Talk about Ubiquitous Serendipity
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"Eyes that Travel, See"
                                       -Ancient Saying

I've been writing travel articles for over 35 years so I can tell you that talking about travel is one thing; writing about it is a whole different story. When you need an article for your newsletter or magazine, or an exciting column to help sell your destination over a period of time,   please contact me.  I'll capture the  passion, energy and enthusiasm of the destination and involve your readers on a journey of fascination and discovery .  -Steve Gillick

 354* published articles are listed under...
Travel Destinations
Special Interest Travel a.k.a. Points of Passion
Travel Skills
Gamification
General Topics
​Hotels
Travel Scams
*as of July 10, 2023

​Please note that some of the articles listed below have lost their links to the original publication in which they appeared due to changes at the respective publication.  Many of these articles have been re-linked to PDFs of the original article as it appeared at the time. To view any of unlinked articles, please contact Steve@talkingtravel.ca.

Steve, out on a ledge in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Yuriaki Tenpaku, the owner of Maruten, specializing in Bonito flakes, in Daiohzaki, Japan

A Bollywood Star in the making! India, 2006

Morning walk in Jala, Nayarit, Mexico

Crayfish for breakfast. Mink on frozen Lake Ontario, February, 2023

Pouring Manrei sake at Daihachigaruma Izakaya in Karatsu, Japan

 Recently Published Articles
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• In the Summer Issue of Canadian World Traveller
  • Havana Wonderment, PP 14-15
  • Mexico City Neighborhoods:  The Magic Sets in, P.30
• In the Spring Issue of Canadian World Traveller Magazine https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67887507/canadian-world-traveller-spring-2023-issue
  • The Tokyo Beat Goes On., pp 12-23
  • Izumi City. Kyushu, Japan. pp 38-39
  • The Moxy Osaka Shin Umeda Hotel, P. 64
  • Hoshino Resorts, Kai Beppu, p. 65
  • The Other Side of Nayarit, Mexico, pp 74-75
• Explore Tokyo Japan from Day to Night, Pp. 22-23
• A Taste of Nayarit, Travel Courier
• Making Magic in Nayarit, Canadian Travel Press, February 20, 2023
• Exploring Karatsu City, Kyushu,  JNTO Website
• ​A Taste of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kushu, (JNTO)
• Offshore Travel Magazine:  Birding is Back!​​

Travel Destinations

General Destination Articles

• What My Dentist Told Me:  Embracing the Global Staycation Phenomenon and more.
• 10 Things about Airbnb you may wish to discuss with your clients
• Four Ways to Promote a Travel "Sense of Place"
• Taste and Try Before you Buy:  6 Ways to Cater to the 6 travel senses of your clients
• Travel Earthing:  Connecting with the Spirit of the land
• The Reign of Terroir Tourism:  Travel Multi-Tasking
• The Higher Ground of Travel
• Tourist or Traveller:  Looking Beyond the Obvious

• 11 Steps to Selling a Destination You've Never Visited
• 9 Ways to Excite Client Enthusiasm in a Destination
• Mastering the Destination Booking Point

• Brave New World
• Promoting the Vagabond Mentality
• Destination Training More Hype than Help
• Fair Weather Travellers
• Happiness in Travel:  Don't Dismiss the Bliss
• Travel Like you Mean it 
• Should I Stay or Should I Go? 
• Global Zorbing

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Antigua

• Dancing in the Streets of Antigua, pp 54-56
• Flamboyant Spirits:  Carnival Time and More in Antigua

Argentina

• Pop Quiz

Austria

• Vienna Artistry:  Travel Emotionomics Gone Wild

Brazil

• Hat Trick:  Brazil Sets Goals

Canada/Alberta

• The Castle in the Rockies (P. 60)

Canada/British Colombia

• https://worldtraveler.travel/westin-resort-spa-whistler-british-columbia/

Canada/Manitoba

• Qaumajuk:  Shining the Light on Inuit Art, P. 30
• Haunting Memories of Winnipeg's Fort Garry Hotel
• ​Winnipeg Connections
• Igniting the Spirit:  Experiencing the Excitement of Winnipeg

Canada/Newfoundland

• Welcome to St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, P. 18
• 'May your Big Jib Draw' :  Seven Irresistible Reasons to visit St. John's in Canada
• Discovering Space:  Serenity and Drama on the Avalon Peninsula

