by Ned S. Levi | Sep 17, 2012
More travelers are interested in conservation, sustainability, and the environment than ever before, and are choosing destinations primarily to see wildlife and the natural world. As travelers bring back stories of the Arctic and Antarctic, of glaciers quickly...
by Ned S. Levi | Sep 10, 2012
I don’t know if it’s a trend in the making, but I’ve noticed a lot of interest in cruising recently. I’ve been fielding more questions than usual about cruising recommendations, and I’m often asked how much I really like cruising myself....
by Ned S. Levi | Sep 3, 2012
Many travelers consider their laptop safe, as long as they have great antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software installed, and up-to-date. That’s merely a good start. It does nothing to prevent their laptop from being stolen or protect their personal and...
by Ned S. Levi | Jan 30, 2012
Last week in my article, Life safety cruise ship regulation reform is essential, I wrote about maritime regulation reform, I believe is necessary for governments and the United Nations to enact, to help prevent loss of life from cruise ship accidents, after reviewing...
by Ned S. Levi | Jan 23, 2012
As the death toll mounts, the Costa Concordia tragedy horrifies us more and more, especially since it has become apparent the ship never should have hit the rock which tore a 300 foot hole in its hull, and that more timely and decisive action by the captain and crew...
by Jim Loomis | Jan 21, 2012
Back in the mid-90s, I was working on a book about train travel and had spent time interviewing Amtrak’s on board crews during my many cross-country train trips – conductors and train attendants and dining car staffs. But the one crew member I hadn’t been able to...
