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Happy New Year from Holbrook Travel!
The Holbrook Travel office will be closed on January 1st, 2015 in observance of New Year's Day. Our office will reopen on January 2nd. Happy New Year!
This singing sloth wants to #SaveTheAmericans
Americans leave over 500,000,000 vacation days unused. The problem is real. Forced to work long hours in stressful environments, increasingly estranged from their natural habitat, the American worker grows more endangered every day. Thankfully, help has arrived.
Happy Holidays from Holbrook Travel!
The Holbrook Travel office will be closed after 3pm EST on December 24th and all day December 25th in observance of Christmas. Our office will reopen on December 26th.
Video: Operation RubyThroat in the news
Dr. Bill Hilton Jr. was recently featured as a "hometown hero" by his local news channel CN2 in South Carolina for his dedication to environmental research. Watch the video below to see an interview with Bill about his ongoing hummingbird project, Operation RubyThroat. You can join Bill on a...
Holbrook Holiday Party 2014
On Saturday, December 13th the Holbrook team gathered together to celebrate the holiday season. Thanks to Laura Hare for the photos!
Help Save Science in the Galápagos
A little farther off the west coast of Ecuador, the serene and picturesque Galápagos have captivated visitors with endless opportunities to snorkel with sea lions, meet giant tortoises and interact with all of the other endemic and colorful critters that live near its crystal clear shores. If you...
Holbrook Goes to Cleveland for NABT Conference
November 12-15 Sandy Schmidt will be representing Holbrook Travel in Cleveland, Ohio for the NABT Professional Development Conference. Stop by booth 205 to see Sandy and learn more about travel opportunities for professional development and academic programs with Holbrook. Conference participants...
Holbrook Travel Heads to Orlando for the NSTA Regional Conference
Lisa Palmese-Graubard will represent Holbrook in Orlando, Fla. November 6-8 for the NSTA area conference on science education. You can visit Lisa at booth 1126 for information regarding opportunities for professional development and academic programs for summer 2015. The conference will include the...
Panama Canal Celebrates 100 Years
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the Panama Canal. A formidable project that was initially undertaken by France in the 1880s, abandoned, and later resumed by the U.S. in 1904, construction of the canal cost $375 million, and it’s estimated that tens of thousands of...
Holbrook Travel Celebrates 40th Anniversary
On May 29, 1974, Giovanna Holbrook filed the paperwork that formally established Holbrook Travel as a company. Thanks to Mrs. Holbrook and the amazing staff, guides, international partners, and travelers who have all been part of Holbrook's history since that moment, today Holbrook celebrates its...
100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal
Photo by Laurie McLaughlin This August marks the centennial anniversary of the gateway to the world, the Panama Canal. After many years of back-breaking labor and a slew of lives lost during the construction, Panama is celebrating the anniversary of one of the world's most brilliant engineering...