Canada/Nova Scotia

• Tune into Cape Breton (Dreamscapes Page 12-14)
• Cape Breton Wonders and Wanders (PP 31-21)

Canada/Ontario

• A Winter Hoot on Amherst Island (CWT P 28)
• The Ultimate Treasure Hunt in Ontario's Southwest
• Foodies Meet their Waterloo (P 28)
• Exploring Ontario's Southwest 

Canada/ Pan Am Games

• One Big Team Spirit:  The Pan Am-Para-Pan Am Games

Canada/ Quebec

•  Wrapped up in Quebec:  Maple, Turtles, Huskies, Muskies and Bacon 
• Remember to Say Cheese!  The wonders of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Canada/Yukon

•  Yukon Wilderness Dreams, P.19
• A Night at Bombay Peggy's 
• Answering 'The Call" To Visit the Yukon, pp, 72-74
• A Yukon State of Mind
• 10 Ways to shed some Northern Light on your Clients' Vacation Plans
• The Klondike Spirit:  A Panoramic Sense of Beauty

China

• The Maritime Silk Road: Secrets, Legends, Tea and Porcelain
• Let your Hair Down in Guangxi: More than just a stop in Guilin
• Scaling the Heights of Guangdong: Moments of Reflection Along the Tourist Trail

• Stepping into Serendipity:  In Hunan the Heat is On

Colombia

• The Secret of Exploring Colombia, PP. 62-63
• Marketing the Niche Market of "Markets" or "How I survived 73 Minutes in Bazurto"
• Being Bogota: Buenos, Bolivar, Bikes, Botero and Ben-Hur
• Hanging out in Colombia's Small Towns

​Croatia

• If it's 'Zivilia', it must be Croatia!
• 14 Exciting Reasons for Travel Agents to Recommend a Croatia Adventure
• In the Spirit of Bonaca:  A Soul Soothing Journey through Croatia

Cruise

• The Smooth Cruise on Victory 1

Cuba (21 articles as of July 10, 2023)

• Havana Wonderment, PP 14-15
• https://worldtraveler.travel/serene-wild-beauty-in-cayo-largo-cuba/
• https://worldtraveler.travel/cubas-tobacco-route-pinar-del-rio/
• ​https://worldtraveler.travel/paseo-del-prado-hotel-havana-cuba/ 
• In Cuba, Naturally  P. 27
• Cuba Cave Visits end with the Sight of Light, Travel Courier, November 14, 2019  Page 16
• The Other Side of Cuba:  10 Ways to Connect your Clients with the Land.
• Celebrating Havana's 500th  (see pages 12-13)
• Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba  (page 22)
• The Hotel Parque Central, Havana (page 55)
• Havana's 500th Anniversary:  Energetic, Engaged, Enthusiastic and Defiant
• Serendipity in Villa Clara, Cuba (p. 70-71)
• Six Ways to Chill in the Warmth of Northern Cuba
• Adventures in Holguin Province
• Six Ways to Promote a Holguin Adventure in Cuba
• Why we Enjoy Cuba:  Holguin Province sets the Tone
• Eastern Cuba:  The Passion and Energy Trail
• Five Hundred Years of Discovery:  Cuba Provides a Travel Wake Up Call
• In Cuba, Canada is the Guest of Honour
• Sunday in Havana with Steve
• Having a Blast in Havana

Curacao

• Curacao Marriott Beach Resort, P. 54
• https://worldtraveler.travel/feeling-curacao/

Czech Republic

• Another Final Night in Prague
• Bohemian Rhapsody:  Cesky Krumlov Hits the Right Note

Egypt

• A Symphony of Camels
• Six Hearts and Counting:  Food, Travel and Fairuz

El Salvador

• ​La Tortilla dio Veulta:  Surprises Abound in El Salvador
• Taking Your Life in Your Hands:  Practicing to be a Dissuasion Specialist

Guatemala

• Market Town:  Chichicastenengo, Guatemala, P. 22
• Hotel Palacio de Dona Leonor, Antigua, Guatemala, P.52
• Poison Ivy Town

India

• Fatehpur Sikri:  A victorious Encounter Along the Road Between Jaipur and Agra
• Mandawa Magic

