Tourism

U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for May 2014

Asia and Latin America are both the benefactors of an improving U.S. economy that is giving residents the ability and confidence to travel overseas again.
Airlines

Travel Ban for Ebola-Stricken Countries Would be Counter-Productive

White House and CDC officials have come down strongly against a travel ban for Ebola-impacted countries in Africa, arguing that airport screening measures are adequate, and a ban would slow the process of getting aid workers and equipment into and out of the region.
SkiftX

No Bidding War for Concur as SAP Made the Only Acquisition Offer

What does it mean that there was only one bidder, SAP, for Concur? There are only a handful of companies -- perhaps Oracle, IBM, the Priceline Group, and American Express -- that have both the resources to pay more than $8 billion for an acquisition and have an interest in making a business out of travel technology for corporations. In addition, Concur still has plenty of skeptics.