2013 › January

Now that this issue is slowly being solved, will the BBC now speed up the sale process for LonelyPlanet? 2013 may be the year LP will have a new owner.

LAX started offering the incentive over a decade ago, which no longer makes sense for the airport as it risks losing up to $120,000 a day from free parking.

Just how surprisingly outdated and inefficient America’s transportation infrastructure is will only become more apparent in the coming years as other countries leverage technology to make travel easier and safer.

Experts say this is the most consumer friendly DOT to date, but its efforts to increase fare transparency won’t stop the industry from looking for little ways to boost their bottom line at the cost of their passengers.

Millennials raised on intuitive, leisure-oriented travel experiences have come to expect more from corporate travel.

Reducing stresses, most of which are incremental changes, is the next big user experience battle in the airline/aviation industry.

Once derided by many in the travel industry, travel metasearch has come of age and is viewed by Expedia, Priceline and others as a necessary weapon in an assault on global growth. Expedia is hedging its bets and playing the field with Trivago and Room 77.

The factors contributing to the rise in vacation sales following Christmas this year highlight tendencies in all travelers: bad weather, returning to work, or a vacation-less summer motivate us to book a trip.

The travel industry in the coming year will define and be shaped by geopolitical events as the world realigns itself to new, global, and connected realities.

Our "favorite" cliche is "Chinese don’t really plan their trips" and "Chinese eat quickly."