How Melbourne Transit’s ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ Won the Internet
It's rare to see a transit agency that takes a chance on anything, let alone a PSA about danger. Here's to giving government agencies more leeway.
2013 Archives
Internet Association Says Subpoena of Airbnb Could Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’
The Internet Association's argument highlights the need for New York state and city officials to either enforce the laws on the books or so those users that do use the service legally can do so within set guidelines.
Smart Hotel Rooms: One Brave Property Ditches the In-Room Phone
Removing the hotel phone is akin to Apple's Steve Jobs removing the floppy disk drive from the iMac or Flash from the iPhone: necessary and brave.
Why Travel Agents and Telephones Still Rule Cruise Booking
If you thought social travel and trip-planning were hard, just consider online cruise booking, where travel agents and the phone are still the predominant tools.
Airbnb Hospitality Guru Explains Hospitality to Travel Bloggers
Ex-hotelier Chip Conley is attempting to bring uniform standards of hospitality to the Wild West of online property sharing and half a million micro-entrepreneurs worldwide.
Ride-Sharing Firm Lyft Enters Sacramento and Uber Responds
The taxi industry is going to have to get used to it. There is more competition now in the form of Lyft, Uber, and services such as Zipcar. Although individual startups may come and go, the ride-sharing concept is here to stay.
Turkish Airlines Caters to Investors with In-Flight Startup Pitches
If frequently flying businesspeople can answer emails in the air, why not take pitches as well?
7 Things Priceline’s Jeffery Boyd Changed About the Business of Travel
Priceline's Jeffery Boyd is going out -- from the CEO post, at least -- at the top, and the guy with a banker's demeanor will come to be viewed as a rock star of online and mobile travel. We don't know about groupies, but there certainly are a ton of imitators.