2014 Archives

T-Mobile's unlimited data plan for international travelers is fantastic news for travelers and travel businesses. Now, if only T-Mobile's rivals would follow along.

The Netherlands' challenge of getting tourists out of the capital and into the countryside is one that several European destinations can understand. Identifying different market's primary interests in the first step in wooing them away from the big city.

It remains to be seen what Booking.com does with its new Villas.com and how heavily it gets promoted, but Booking.com clearly is committed to the vacation rental sector, and will likely make many more moves. HomeAway has to do much more to get its digital act together.

The battle for 'likes' by airports is about improving experiences of guests who are already planning to transit, not in the middle of the booking process.

Was TripAdvisor's CEO Stephen Kaufer worth $39 million in 2013? That amount is a bit of an anomaly as it includes $38 million in stock options, and he won't be eligible for more until the Summer of 2017. Although there are complaints that TripAdvisor gives geographic growth a higher priority than short-term shareholder return, we don't see anyone complaining.

We're sure drones will have uses in larger resort properties, this may be a silly early example of it that is mostly just PR buzz value, nothing else.

Virgin and Delta have a fifth of the available gates at Love Field, while Southwest retains everything else. It's interesting when Delta is the little guy.

Even while irresponsibly drinking and indulgently snacking, Bourdain gives viewers a better idea of what's happening inside present-day Russia than any news segment we've ever seen.

The campaign is less about getting people to come to Brazil for the World Cup and more about raising awareness of the destination and culture outside of this summer's games in an effort to attract tourists in the long term.

Amadeus provides the technology, which keeps the travel sector moving - from initial search to making a booking, from pricing to ticketing, from managing reservations to managing check-in and departure processes. It is this strong commitment that we believe will enable us to continue working with our customers and partners to shape the future of travel.