Indonesia

• Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, a Defining Experience

Ireland

• My Day in Dublin
• The Flavours of Howth:  Exploring King Sitric's Domain
• Secrets of the Wild Atlantic Way:  Exploring Ireland's Rugged West Coast
• Exploring Ireland in a Roundabout Way:  Happiness is a Chatty GPS
• Dream Lifestyles in Ireland

Israel

• Dead Sea Adventures Come Alive in Israel (P. 72)
• Israel:  A Dynamic, Reflective Experience (P. 55)
• A Perfect Tourism Experience
• Mazel Tov:  Israel is 64 Today

Jamaica

• The Music is the Medium is the Message:  Jamaica Gears up for its 50th

Japan (64 articles)​

• The Tokyo Beat Goes On., pp 12-23
• Izumi City. Kyushu, Japan. pp 38-39
• The Moxy Osaka Shin Umeda Hotel, P. 64
• Hoshino Resorts, Kai Beppu, p. 65
• Explore Tokyo Japan from Day to Night, Pp. 22-23
• Exploring Karatsu City, Kyushu,  JNTO Website
• ​A Taste of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kushu, (JNTO)
• To Kokura, with Amazement!
• Matshushima and Shiogame:  Indredible Beauty and Taste,        P. 22
• Happy Namahage New Yea from Japan's Mountain Ogres,     P. 24
• The Jimyoin Temple Lodging, Koyasan, Japan
• Hikone Castle
• Mitake Sanso, Okutama (Shrine Stay)
• A Refreshing Visit to Tokyo's Miyakejima Island (pp 10-11)
• Topping your Last Visit to Tokyo (p.24)
• A Culinary Vacation in Okutama, Dinemagazine.ca
• The Heartbeat of Sado Island, Niigata  (pp 10-11)
• The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, P. 14
• The Kanazawa Tokyu Hotel P. 51
• Blue Skies ahead at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
• Hachijojima-An Exciting Tokyo Island Getaway (pp 10-11)
• Tokyo Surprises! (Dreamscapes pp 12-14)
• An Adventure in Western Japan, CWT pp 12-13
• A Tranquil Urban Oasis:  The Hotel Chinzano Tokyo, p. 62
• Sacred Connections at the Hoshino Resorts Kai Izumo, p 63
• Serendipity in Japan's Northlands, CWT
• Mountains of Delight:  Heavenly Vistas in Japan
• Island Hopping in Tokyo, pp 36-37
• Sterling Accommodation: The Courtyard Marriott Ginza), p 62
• Zen and the Art of Travel Dreaming
• Ten Myths about Travel to Japan 
• Godzilla is Alive and Well on Oshima Island
• Tokyo is on the Move (Pages 14-15-16)
• Understanding the Soul of Mie Prefecture
• John Lennon Slept Here:  Getting into the Spirit of Karuizawa
• Hoshinoya Tokyo, Page 83
• Tokyo Surprises  (pp 12-13)
• Heavens Above:  Experiencing Serenity in Tokyo
• The Enticing Flavours of Kobe (pp 13-14)
• Keeping Pace with Tokyo
• Armour, Architecture, Arhats and Ardour:  Keeping Pace with the New Tokyo
• Unusual is the New Norm:  Rabbits, Chop Sticks and Bento Boxes
• Getting into the Spirit of Naha, Okinawa's Capital City (P. 27)
• Relaxing in Tokyo (P.39)
• Imbibing the Spirit of Japan (P. 13)
• Finding Peace of Mind in Koyasan
• Exploring the Heart of Hokuriku
• Get Ready for Hokuriku:  North Western Japan Beckons with a Bullet
• Culinary Perspectives of Tokyo from a Canadian Foodie
• The Izakaya Way of Life:  Achieving Culinary Nirvana in Japan
• Happy Namahage New Year
• The Galapagos of the Orient:  Tokyo's Ogasawara Islands Beckon
• A Spirited Adventure: Travels in Okinawa
• Early Morning Musings:  In Niseko Village All is Very Well
• Exploring the Entrance to the Mountain Forest:  Satisfying Niche Interests in Yamaguchi
• Hellbent for Adventure:  Jigokudani
• Just say Noh: Nightlife in Yokohama
• Nowhere But Niigata:  A Taste-Provoking Experience
• Pilgrims Progress: Soaking in Kotohira
• Reflections:  Thoughts on Sakura
• Report on Japan:  Cope, Hope, Empathy and Sake
• Tokyo on Hai Alert:  Reaching New Heights at the Tokyo Sky Tree
• Satebu Dreams of Travel:  Creating your Travel Umami (lessons from the documentary, 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi')

