Stephanie Oswald, WHAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL CHECKLIST?

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Award-Winning International Travel Expert and Editor-In-Chief of TravelGirl Magazine Stephanie Oswald
Provides Insider Tips on Stress-free Holiday Travel
It’s no secret that traveling during the holidays is one of the most stressful times of the year to embark on a journey. Long waits and winter weather present unexpected challenges for travelers nationwide. However, don’t let the winter holiday travel season keep you home. Nationally recognized travel expert and Editor-in-Chief of Travel Girl Magazine Stephanie Oswald comes to rescue. Stephanie will provide insider travel tips to help you overcome the challenges of winter holiday travel. She will discuss everything from how to find the best accommodations and airfare deals to what to pack for a stress-free trip.
Some of the Unique Insider Holiday Travel Tips Stephanie can offer are:
• Research: planning a smart holiday trip means doing your homework
• Holiday Travel Checklist: What should be on your list
• Choosing the best accommodations for your budget
• Holiday Road Trip Tips-Before You Go and On The Road
• Ship it: Call your preferred overnight carrier or a luggage service to ship your clothing and toiletries.
• Buy gifts when you arrive, or shop and ship: Simplify your holiday travel experience by planning to buy
your gifts when you get there.
• Stay in touch with yourself: E-mail a copy of your passport or your driver’s license to yourself
• Dress for success at security: Remember that every second counts at the airport. So leave the bulky
belts, complicated boots and heavy jewelry at home, or pack it in your checked luggage
• Be an official frequent traveler: Even if you only travel once or twice a year, join the frequent flyer
program for any airline you fly
• Pack some pampering: Bring along some stress busters in the form of Zen-inducing travel candles,
your favorite scented hand lotion
• Travel medical advice
• What are the top Holiday travel destinations
• How can I get some perks and discounts leading into my trip?
• What are easy ways to relieve some of the stress that comes with traveling?
• How can I make the most out of my travel budget and still have an awesome vacation?
• Where can my listeners find more information?

More About Stephanie Oswald:
As the Editor-in-Chief of travelgirl magazine, a Web Correspondent for The Weather Channel, and seasoned travel correspondent for CNN, she has reported on everything from stress-relieving spa treatments and unique escapes around the world to the human side of a hurricane. She is the co-founder of travelgirl — the first national travel magazine to launch after the events of 9/11. The travel and lifestyle publication was chosen by industry leader Mr. Magazine as one of the “most notable” launches of 2003. Oswald is a native New Yorker who spent 13 years globetrotting as CNN’s travel correspondent and host of the weekend program, CNN Travel Now. In 2003, she also launched a groundbreaking series called The Weather Channel Road Crew that showcased the “fun” side of weather. In 2004, she filed written and audio reports during Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne as the very first Web Correspondent for Weather.com. As anchor and correspondent for CNN Travel Now, a weekly program on worldwide destinations, travel trends and cuisine, Oswald specialized in adventure travel, filing reports from Europe, South America, Asia and the Caribbean. One series took her into the depths of Papua New Guinea for a rare and eye-opening look at the Huli Wigmen. Her reports also appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN in-flight programming for Delta Air Lines, CNN International and the CNN Airport Network. Immediately after 9/11, she filed human interest stories on the crisis for CNN, and covered the impact on the travel industry during live studio reports on CNN Headline News.
Stephanie’s website (www.travelgirlinc.com)

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Singapore

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Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and is 137 kilometers (85 mi) north of the equator. The country’s territory consists of the lozenge-shaped main island, commonly referred to as Singapore Island in English and Pulau Ujong in Malay, and more than 60 significantly smaller islets. Singapore is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from Indonesia’s Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to the south. The country is highly urbanized, and little of the original vegetation remains. The country’s territory has consistently expanded through land reclamation.
The islands were settled in the second century AD and subsequently belonged to a series of local empires .Modern Singapore was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading post of the East India Company with permission from the Johor Sultanate. The British obtained sovereignty over the island in 1824, and Singapore became one of the British Straits Settlements in 1826. Occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Singapore declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1963 and united with other former British territories to form Malaysia, from which it was expelled two years later through a unanimous act of parliament. Since then, Singapore has developed rapidly, earning recognition as one of the Four Asian Tigers.
Singapore is one of the world’s major commercial hubs, with the fourth-biggest financial center and one of the five busiest ports. Its globalized and diversified economy depends heavily on trade, especially manufacturing, which represented 26 percent of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. In terms of purchasing power parity, Singapore has the third-highest per capita income in the world but one of the world’s highest income inequalities. It places highly in international rankings with regard to education, healthcare, and economic competitiveness. Approximately 5.4 million people live in Singapore (June 2013), of which approximately two million are foreign-born. While Singapore is diverse, ethnic Asians predominate: 75 percent of the population is Chinese, with significant minorities of Malays, Indians, and Eurasians. There are four official languages, English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil, and the country promotes multiculturalism through a range of official policies.
Singapore is a unitary multiparty parliamentary republic, with a Westminster system of unicameral parliamentary government. The People’s Action Party has won every election since self-government began in 1959. The dominance of the PAP, coupled with a low level of press freedom and suppressed civil liberties and political rights, has led to Singapore being classified as a semi-authoritarian regime. One of the five founding members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Singapore is also the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, and a member of the East Asia Summit, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Commonwealth. Singapore’s rapid development has given it significant influence in global affairs, leading some analysts to identify it as a middle power.

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