Morning Links: Taj to Reopen, ‘The Pervert’s Grand Tour’ and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 12.16.08 | 9:38 AM ET
- The Taj Hotel, one of the Mumbai sites stormed by terrorists last month, plans to reopen some of its rooms Sunday night.
- Joe Brancatelli writes: “Like it or not, acts of terror aimed at travelers and the places they frequent are very good business tactics indeed.”
- Rome and Milan are now connected by the high-speed Red Arrow train.
- Tony Perrottet continues his Pervert’s Grand Tour at Slate. “Sex,” he writes, “Sex has always been the unspoken inspiration for travel.”
- Delta adds WiFi to some East Coast shuttle flights. The airline says it will make its entire fleet wireless by the middle of next year.
- Robbie Knievel will jump the volcano at the Mirage in Las Vegas on his motorcycle on New Year’s Eve. I’ve been to Vegas on New Year’s Eve. This will not be the craziest thing that happens that night.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 12.16.08 | 11:06 AM ET
The Taj is probably one of the safest plces to stay in Mumbai, from now on. Apparently, terrorists and lightning don’t strike in the same place twice.
Michael Yessis 12.16.08 | 11:31 AM ET
I wish that were true, Ling. The destruction of the Twin Towers was a second effort.
That said, given the opportunity I’d stay at the Taj Sunday night.