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Airlines
AirTran's flights will be eliminating bag fees even faster than Southwest can repaint the planes.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago
Alaska CEO says it’s looking to succeed as an independent entity, a goal that’s become more difficult with ongoing consolidation and perhaps even foolish given Hawaiian’s aggressive growth to the east.
Dave Segal, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | 10 years ago
Cruises
If the cruise industry can rebound from these six horrific trips, it’s only be a matter of time before bookings bounce back as die-hard cruisers move on from the shock and first-timers choose to take a risk.
Tom Meltzer, The Guardian | 10 years ago
Airports as destinations, a trend we outlined in our 2013 trends report, is becoming a reality with Miami's new airport.
Patricia Mazzie, Miami Herald | 10 years ago
Tourism
Even though the Japanese have fun with guns, they don't see the benefit of owning them. Perhaps that's because they compare murder statistics with the U.S.: Guns were used in only 7 murders in Japan in 2011. In the U.S. there were over 11,000.
Eric Talmadge, Associated Press | 10 years ago
This isn't the bad news USA Today makes it out to be. Schedules aren't about time, they're about setting expectations. If a passenger makes it to his destination on time or before they think they will, they're totally satisfied.
Skift | 10 years ago
With the exception of the silly use of QR codes, the campaign is a very creative way to lure visitors to a place they may not otherwise consider by piquing their interest with a bit of controversy.
Billy Briggs, The Guardian | 10 years ago
Not that we would complain with less TSA, but it would only end up delaying more of our travel plans and airport wait times, which will cause real pain. And then the more serious matter of less security.
Alan Levin, Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg | 10 years ago
The passenger's nightmare trip has finally come to an end, but Carnival will need to figure out how it can do much, much better communicating to past and future guests in order to prevent this year from turning into a bad dream.
Jay Reeves, Associated Press | 10 years ago
The survey seems a bit ad hoc and with a small sample size, but overall sentiment of main tourism sites being too crowded for locals is likely a valid deterring sentiment.
Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Bangkok Post | 10 years ago
