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Don't toss out your headphones just yet. This might make it to First or Business--maybe even Premium Economy class on select airlines--but having this level of technology standard at the back of the plane could take a while.

The copy-heavy Belmond hotels print advertising campaign, its first, is an interesting experiment for the new brand. It is inspirational and experiential, but will it resonate with today's on-the-go, smartphone-in-hand travelers? We'll see.

Guests have grown to expect more personalized and custom-tailored experiences. In order to keep up, hotels are facing a need to utilize technology that lets them efficiently segment customers and provide better guest experiences.

As evidence that technology improves the travel experience mounts, passengers will become more open to sharing their data and interacting with advanced devices that inform and improve their air travel experience.

The extended-stay segment might be considered a unique animal, but its performance begs to be considered the king of the jungle. Understand why and understand who the leaders are who are driving the trends.

People rarely like airline food in the air, so it's hard to see how serving it to them on the ground could ever catch on. It does, though, speak to how airline food service companies are looking for new business beyond the skies.

Here's how the top destinations on social media are winning this month.

As Latin American countries grow as destinations, it is in the interests of properties and review sites like TripAdvisor to generate more reviews from Latin America travelers to really round out the perspective.

While the use of Big Data in personalized marketing efforts is a goal for a number of businesses in the travel industry, making it a reality is a tougher sell.

You gotta love it when big companies speak of "tuck-in" acquisitions. One acquisition that Avis Budget is close to nailing would be for more than $50 million, and that's larger than its acquisition of Payless last year. Small, inconsequential stuff in the world of Avis Budget, and M&A.