PETER PAVONE: `BEST SINATRA IMPERSONATOR’ on TravelTalkRADIO

PETER PAVONE: `BEST SINATRA IMPERSONATOR’

Peter Pavone’s love of show business and talents recently earned him to be named “The World’s Best Sinatra Impersonator” by the Vegas News.

Peter was also listed as fourth “Best Impersonator” in the R-J’s Best of Las Vegas Poll for 2014. That’s considering all celebrity impersonators. Peter was ranked the “Best Sinatra Impersonator.”

He recently returned from a six-week engagement in Kyoto, Japan which was sold-out.  He said, “The Japanese audience was sensational and I sold more CDs in six weeks than since `Cool Hot & Swingin’’ was released in 2008. Peter’s latest release `Sinatra Style’ is also available on iTunes.”

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No one ever believes their dream vacation can instantly turn into a tragic nightmare…until it’s too late.

Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, Author of Fatal Sunset on TravelTalkRADIO

Some tourists vanish without a trace. Over 170 people have disappeared from cruise ships around the world since 1995, several under very suspicious circumstances. Others have their lives senselessly stolen, like the 8-year old boy sucked into an unprotected pool drain at a major resort, leaving his mother crying out his name as security staff held her at gunpoint. Or 22-year old Nolan Webster, denied proper medical care after being pulled unconscious from a Cancun resort pool, only to have his dead body left in plain view for hours and his parents billed for his room.

Vacations are meant to be joyous and fun. Sometimes terrible things happen unexpectedly. A parasailing newlywed plummets hundreds of feet to her death on the last day of her honeymoon when her harness snaps in mid-air. Hikers make a fatal plunge on an improperly-marked Kauai cliffside trail. And of course, there’s every mother’s nightmare: the disappearance of Natalee Holloway while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba with members of her senior class.
 “There’s one piece of advice I’ve learned researching this book,” tells Nemcoff. “Dare to be aware.”

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Video during my Paris to Vernon cruise on the ms River Venture

During my Paris to Vernon cruise on the ms River Venture with Vantage Deluxe World Travel I shared my view on cruising the rivers rather than the international waters in the high seas. If you have not cruised in Europe, perhaps you might want to give this a try. I am hooked!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1E3DJtEcY&feature=youtu.be

Center for Disease Control explains Travel Health Notices given to travelers

TravelTalkRADIO March 23, 2014

    Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Contributor to TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO                                                                                              Kate Spruit-McGoff Nurse Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch

Center for Disease Control explains  Travel Health Notices given to travelers Kate Spruit-McGoff joins Sandy for an interesting discussion about the CDC criteria regarding posting health notices. Kate is a Nurse Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch. She is also a Lieutenant in the United States Public Health Service. Her core work for CDC includes researching and developing travel notices, writing website content, and clinical education. She is a board member of the American Travel Health Nurses Association (ATHNA) and chair of ATHNA’s Communication Committee. What are the CDC Travel Notices?CDC posts travel health notices about disease outbreaks, major disasters, and international gatherings, such as religious or sporting events.          The notices include information about the situation or health risk, who is affected and how travelers can protect their health. How does CDC determine when to post a notice? CDC monitors disease outbreaks and other situations around the world. We use standard criteria to evaluate situations and determine whether or not a notice is warranted. TH reports on unusual or unexpected situations that are likely to affect travelers or to spread internationally. Travel notices are reserved for unusual situations, but expected disease risks are explained at the CDC Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/travel

What are the different levels of travel notices?

Warning Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel

Alert Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions

Watch Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

·       Notices are assigned different levels based their
health recommendation.

·     Each travel health notice has a section that gives
advice about how travelers can protect themselves.
For example, a Level 1 Watch advises travelers to 
“Practice Usual Precautions.” These usual precautions would be following the same healthy habits recommended for all travelers for that destination,  such as washing your hands or avoiding mosquito bites.
A Level 2 Alert advises travelers to “Practice Enhanced Precautions.”These enhanced precautions would not normally be recommended for that destination and could include actions such as getting a vaccine or taking a medication.

A Level 3 Warning advises travelers to “Avoid Nonessential Travel.” This level of a travel health notice recommends that travelers avoid traveling to the destination unless absolutely necessary. 
Warnings are used rarely and only in the most serious circumstances.

Still Time for a little snow fun

Nothing better for the winter blues then a little music. Our town is filled with legendary musicians and talented  young people.

New Orleans reaches out across the world to the Philippines and offers support.

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Joining Sandy are Brad Weaber, CVB executive Vice President / Kelly Schulz, VP, Communications and PR Its no secret that New Orleans has had its share of challenges. Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 caused significant problems due to the breach of the flood protection system designed after 1965 to protect the city. Over 204,000 homes in New Orleans were damaged or destroyed, and more than 800,000 citizens displaced — the greatest displacement in the United States since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Tourism, is the main artery when it comes to pumping money into the local economy, and should become front and center for any challenged region, some easier than others. The good news for New Orleans was that tourism had already proved to be a main resource for prosperity and they knew they could do it again. In turn helped another region, the Philippines. Brad Weaber and Kelly Schulz made the trip and reassured the Philippines that they too could over come the obstacles of devastation and the wrath of mother nature. Wish guidance and support the  odd couple of the Philippine nation and New Orleans are marching to the same drummer, learning from each other and truly enjoying the alliance. Brad and Kelly share with us some of the encounters and how they are moving to the next phase with their new friends.  This story is one of hope, friendship and the idea that we are in a global village and that we can all make a difference. Hats off to NOLA CVB! Take a listen, you will not be disappointed.

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