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10 Ethical Travel Destinations, and Why You Should Care

It's easy to see why some vacation spots are unethical. A region or country where locals live in squalor while visitors stay insulated in fancy hotels, for example, is not the ideal ethical travel destination. But some spots are ...READ»

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How to Become a Design Genius: Take Time Off. Lots of It.

Every seven years, the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes a one-year sabbatical. As he argues, that's not so crazy.READ»

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Seven Signs of Our Times Online

This isn't your usual August. With enough political issues smoldering to fill a decade of American history, the vacation month has turned into a morass of issues that boggles the mind. Here are seven articles that went viral this ...READ»

Nonsense At Work

Management By Wondering About:August is the month when real managers go on vacation while juniors hold the fort.  It is also when a lot of MBWA takes place.No, no, not management by walking around.  That’s so ...READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Management By Wondering About:August is the month when real managers go on vacation while juniors hold the fort.  It is also when a lot of MBWA takes place.No, no, not management by walking around.  That’s so ...READ»

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Fifth International Conference on Tourism

Business travel is expected to drop 5.6% this year, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Academics who study travel (sweet gig, right?) will convene in Greece to discuss the decline. There are only about 100 of them, so their ...READ»

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The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Hotels

The greenest vacation is a day hike in your backyard. But if you need to get a little further away from home, there are plenty of responsible--dare we say, trendy--resorts to choose from. Online travel community TripAdvisor ...READ»

Best Vacation Tip for Small Business Workaholics.

Do you actually go on vacation when you go on vacation? Typically, I don't. This Thanksgiving week my husband and I went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We frequently choose that holiday week for our vacation because I'm only gone for ...READ»

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Why I Gave Myself a "B" for How I Managed My Vacation Quandary

If you read my posting about the “Ongoing Vacation Quandary,” then you know that I tried again this year to make a conscious decision not to work during my summer vacation.  I often come back to the subject of vacation around ...READ»

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The Vacation Quandary Continues—Is a Law the Answer? I’m Not So Sure…

A new poll conducted for an organization called Take Back Your Time found that “69% of Americans support a paid vacation law with a large percentage favoring a law guaranteeing three weeks vacation or more.”  The poll also ...READ»

Vacationland Lost

Are rising gas prices keeping Americans from taking their summer vacations? Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a global outplacement consulting firm thinks so. Firm chief officer, John A. Challenger said that with gas prices close ...READ»

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