I speak Portuguese fluently today. I learned it as a 3-year-old when my family moved to Portugal. We came back to Chicago when I was 4....

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Seven years ago I shifted this agency from a traditional staffed firm to a virtual and ala carte agency. That may have started a trend!...

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Back in 2005, I got a call from a guy called Miguel Carvalho from the Portuguese National Tourist Office in New York. He was the new PR...

I look at so many websites these days, and I often find that many organizations just don't get inclusion. Something as basic as a DEI...

Today travel is viewed as sustainable first. Sustainable travel is a word we are hearing a lot of these days. Sustainable travel starts...

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Let's face the harsh truth — framing the climate crisis to the American public has failed. No, not everywhere, but just enough that we as...

Some 20 years ago just a few hundred thousand Americans visited Portugal. There were few travel agents and tour operators that...

The front page of the Union Leader recently lauded Concord, NH, for allowing side by side religious and atheist displays in front of the...

Recently the city of Manchester announced it was interested in a rebrand. And while there are some exceptionally talented agencies in the...

This was a year of shortages, rebounds, soaring fuel costs, war and high over all costs. Oh, and the World Cup too… So as 2022 winds to...

While the historic agreement to save Concord's Gasholder is good news all around, it caps off a decade of loss. Sadly many of the...

The latest version of Captain Chris Pike is a true optimist. Even facing a terrible fate, he is able to stay strong. I have to admit,...