), but I [...]
Online Radio Show Broadcasting From Baltimore, Maryland
Peter is broadcasting his radio show this Saturday from the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Actor John Astin will talk about Baltimore’s Edgar Allan Poe bicentennial celebration, during which he was a featured performer. Kiri Blakeley, senior reporter with Forbes.com, will give us tips on how to travel like a CEO.
High Tech Travel Help for the Hearing Impaired
If you know someone who has difficulty hearing you know it can be a challenge for them to hear tour guides or public address announcements. But, these days there are some great options out there for travelers with hearing loss.
CNBC’s Cruise Inc., TV Series on Cruise Ships and Their Business
Great news! Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas with your favorite travel correspondent Peter Greenberg, was one of the highest-rated shows on CNBC—not just once, but for the whole week that they repeated it. Still haven’t seen it? Well, you’ve got a couple of choices.
Concorde Celebrates 40th Anniversary, Concorde Planes May Be Shipped to Dubai
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first UK test flight of the now-defunct Concorde, the legendary super-sonic passenger jet that whisked millionaires and models across the Atlantic for decades until it was taken out of service in 2003. On April 9, 1969 the jet flew for 22 minutes over the English Channel, five weeks [...]
Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Doha, Qatar
David Latt traveled from Seattle to Qatar on the delivery flight of a new 777-200LR that would join Qatar Airways’ fleet. In his final installment of the Qatar Chronicles, he reports on his findings both on and off the brochure in the capital city of Doha. THE STORY OF QATAR Qatar occupies an elongated peninsula [...]
Hijacked American Crew Defeats Pirates, Regains Control of Vessel
The American crew of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship regained control of the vessel after it was hijacked by pirates off the coast of eastern Somalia last night, but the fate of the ship’s captain is still unknown. The Maersk Alabama, owned by Norfolk, Virginia-based Maersk Line Ltd., a subsidiary of Danish group A.P. Moller-Maersk, was [...]
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