• Recovery Selling:  The Japan Lesson

Mali

• From Here to Timbuktu:  Why We Should Care About Mali

Mexico (19 articles as of July 10, 2023)

• Mexico City Neighborhoods:  The Magic Sets in, P.30
• The Other Side of Nayarit, Mexico, pp 74-75
• A Taste of Nayarit, Travel Courier
• Making Magic in Nayarit, Canadian Travel Press, February 20, 2023
• ​Adventures in Oaxaca:  Teotitlan, Tlacolula and San Martin Tilcajete (P 10-11)
• Tasting your way around Versalle, Puerto Vallarta. Mexico (P. 23)
• Sheraton Buganvilias Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (P 55)
• Eco Hotel Maraica, San Pancho, Nyarit, Mexico (P. 58)
• La Noria Centro Historico (P. 59)
• Son Pa'l Corazon: Discover Mexico's Yucatan, P. 8
• Mexico's Magical Yucatan State, pp 66-67
• Yucatan Magic, If you know where to find it!
• Puerto Vallarta's Got it all (P. 12-13)
• El Tuito, Jaliso, Mexico (P. 20)​
• Puerto Vallarta's Papantla Flyers (CWT p 22)
• A question of Travel Safety in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
• Vallarta Dreams
• Seven Tips for Getting the Most out of a Visit to Puerto Vallarta Mexico
• A Very Vallarta Adventure:  The Authentic Mexico Experience
• Down in Mexico Feeling Free as the Air
• Waiting for that Indiana Jones Moment

Montenegro

• Kotor & Perast:  A Feast for the Senses, pp 52-53
• Montenegro Magic:  A Fascinating Encounter with Kotor and Perast

Myanmar (Burma)

• On the Road to Mandalay

Panama

• Exploring Panama, Pages 38-41
• The Buenaventura Golf & Beach Resort (CWT p 64)
• Encounters on Panama's Gatun Lake (CWT p 30)
• Put Panama City on your Bucket List, CWT, p 26
• Holiday, in Panama, CWT, p 68
• Triple Hat Trick:  9 Reasons to Recommend a Trip to Panama
• Hats Off to Panama (Part One)
• Hats Off to Panama (Part Two)

Peru

• Eighty-Five Minutes in Huanchaco

• Maximum Lima

Russia

• Russian to Get You There

St. Eustatius

• Finding Statia:  St. Eustatius beckons with a smile

South Korea

• The South Korea Multi-Sensory Experience

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka:  One Fascination after Another
• Habarana Highlights
• Sri Lanka:  Travels on the Cusp
• Recovery Selling: Sri Lanka 

Thailand

• Sala Rattanakosin Hotel, Bangkok Boutique Hotel, P. 53
• Exploring Thailand's Isan Region (P.17)
• Isan, Thailand (P. 19)
• One Night in Ban Kok:  Exploring the Isan Region of Thailand

Tibet/Nepal

• Ice Road Truckers:  Deadliest Roads-Reality for Real

Tunisia

• Memories of the International Sahara Festival, Re-ignited

Turkey

• Cotton Castle Caught in Calamity

• Like Meeting an Old Friend:  Nothing Beats Education-on-Location
• Rising Above it All in Cappadocia

United States

California

• San Diego's Got It!
• Seven Reasons to Send Special Interest Clients to San Diego

Maryland​

• Feeling the Vibe in Maryland, CWT, pp 54-55

Michigan

• Craft Your Perfect Michigan Escape  (pages 28-30)

​Texas​

• A Conversation with Fredericksburg, Texas
• A Texas State of Mind:  Connecting with the Town of Fredericksburg
• Artisanal Adventures in San Antonio (PP 67-68)
• San Antonio Dreaming: Tasting a City on a Mission

Wisconsin

• Wintry Escapades in Door County, Wisconsin
• Out on the Ledge:  Getting a Handle on Door Country, Wisconsin

Uzbekistan

• Discovering Uzbekistan:  2800 Years in the Making

La Tortilla dio Veulta:  Surprises Abound in El Salvador

Snowy Owl, Amherst Island, December 18, 2018

Magnificent Frigatebird, Celestun Nature Reserve, Yucatan State, Mexico

Schools out in The Maldives!

