2014 › August

If there's one combined lesson travel companies can take from Uber it's this: Make the experience seamless.

Travel destinations that are as good to locals as they are to visitors strike the perfect balance. But it's really hard to make that happen.

Today, frequent flier miles get you only so far. Instead, focus on redeeming your business travel hotel points when vacationing with family or friends.

We're waiting for the flight attendant caught on tape warning a customer that he can easily be replace with a quiet block of much more valuable cargo.

The role of tourism bureaus is shifting from sales and marketing to placemaking and place branding. These 50 cities are out in front of that trend.

This is the global State of Travel, in 2014 and beyond. Go ahead, gorge on the 105-page slide deck.

Uber and Lyft have the advantage that they are travel apps that, like Google Maps, many people use every day. More travel apps should find a way to be relevant more often.

Most travel tech people don't see the opportunity for better hotel booking and reservations management coming from the restaurant industry -- as the response to OpenTable purchase demonstrated. This is the next great opportunity for startups in travel.