2014 › April

There were two interesting announcements from major travel sites April 28: TripAdvisor added Wendy Perrin, formerly of Conde Nast Traveler, as its travel advocate, and Yahoo Travel relaunched with an emphasis on editorial, but also very heavy on travel inspiration and sponsored content. TripAdvisor has one of the most well-rounded travel sites on earth, and Yahoo is being Yahoo.

An aging, less mobile population is a design challenge on one hand and a revenue opportunity on the other.

These are among the first hotels to roll out on-site wearable tech and other brands will likely look on with curiosity to see whether or not the bracelets take off among guests.

Bourdain appears relaxed, grateful and truly happy to be in the company of Lyon's great chefs showing that his true love remains cooking and food, more so than the media game that's built him into he is today. It's a treat for viewers to see Bourdain enjoy an experience so thoroughly.

Adara, the world's largest travel data platform, connects digital advertisers to people who are going places. Adara can reach consumers from the point of consideration to the point of purchase through real-time access to first party data from more than 70 global travel brands. Adara has a rich set of data on over 250 million monthly uniques including access to 5 billion travel searches.

Passengers are happier when they have a good idea what they'll spend before they show up at the airport. SAS can charge a bit more, and still make people happy.