2013 › April

Shameful, as one of the most prominent industries in U.S. is held hostage to the partisanship, and the lawmakers don't even care enough to move fast before their holidays.

Things have come full circle in the decade-long Priceline-Hotwire skirmish. Over the last couple of years, Priceline officials conceded that Hotwire was taking share from Priceline's Name Your Own Price business, which has been de-emphasized. Now Expedia execs say Priceline's Express Deals have been eating Hotwire's lunch.

Fans of the burgeoning industry of YouTube videos featuring drunken Russian airline passengers will no doubt be upset by this decision. Fellow passengers, though, will love it.

Southwest didn't succeed in its new advertising campaign. It could have portrayed itself as a low-fare airline without losing all of its fun and humor.

New Yorkers don't have to worry about losing those few moments of disconnectivity since Wi-Fi still won’t be available on moving trains; however, MTA officials say it could happen in the future.

Bus and Amtrak are definitely great alternatives (or even first choices) in short haul travel, especially along U.S. eastern corridor, and the industry orgs & companies should step up their marketing in the coming days.

The battle within Chicago will likely be for naught. The significance of a presidential library in Hawaii will far outweigh the president's affection for Chicago.

It's a challenge being an effective regulator with limited funds and adversaries with much deeper pockets and better political connections than your agency has.

Despite airline deregulation, these furloughs highlight the industry’s, sometimes beneficial and other times detrimental, continuing dependency on U.S. regulation and lawmakers.

The Carnival Triumph fiasco had an adverse affect on rival Royal Caribbean's performance in the first quarter. However, Royal Caribbean says it performed well despite "recent adverse industry media coverage."