{"id":434,"date":"2009-03-24T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2012-10-05T09:22:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T13:22:04","slug":"in-the-news-links-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/in-the-news-links-edition-2","title":{"rendered":"In The News &#8211; Links Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A new feature here at <strong>Explorations<\/strong>, every middle of the week we&#8217;ll provide you with quick hits of some of the most recent travel news, articles, anecdotes, tidbits and more that we think are blog-worthy.\u00a0 So, without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the good stuff&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; Imagine, if you will, a world where airlines are aware of your previous flight experiences, and cater to your preferences.\u00a0 For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An airline loses your bag or cancels your flight because of a mechanical problem. The next time you show up at the airport, an agent personally apologizes and offers a free pass to an airport lounge for your troubles.Don&#8217;t laugh. Someday it may happen at U.S. airlines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome to the exciting new world of airlines&#8217; utilizing Customer Relationship Management.\u00a0 Read more in this <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123785242956819529.html\" target=\"_blank\">interesting article<\/a> from <strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <strong>MSNBC<\/strong> highlights how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/29762455\/\" target=\"_blank\">affordable trips to San Francisco<\/a> have recently become.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shameless Plug Alert:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/Tours\/FieldTrips\/49993\/Overview\" target=\"_self\">an awesome tour of San Francisco<\/a>, and an even awesomer tour of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/Tours\/FieldTrips\/49970\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\">San Fran and LA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212; <strong>The NY Times<\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/22\/travel\/22CostaRica.html?pagewanted=3\" target=\"_blank\">a great article<\/a> on the myriad travel adventure opportunities Costa Rica offers.\u00a0 From adventure tourism, to eco- and bio- tourism, and the ubiquitous luxury tourism offered by the lush resorts and spas, Costa Rica has something for every traveler.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shameless Plug Alert, The Sequel:<\/strong> Recently, Costa Rica has become one of our most popular tour destinations.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/select-a-tour\/costa-rica.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Check out all of our Costa Rica tours here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s it for this week.\u00a0 But feel free to recommend anything you think we may have missed in the comments section\u2026 We love feedback!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new feature here at Explorations, every middle of the week we&#8217;ll provide you with quick hits of some of the most recent travel news, articles, anecdotes, tidbits and more that we think are blog-worthy.\u00a0 So, without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the good stuff&#8230; &#8212; Imagine, if you will, a world where airlines are <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/in-the-news-links-edition-2\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,51],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-costa-rica","tag-san-francisco","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1623,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}