2013 Archives

Airports are becoming destinations with luxury retail and local hotspots available to any flyer passing through. And they offer new brands a more temporary, affordable spot to gain awareness during heavy traffic times.

This is a genius use of content marketing for the new hotel brand, which is providing useful information for its guests as well as creating a new source to attract new customers and raise brand awareness. Now it just needs to open one of the hotels.

Eurostar is preparing to expand routes to Amsterdam in 2016 giving the UK a limited amount of time to give up its shares. The UK is looking to raise cash and improve its domestic links.

Increased travel to the region, a booming cruising industry in nearby Singapore, and expanding ports are paving the way for the country's fastest growing tourism sector.

Skyscanner is all about flights, and it has global reach so the launch of its Soccer/Football Flight Finder tool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup travel is a no-brainer.

JetBlue really needs to devote more resources to its tech capabilities. It is finally getting around to it with its imminent satellite-based Wi-Fi, but the airline needs to stay on top of its game.

The controversy about in-flight voice calls on U.S. airlines may be overstated. Foreign airlines have been allowing it for years, and there hasn't been a huge problem. Most passengers prefer texting and email anyway.

The deliveries are stunts, but they're also testing the waters for Uber's expansion into on-demand services either in addition to or in replacement of their existing car hailing business.

The impact of a Chinese government clampdown on luxury travel spend isn't expected to impact IHG in the long term as it gears up to build up to 170 new hotels over an unspecified period of time.

Beyond the ping pong and well-designed interiors is a clear-eyed hotelier who knows both his clientele and where the hotel industry is heading.