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20 Jun 2012
19 Jun 2012

  • Under-32 workers bring the BYO mentality to biz travel

    SkiftX

    The children of the baby-boom generation are the first generation that never knew life before the Internet. And because they are a growing portion of the work force, the companies that employ them, as well as the hotels, airlines and other travel-related businesses that serve them, are having to change the way they talk to [...]

  • Rural airports in U.S. get financial boost from partisan lawmakers

    Transport

    Source: Associated Press By Andrew Taylor Tea party lawmakers from rural areas were among those fighting the hardest to preserve taxpayer subsidies for airline flights into and out of small towns last year after senior Republicans tried to eliminate the oft-criticized program. Now, the House Appropriations Committee is awarding the program an 11 percent budget [...]

  • Visitors seek out Chinese river excursions for something new

    Transport

    Source: Associated Press By Pat Eaton-Robb A search for iconic China often takes tourists to the Great Wall in the north and the archaeological pits of the terra-cotta warriors in the nation’s midsection. But for a glimpse of China’s natural beauty, take the trip south to the city of Guilin, and board a boat for [...]

  • TripAdvisor says that Hanoi is the cheapest spot for a traveler’s night out, London most expensive

    SkiftX

    TripAdvisor’s TripIndexTM 2012, a cost comparison of an evening out for two people in 48 key tourist cities around the world, rates Hanoi as the cheapest and London as the most expensive city, with Singapore ranked among top 10 most expensive.

  • Airbnb builds its brand by pretending it’s not building a brand

    Rooms

    Although Airbnb is the one of the most visible examples of the access economy, it’s easy to forget how much impact this global business has on local economies. At Sustainable Brands 2012, Christopher Lukesic talked about Airbnb’s love for the individual, community and face-to-face relationships. For a company that provides booking services for unique spaces, that fits. Lukesic [...]

  • Colorado tourism hit hard this season by wildfires

    Destinations

    Source: Bloomberg By Jennifer Oldham A wildfire in the Colorado mountains that’s consumed an area bigger than Washington, D.C., is causing visitors to shy away from the state during what officials hoped would be a record-breaking summer for tourism. Ranch operators, fishing guides and river rafting companies said smoke and road closures from the so-called [...]

  • Hotels give travelers a tool to tell them how green they’re behaving

    Rooms

    A group of leading hotel companies have launched a new tool designed to standardise measurement and reporting of the hospitality sector’s carbon impact. The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) have collaborated with 23 global hospitality firms to produce a method of calculating the footprint of hotel stays and [...]