Inside Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Canoeing out to the Tom Thomson Memorial on Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada

From the Malecon, Havana, Cuba

Pub sign, Dublin, Ireland

Marionettes in Prague

In the Copan Ruins Museum, Honduras

Store keeper, Matmata, Tunisia

Prayer Wheels, Lhasa, Tibet

Freak Brothers Store, Rappongi, Tokyo

The mushroom rocks at Sao Chaling, Thailand

A curious long-eared cow near Phimai, Thailand

Gilmour Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI

Finding the rare Prothonotary Warbler in Rondeau Provincial Park, SW Ontario, Canada

San Juan Mission, San Antonio

!Khwa Ttu! North of Cape Town, South Africa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Carnival in Antigua!

The Abbot of Wat Siri Pa Lan Sai, a forest temple near Khong Chiam, Thailand

Marie-Fréderique and Baluchon, the marmot. Play time at Refuge Pageau, Amos, Quebec

Craic (krak). Graffiti in Galway, Ireland

Signs near the Dead Sea, Israel

Dragon protecting a shrine in Beppu, Japan

Baltimore Oriole amidst Cherry Blossoms May 11, 2019

Bienal Art on Havana's Malecon. May 7, 2019

Indigo Bunting, Crothers Woods, Toronto

Platter of local specialties at Konobo Trpeza, Montenegro

Good advice in Fredericksburg, Texas

Highway scenery, Vietnam

The smallest desert in the world, Carcross, Yukon

At Boca Pistol, Shete Bocal National park, Curacau

Chobolobo, Curacau

Preparing for the horsie rides in the main square of Chiquinquirá, Colombia, July, 2013

Crossing the rickety suspension bridge on the way to the waterfall in Jomulco, Nayarit, Mexico. July, 2023

Special Interest Travel
also known as
Points of Passion

Travel Pep Talks!

• Pick up the Pace and Shine a Light
• Travel in Uncertain Times:  5 Ways to Satisfy those Points of Passion

​Accessibility

• World Without Limits: Accessible Tourism is Good Business
• Seven Steps to achieving Travel Inclusiveness

Adventure

• The Half Truth about Adventure Travel
• 9 Ways to Spark Interest in Adventure Travel

​Ancestry

• Craving the Cave:  Ancestry Tourism Takes Root

Birding

• ​Birding is back.  See why Avian spotting is now a Global Trend
  
• Feathering your Nest:  A Travel Special Interest Takes Flight

Comic

• Faith, Spirits, Travel and Comic Books
• Travelling the World for Comic Relief

Craft Beer

• Travel Special Interests are Brewing:  Country Hopping Takes on a Whole New Meaning

​Culinary

• Indulging your Foodies:  How to lead in the field of Culinary Travel
• Culinary Bliss
• Eat Out:  Culinary Travel Profiling

Dark and Light

• Dark Tourism Comes to Light

Doors

• ​The Hidden Power of Doors:  Going Beyond the Threshold to Promote the Allure of Travel

Fish

• Fishing for that Summer Travel Experience

Food

• Food for Thought, Food for Travel:  4 Ways to Indulge Food Travelers

Highs and Lows

• How Low You can Go:  Being Down in the Dumps can be so Uplifting
• Flightseeing, Sightseeing, Heightseeing

Jails

• Travellers Behind Bars: Visiting Jails, Penitentiaries and Prisons

Luxury Travel

• 8 Ways to provide Budget-Conscious Travelers with a taste of Luxury
• 9 Tips for Success in the Luxury Travel Market

Markets

• Bazaar or Bizarre:  Probe your Clients' Mokita

Military

• Gee I wish I was Back in the Army:  Targeting Military Tourism

Monkeys

• Monkey Business:  A Primate Primer on Niche Marketing for 2016

Music

• Listen to the Music or, Notes on Travel

Niche Markets

• What Travellers Want:  Embracing the Niche Market Triad
• 9 Ways to get started in a Niche you know nothing about

Sacred

• ​Sacred Tourism:  Savouring the Secrets

Sake

• Sipping the World Fantastic: Sake Tasting

Silence and Solace

• Selling Solace:  Four Reasons to Gaze at Mountains
• The Sounds of Silence:  Meditating on Travel
• Five Ways to Pull the Plug on your Clients' Travels
• Zap the App and Pull the Plug:  Adventures in Peace of Mind

