Ground Transport
Las Vegas taxi strike this weekend, tourists gridlock predicted
The strip would be stripped of these cabs if the strike goes through, with tourists using them having to find alternative ways in a very busy season.
Hotels
Remote Great Barrier Reef area to get large new development
It's difficult to imagine that while there may be excellent, short-term economic benefits, we're going to see the type of development that will allow the rare, on-of-a-kind destination to remain as protected as it is now.
Ground Transport
Megabus' poor U.S. performance worries its owner Stagecoach
When your product smells like old flip flops and stale french fries and your promised internet connection and power outlets don't work, you do tend to perform lower than your parent company would like.
SkiftX
What have we done to ourselves: majority U.S. travelers leave unused vacation days
Survey to be taken with grain of salt since this is BestWestern PR, but points to our generation's inability to unplug and take time to rejuvenate.
Hotels
Jetsetter sale finally nearing completion, announcement expected next week
For all its problems, Jetsetter is a market leader in hotel flash sales, and an acquisition at a bargain-rate sale price could help TripAdvisor inject some life into SniqueAway.
Online Travel
Social discovery app announces investment from Bing via another social app
Another social service built atop Foursquare while the latter is in the process of moving away from check-ins and connections is interesting; as if Sonar thinks it knows something Foursquare hasn't spent years learning.
Hotels
Florida court sides with online travel agencies on hotel taxes
Win one in Florida, lose one in Hawaii ... the hotel tax issue for online travel agencies has dragged on across the country for nine years. The OTAs have won most of the cases, but there have been important setbacks along the way.
Media and PR
How to pick a travel companion you won't hate at journey's end
Where were you when we needed you on that trip five vacations ago?