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17 Oct 2012
14 Sep 2012

  • Another smart look at the new iPhone 5 from the traveler’s perspective

    Digital

    From its mind-boggling array of useful apps to a camera that now ranks as most popular on the photo sharing site Flickr, the iPhone has been a game changer for travelers. Some travel-related features in the just-unveiled iPhone 5 are more incremental than revolutionary, including slightly longer battery life. But, with a faster processor and access to to speedier [...]

10 Aug 2012

  • How a social travel app pivoted away from travel planning to stay alive

    Digital

    What do you do when your users aren’t using your service the way you intended? If you’re Trover’s CEO, you wake up and make some adjustments. As a result, the mobile app that debuted about a year ago as a social travel planning tool has morphed into something that doesn’t really look like a travel [...]

  • 10 transportation apps smartphone owners should download now

    Digital

    As summer comes to an end, take the opportunity to sneak in a quick trip to a cool locale, whether it’s close to home or a hop, skip and jump away. While navigating unfamiliar territory isn’t always very fun, your mobile device makes life on the go a lot easier. These 10 transportation apps will [...]

06 Jul 2012

  • Holland America to offer non-bland meals for no cost once per voyage

    Transport

    What’s for dinner on Holland America? How about Scandinavian-style seafood and potato chowder, Lebanese lamb shank, or tofu and vegetable korma.

  • Queen Elizabeth 2 will become a floating hotel in Dubai in 18 months

    Rooms

    Dubai plans to refit the Queen Elizabeth 2 as a 300-room hotel, ending five years of uncertainty over the fate of the historic cruise liner. Sultan bin Sulayem, chairman of QE2 owner Istithmar, says the vessel will open within 18 months as the centerpiece of an entertainment village, including a maritime museum, in Port Rashid, [...]

  • Turkey’s growth and popularity expands offshore to the cruise industry, too

    Transport

    The Seatrade Turkish Cruise Forum has closed with delegates leaving Izmir after a 1.5 day conference and networking session, which saw cruise lines, ports and suppliers come together to discuss the growing momentum for cruise tourism in Turkey and purchasing strategies and opportunities for local sourcing. In welcoming delegates to the conference on Wednesday 4th [...]

  • Airbnb for dog sitting site DogVacay goes nationwide

    SkiftX

    Startup DogVacay takes the concept of the “sharing economy” and throws it to the dogs. Unlike other companies that help people rent out their houses, like Airbnb, or their cars, like RelayRides and Getaround, Dog Vacay is a marketplace for people to find others to take care of their dogs. DogVacay, which raised $1 million [...]

  • Wealthy Chinese tourists continue to flock to Australia

    Destinations

    Ausralia is one of the top holiday choices for China’s super-rich to relax, go sightseeing and shop. For the second year in a row, Australia has ranked third behind France and the US as the most attractive destination for Chinese millionaires to holiday, according to a report by Shanghai-based private wealth researcher Rupert Hoogewerf.

  • How Japan Airlines cleaned up and got itself ready for its coming IPO

    SkiftX

    Japan Airlines’s initial public offering, expected in September, could be a monster affair. After a reorganization with the help of Japanese taxpayers, the airline is posting record profits and healthy operating margins. It even expanded on Tuesday morning into budget air travel in a venture with Qantas Airways