Super Specialization

• 4 Ideas to Ponder about Super Specialization

​Water

• Water, Water Everywhere: Celebrating Travel Liquidity

Wine

• A New Zeal on the Edge of the Earth: Quenching the Wine Hobbit

Travel Skills

• Indispensable You: 5 Meaningful ways to Connect with your Client's Travel Needs
• Improving your Vision:  Toronto Raptors, Deviled Details and Travel Advisors
• Six Ways to get the Best ROI on your Next Industry Conference
• Five Ways to Get it Right--Advising Clients about Travel Safety
• Why Agents should Market themselves as Global Travel Influencer in 2019
• Boundless Selling:  Seven Reasons to Return to the Same Destination
• Four Pointers on Telling and Selling Travel
• Seasons Change and So Do I :  4 Ways to consider Season-Change-Anxiety
• You are the Incentive
• Customer Appreciation Rears its Beautiful Head
• Six Ways to Master Product Knowledge and Why It's Important
• Who Knows Where the Time Goes:  An Update on Time Management
• Five Proven Methods of Ticking off your Clients
• Embrace your Inner Selfie:  The Travel Photo Phenomenon
• Symptoms and Remedies - How to Conquer Waning Career Enthusiasm
• The Year of the Dog:  6 Ways that Travel Agents can find Inspiration
• Eight 'Giving' Suggestions Travel Advisers can Share with their Clients
• Seven Tips to Playing "Ultimate Travel Treasure Hunt" with your Clients
• Thanks a Bunch!  (How to thank your clients) PP 13-16
• 6 Ways to Move a Mountain
• Super-Imposing YOU into destination sales
• 6 Ways to Add a Touch of Serendipity to your Clients' Travels
• What do you do when the Client knows More than You?
• Four Ways to Market your Travel Provenance and Achieve Recognition, Respect and Reward
• Four Ways to De-Bunk those Lingering Travel Myths
• Flying Colours:  Your sales and customer service ethic put to the test (Page 16)
• Four Ways to Mirror your Client's Travel Wants and Needs
• Star Wars Lessons for 2016 (PP 36-39)
• The Devil Made me Do It:  Upping your enthusiasm and increasing your sales through specialization (P. 30)
• Small Details make a Big Difference:  Counter Intelligence and Other Secret Agent Practices
• Nine Tips to Help Monetize your Travels
• Back to School Show and Tell, or What I did on my summer vacation (Page 26)
• Floored by Client's Special Request?   8 Tips that will help.
• Your Travel Drivers will take you down the road to Mystery! (Page 14)
• Picture This:  Travel Adventures in Psycho-Photography (Page 29)

• Time Travel (Page 27)
• Adventure Education:  The Thrill of the Will to Skill
• Tapping Into your Inner Explorer
• Training Tips:  It's not enough Just to show up
• Be an Exhibitionist and show them your Provenance!

• 7 Ways to Foster Amazing Client Loyalty
• 9 Ways to put Supplier Expertise at Work for your Agency
• 12 Tips for Successful Travel Agency Presentations
• 8 Ways to Maximize your Agency's ROI on Fam Trips
• 10 Ways to Showcase your Staff's Expertise and Build Sales
• Digging Deeper:  9 Ways to get Closer to your Customers
• What Goes Around Comes Around:  Customer Service Success Stories

• The Lowdown on Customer Service

• Laughter Generates Revenue

• Are you in it for the Long Haul (Flight)?  Part 1
• Are you in it for the Long Haul         (Flight) ? (Part 2)
• Avatourism (lessons from the movie Avatar)
• Canada Trade Launches Drive to attract "Generation Me"
• Exceeding Expectations:  Planning on Serendipity
• GlobalSpeak:  Relationship Building Before and After the Internet
• The Seven Sense Solution:  Selling the Travel Experience

• If Truth be Told...
• Painting a Picture in the Mind of Your Client or Meeting Lucy in the Sky
• Travel Passion Bears Fruit:  Inspiring Contagious Positivity 
• Tell It Like It Is 
• What The Tour Guide Taught

