2013 Archives

ME Hotels is gaining a ton of worldwide publicity in travel and design media by commissioning celebrity architects to design the interiors of its new properties.

The general British population, who fly more than American general populace, are more fed up of kids on flights, on aggregate, and willing to pay more.

So far tourism boards worldwide haven't embraced the creative video community on Vimeo, and have mostly focused on YouTube as a way to distribute videos. The former can help them create the right kind of videos beyond the usual 30-second TV spots and the generic and mostly boring destination/activity videos.

Let's see: Now we have a powerful Congressman telling passengers to keep their personal lives to themselves as one of his arguments against in-flight voice calls. Passengers on European, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American Airlines have been making in-flight voice calls for years, and without major flareups.

Seven out of the 10 most popular places are sports stadiums or theme parks making the U.S. list significantly less diverse than the global list of top attractions. It is a clear sign of where Americans' travel priorities lie.

Expedia tries to sum its survey with a sunny figure that says 84 percent of passengers believe fellow flyers are considerate, but the excitement around increased in-flight device use suggests most people prefer to fly with as little human contact as necessary.

Well, the American Airlines and US Airways integration teams certainly had plenty of time to prepare for some of the early merger milestones, and they've started to detail some of the timelines. The airlines, meanwhile, will continue to function separately for an extended period as the heavy lifting in the integration proceeds.

The list is a diverse set of attractions from theme parks and sports stadiums to museums and outdoor sites that shows the breadth of the global tourism industry.