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A good tour operator is important, and hard to find. Ed Perkins offers tips for sifting through the options and choosing the one that's best for you.

Let’s be clear. Your email is not your work; it is simply a tool to help you do your work.

A Quick Survey Before we get under way with today’s briefer-than-normal chat, I want to conduct a little research on the run. Put up your hand if happiness is one of your aims in life. And no, participation is not optional at Stepcase Lifehack today

Online hotel review service Oyster features a Photo Fakeout category in their blog that gives a reality check to hotel reviews, pitting a hotel's promotional images with actual photographs. The only disappointing thing about Oyster's Photo Fakeouts is that there aren't more of them—and that this isn't the dedicated feature of any site we can find.

China next month plans to officially open its largest conference venue, the China National Convention Center, a 5.3 million-sq.-ft. complex located amid Beijing's 2008 Olympic venues.

Continental Airlines on Nov. 1 will move operations to the South Wing of Terminal 1 at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, putting the carrier under the same roof as other Star Alliance airlines. Continental this month officially shifts from SkyTeam to Star, and the Tokyo move is its latest Asian alignment with its new partners, following moves at Beijing International Airport and Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.

Tying a ribbon on your suitcase is old hat. If you want to combine high-visibility and comfort, a paracord wrap is a more durable and useful alternative. The majority of luggage is black and a conveyor belt at the end of a long trip can hold hundreds of suitcases.