2013 › October

Brands are now responsible for creating original content across a number of platforms. It offers an opportunity to surprise and engage customers, but too many brands let the opportunity slip by making their message too complicated, too long, and too dry. Ibis gets it right.

The next six months will be interesting for the rental upstart, and fascinating to watch from the outside. Can it find a balance with regulators and can it keep the user growth momentum going?

Car-hailing apps are the hot thing in ground transportation, but they'll need a big market to succeed. We see a few glimpses of that here, as well as a few things that could be speedbumps for the services.

The list follows a strict set of guidelines that leaves out several fast-growing travel startups, but serves as another example of how broad the U.S. tourism industry is, even if it remains under-appreciated by politicians and economists.

The U.S. and other countries could learn some good lessons from the thoroughness -- and design-forward thinking -- on this report and analysis from TRA.

Writing hotel reviews has become a common part of a travel experience. Guests and hotel managers are getting better at filtering through the noise to write and comment on the service and amenities that really matter.

The discoveries are not so much about the TSA being more vigilant as they are about the growing number gun owners who tend to be more forgetful than their more responsible forebears.

It's taken Gogo almost two years to sign its first deal with a foreign airline, but we expect new technology and a growing demand for in-flight Wi-Fi will lead the service provider to close several more deals within the year.

The answer is a mix of history and geography.