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2014 Archives

Tourism

Disney’s Giant Turkey Legs Are an Unexpected Instagram Hit

The smallest element of a destination can stick with travelers the most. Even if that element isn't so small.

Disney’s Giant Turkey Legs Are an Unexpected Instagram Hit

Airlines

Best Travel Ads This Week: Airlines Inspire Customers to Travel After the Holidays

Best Travel Ads This Week: Airlines Inspire Customers to Travel After the Holidays

Ground Transport

Helsinki Humanizes Public Transportation With a Beautiful Photo Project

We'd love to see similar projects done by cities around the world, and then have them use the participants' stories and suggestions to make public transportation a little better every year.

Helsinki Humanizes Public Transportation With a Beautiful Photo Project

Airlines

Southwest Gets More Fuel-Efficient While Poised To Fly Internationally in 2014

With new, international destinations slated to begin in 2014, Southwest will need this fuel savings and all of the efficiencies it can find.

Online Travel

How Booking Sites Performed on Stock Markets in 2013

It was a great year on the stock markets in 2013 for online travel agencies as a whole. Their businesses are increasingly global, and many are benefiting from expansion into developing markets and boosting their hotel products.

How Booking Sites Performed on Stock Markets in 2013

Announcements

Skift Business Traveler: Brace for Even More Bad Weather

Airlines

American Airlines Employees Vote in A Squeaker to Keep the New Tail Design

With the vote so close, this exercise didn't do much for employee unity in the mergers, although it's unclear if the vote broke down along party i.e. airline lines.

American Airlines Employees Vote in A Squeaker to Keep the New Tail Design

Hotels

Bizarre Comments from Hotel Guests Inspired The Standard’s 2014 Calendar

The calendar is directly in line with The Standard's cool and somewhat funky brand. And The Standard ensured that guests gifted with the calendar will keep the hotel in mind all year long.

Bizarre Comments from Hotel Guests Inspired The Standard’s 2014 Calendar

Airlines

U.S. Travelers Prepare for Winter Delays Thursday Afternoon

Cross-country plane rides to one-hour train commutes will be impacted by weather Thursday evening. It is likely only the first of several large-scale delays to be caused by weather this year.

U.S. Travelers Prepare for Winter Delays Thursday Afternoon

Online Travel

Expedia’s eLong Bumped up a Tier in Nasdaq Trading

Competition in the Chinese online travel market is intense these days, and eLong's transition into the highest tier on Nasdaq is just another signal that the business is maturing.