Morning Links: High-Speed Rail, a Traveling ‘Joyologist’ and More

• Fancy a new career as a hotelier? Singapore’s famous Raffles Hotel is up for sale, with an asking price of £300 million. (Via @pen4hire)
• A Canadian man successfully opened the emergency door on a small charter plane and jumped from 7,000 feet meters; the plane was able to land safely.
• Slate takes a hard look at Obama’s high-speed rail plan.
• A gay rights group is calling for a travel boycott of Jamaica, dubbing it “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth.” (Via Scanner)
• The collapse of Britain’s Freedom Direct Holidays has reportedly affected 10,000 travelers; elsewhere, Canadian travelers stranded in Mexico after Conquest Vacations folded are now being threatened with detainment if they don’t pay up for a second time.
• Uncertainty remains in Bangkok: yesterday, the capital was declared “safe for tourists” by the U.K. government, but an assassination attempt this morning on a protest leader has raised fears again.
• Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver: which is Canada’s culinary capital? Gourmet weighs in. (Via @upmagazine)
• Pop star Jason Mraz doesn’t go on tour without his official “joyologist”—and she never hits the road without these essential tools of joyology.

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