2013 Archives

Online Travel

Event-booking app Yplan raises $12 million in funding

Last-minute event booking is a natural fit for mobile, but we wonder how Yplan will break in when it faces competitors in household names such as Ticketmaster, StubHub and many others.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Can ASEAN nations lure tourists and keep their soul?

The 10 nations of ASEAN are increasingly tourism dependent, and need common policies and branding to continue building up in a sustainable way, and stay away from bad examples in parts of Thailand and Cambodia.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Marseille’s transformation from criminal to cultural capital of the Mediterranean

Crime in Marseille never approached the levels of violence in the U.S., but rather pointed to the complicated lines that tied the French city to the cultural ties that once linked Mediterranean cities before the rise of modern nation-states.

Thomas Adamson, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Ireland Tourism pulls heart strings of travelers for Gathering initiative

Ireland has been criticized for its overly emotional campaign, but the outburst of large and small cultural events have driven visitor numbers up and boosted the economy.

Helen O'Neill, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Security concerns at Statue of Liberty push screening process to Manhattan

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

Alaska Air lets high school student design a Hawaii-themed plane’s exterior

Not a bad way to get passengers excited about your livery and routes, as well as add a bit of color to the skies.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Hotels

Accor will reposition Pullman Hotels to focus on business and leisure combo

The term "bleisure" is what some travel experts would describe as "sterrible" (a combo of "silly" and "terrible") and simply "lunimaginative" ("lazy" meets "unimaginative").

ArabianBusiness.com Staff, HotelierMiddleEast.com | 11 years ago

Hotels

What Starwood learned by moving its execs to Dubai for a month

Rival execs mocked Starwood's decision to relocate, but the brand's leaders are definitely learning more on site than they are mulling over spreadsheets in a corporate campus.

Emma Hall, AdAge | 11 years ago

Hotels

Morgans Hotel sees stocks climb after revealing it will consider takeover

Morgans survived the boutique hotel boom and crash, but its challenges on the customer service front has made it difficult to transition its young, hip guets into loyal visitors.

Nadja Brandt and Brian Louis, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Disney theme parks new price hikes far outpace rate of inflation

Disney had no problem filling its parks in 2012 after a similar increase, and it's doubtful the new hikes will have any effect on attendance since Disney has never been one to compete on price.

Lisa Richwine, Reuters | 11 years ago