Today TripAdvisor kicked off the TripAdvisor World Heritage Campaign to help protect the places around the world that matter the most. As part of the two-year campaign, the travel site will donate up to $1.5 million of support to include a cash donation allocated to UNESCO World Heritage initiatives.
The World Heritage Convention, an international treaty enacted in 1972, identified sites of outstanding value to humanity. UNESCO World Heritage initiatives works to protect and preserve the sites for future generations. They also identify new sites that need protecting.

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A b5media.com colleague of mine recently described her experience with the likes of a certain, self-important concierge–at a small, but chic, hotel in France. She and her friend seemed surpised and perplexed by this man’s disregard toward them, upon check-in.
Her companion explained that in France, if you do not dress well, you are considered to be unimportant. (The two had been dressed in jeans and t-shirts). I can see that–actually, it’s always been a policy of mine to dress up when traveling.
Several times when traveling from London to New York, my seat was upgraded to business class–and I’m …read more