Hotel Articles (also found under the respective destination)​​​

• The Moxy Osaka Shin Umeda Hotel, P. 64
• Hoshino Resorts, Kai Beppu, p. 65
• ​Curacao Marriott Beach Resort, P. 54
• https://worldtraveler.travel/westin-resort-spa-whistler-british-columbia/
• ​https://worldtraveler.travel/paseo-del-prado-hotel-havana-cuba/ 
• ​​Sheraton Buganvilias Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (P 55)
• Eco Hotel Maraica, San Pancho, Nyarit, Mexico (P. 58)
• La Noria Centro Historico (P. 59)
• Hotel Palacio de Dona Leonor, Antigua, Guatemala, P.52
• Sala Rattanakosin Hotel, Bangkok Boutique Hotel, P. 53
• The Kanazawa Tokyu Hotel (P. 51)
• ​The Hotel Parque Central, Havana (P. 55)
• The Hotel Rosita, Puerto Vallarta Mexico (P. 65)
• The Buenaventura Golf & Beach Resort in Panama (p 64)
• A tranquil Urban Oasis, The Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, P.62
• Sacred Connections at the Hoshino Resorts Kai Izumo, P. 63
• The Castle in the Rockies (The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel), p. 60
• A Night at Bombay Peggy's,  Dawson City, Yukon, p.62
• Holiday, in Panama,  Panama City, Panama. p .68
• Haunting Memories of Winnipeg's Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• ​​Sterling Accommodation in Ginza (The Courtard Marriott Ginza, Tokyo, Japan), P 62
• ​​Hoshinoya Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, p. 83​

Airline Articles

• Copious Commendations for Copa Airlines (P. 24)

Gamification

• ​Games People Play:  Impacting Training through Gamification
• Thriving Opportunities in Travel:  Playing with Structured Experiences

General Topics

• In 2017 Let's Retire these Eight Tired Travel Myths
• Four Ways your Clients will Explore the Planet in 2017
• One Thousand Cranes:  Peace Inspired Travels (PP 18-21)
• 13 Ways to Reward your Clients During the Gift-Giving Season
• Who is Buried in Grant's Tomb?
• Eight Tips to Organize your Fam Trip Action Plan
• Turning a Fam into a Blog Article 
• If you wish to be a writer...Write!
• Be The Sale (August 2011 Closing the Sale)
• Kick the Bucket:  Read this Before You Die
• Reality Bites:  The Real Thing
• Restless Human Spirits:  Travelling in Interesting Times

• Peregrination Vocation Elation: Travel Career Positivity (July 2012 Career)

• 2013:  You Say you Want a Resolution
• Golden Opportunities:  Lessons from the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies
• You Only Live Once:  So Get Going!
• 2012:  Here There Be Dragons

Travel Scams

• Seven Classic Travel Scams that can be Avoided
• Travel Scams We Know and Love, Part One

• Travel Scams:  Part Two
• Taxis:  A Love Hate Relationship with Travellers

Contact Steve for permission to use any of his material or to customize an article or series about your destination. All photos are copyrighted.

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Museo Evita, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Near Itsukushima Shrine, Japan

Cape St. Mary, Newfoundland

Black Crowned Night Heron, Palm Springs, CA

The Saga, projected on the facade of San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas

Wall mural, Requira, Colombia

Golden Tree Frog, El Valle, Panama

Yak Burger, Lhasa, Tibet

Great Blue Heron on the Lower Don Trail, Toronto, 10. 10. 16

Japanese Tree Sparrow on the grounds of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo Nov 29/16

Carlisle Bay, Antigua

Otter at the Logging Museum in Algonquin Park, Winter, 2017

Rolled up Raccoon in Toronto's Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Bald Eagle spotted on our three-hour canoe trip on the Yukon River between Whitehorse and the Takhini River

Beautiful Autumn Scenery at Cootes Paradise in Hamilton, Ontario

Red-tailed Hawk, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Feb 13, 2018. Bitterly cold. I was wearing my long johns and the Hawk was too!

The start of the Pipeline Road Birding Trail, by the Discovery Center in Soberania National Park, Panama

FIT Cuba (Tourism Conference) hits the towns of La Estrella and Las Dunas in Villa Clara.

Tequila Flight at Puesto, Seaport Village, San Diego

The November Grand Tournament, Fukuoka City, November 12, 2018

Juvenile Coopers Hawk, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Dinner by the river in Cesky Krumlov, the Czech Republic

Howler Monkey, Soberania National Park, Panama

Green Heron chicks in their nest, over hanging the river, in the Mangoves, San Blas, Mexico July, 2023

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