2013 Archives

Denver continued to promote itself as a young active city even after its marijuana legalization vote, which would make Portland the first U.S. city to turn its laid-back attitude about drugs into an official marketing campaign.

It's nice to see Jamaica's tourism board do something other than rest on its laurels. Now if it could only make the reality of visiting the island and its poor infrastructure, dodgy police, and dirty streets as stress-free as this promotion.

Virgin America still has a ways to go until its in a position of strength. While delaying plane orders and cut back on routes has saved it money, it needs some expansion to keep it from being just a treat for New York and California travelers.

Theme parks, with gargantuan layout and wait times as their key "feature," could benefit a lot from mobile integration. It doesn't have to be more complicated than a well-functioning mobile app, at least as a start.

A small number of travel startups just gasped their last dying breath. The desire to physically see the distance covered on a map dates back before the guidebook, but this new tool lets users add context and quickly share it across the web.

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.