In Cuba with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra—a timpanist’s tale | Harvard Magazine. This is a lovely article by a young timpani player with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra about a recent trip to Cuba by the Orchestra. They performed concerts with their Cuban counterparts in three cities, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara and Havana. The culmination of their tour was a […]
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Phil Sheldon & Catherine Heeg: Changes in Tourism Industry
Join a lively conversation with me (Phil Sheldon), owner at Hanns Ebensten Travel/Alyson Adventures and member, China Inbound Task Force at NTA and graduate of ITMI. In this interview I share my insights on how the tourism industry has changed and how a tour director can provide ‘ecology of place’ for tour guests. While experiential […]
Key West Pride and the Mr. Pride Festival
Pride festivals are happening all over the country. This month during Key West’s Pride Festival, Zachary Moses got it in his head that he should enter the Mr. Pride Pageant at the last minute. Lacking the time to put together the standard million dollar talent show that is his style (complete with swans, swimmers and […]
Donation for the Hill Country Ride For Aids
Each year HE Travel gives back to the community in ways that not only help people, but embody the spirit of the tours we offer. Along with making monetary contributions and volunteering our time, we offer several of our unique tours each year to non-profit organizations to enhance their fund-raising. One of our donations this year was a spot […]
Meditations on Mount Athos
I was very moved on Easter Sunday 2011 to see the 60 Minutes story on CBS TV about the monasteries of Mount Athos in northern Greece. As the 60 Minutes narrator said, this peninsula has probably seen less change over the past 500 years than any other inhabited place on earth. I led small groups of […]
Alaskan Frontiers: McCarthy Lodge
Why go with HE Travel to Alaska? Because, along with our Alaskan partners, we show you the vast grandeur of Alaska better than anyone else. People keep asking me what ship we’ll be using in Alaska. My answer to them is “We don’t use a ship! In fact, we have designed our itinerary so that you’ll rarely […]