By Yunus Momoniat• 14 April 2021
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 26: Artist and music producer Brian Eno poses in front of his latest light illustration titled 77 Million Paintings during a photo call for Luminous , a program of musical events being hosted by the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Sydney on May 26, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The festival runs from today until June 14 and sees 30 musical acts, performances and installations taking place at Bennelong Point, including Eno s audio-visual piece 77 Million Paintings at Sydney Opera House on May 26, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images)
From the early 1950s, rock music became the soundtrack for city life, the thrashing snare drums and jangling of electric guitars reflecting and colouring the soundscapes of a cacophonous industrial civilisation. By the mid-1970s the guitar was being replaced by the synthesiser and the timbre of popular music began to change into varieties of other textures. H
Travel Advisors Add Fees, Urge Clients to Purchase Insurance
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A growing number of travel advisors are adding fees and urging clients to buy insurance to protect their vacation investments, as part of the wide-ranging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel industry.
“Deciding that it was time to start charging fees after 15 years of no fees was very difficult, but it was something that I have wanted to do for quite some time,” said Renee Taylor, Renee Taylor Travel, affiliated with Travel Experts.
“I enlisted the help of a colleague and came up with a fee structure that would make me feel comfortable in presenting fees to my long-time existing clients as well new clients. Most of my clients were very receptive and even commented that they have wondered why I waited this long to charge for my services.”