2013 Archives

Could Qantas be diligently keeping track of the movie selections with the prospect of one day charging for IFE, or is it looking to make up for the fact that there’s no longer Internet on international flights?

Orbitz, like all brands living online today, is tasked with producing creative original content to share via social media. In this case, it seems they’ve been more than happy to hand that responsibility over to a travel personality.

Free public Wi-Fi is a wonderful thing, but what cities are really clamoring for is Google Fiber. They can't keep it in Kansas City forever.

If you like the airline caste system, then you'll probably like United's new boarding system, and at least lowly card members get to board a little earlier.

A successful restructuring plan executed in April 2012 sparked the recent turnaround after a number of factors, including a spike in gas prices and the responsibility to run unprofitable routes as a national carrier, mired the carrier in debt for years.

Turkish Airlines’ ad eclipsed not just travel video ads, but almost all other video ads created in 2012. Expect TA to come out with more winners featuring Bryant, Messi, and other sports stars in 2013.

A booming economy and expanding middle class with a newly disposable income has made China the number one most sought after outbound tourism market in the world.

If we can have a museum devoted to ABBA, the idea of an airport named after the Black Sabbath frontman doesn't immediately have to be chucked in the "bad idea" bin.

"The notion that we should allow others to chart our destiny is anathema to the thinking certainly of me and others." That's the hard/soft power Emirates is projecting around the globe.

Restaurants were thriving, luxury hotels were being built, and visitor arrivals were at an all-time high in 2010, but violence in neighboring Syria has kept tourists and locals at home even more so than Lebanon’s own 15-year civil war.