2015 Archives

Loews Hotels sees an opening at the high end of the busy lifestyle hotel segment, especially for more mainstream consumers like those loyal to the Loews experience.

Skiplagged doesn't have much of a future as a business beyond being an informational website. It is doubtful that Skiplagged would get authorization to link to a travel agency to enable Skiplagged users to book hidden-city itineraries because travel agencies would get into big trouble with airlines for facilitating such bookings.

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Ensuring adequate competition in airports large and small gives those airports more negotiating power against the big three national carriers, and could ensure adequate infrastructure for more visitors from abroad to spend their travel dollars in the US. This last is, after all, the mandate of organizations like the US Travel Association.

Smart travel startups realize that the real money to be made is on the back-end and they’re creating solutions that in-house teams haven’t yet thought out.

The Ritz-Carlton is one of the most iconic luxury brands on the market today, but Humler is aware that a brand name isn't enough to keep guests coming back. Providing the personalized service and technology that they expect is more important than a name.

It costs passengers a bundle to fly this class, but it also costs airlines a fortune to make this class worth flying. These ratings reflect whether all that money is put to good use.

Delta is certainly not the first to disappoint its most loyal customers, but this is a bold move that will offend the right people in the wrong way.

It would be prudent for the established leaders in online travel not to get over-confident. They are going to have to work extremely hard to maintain their positions, which will undoubtedly be altered

These are the digital travel trends we were talking about this week.