2015 Archives

The St. Louis and Baltimore tourism bureaus used digital content wisely to protect their visitor economies during social unrest. Now they're attempting to use those same advocacy skills to help rebuild and strengthen their local communities to varying degrees of success.

Innovation is a continual process, which makes the job of a CIO one that is constantly evolving to meet consumers' expectations. To do that successfully, today's CIO needs not just technical know-how but also strong business acumen and communication skills to help businesses realize their goals.

Have we reached peak safety video?

As with many mergers, the jury is out on how Student Universe will fare within the Flight Centre umbrella. Will Student Universe, which was looking for a spark, now truly be able to grow with expanded resources or will broader corporate priorities overtake it?

Lyft will be giving up significant control to raise this billion — much more than its main rival does for the same amount of money.

The smart model right now seems to be to play to your geographic strengths if you have them, and implement them doggedly.

Five startups, five themes in 2016 that will continue to keep travel brands strategizing how to stay ahead of trends and remain relevant.

OYO Rooms founder believes that the future of travel is brands becoming their own distributors, which is, of course, every brand's dream. It may turn out to be true for super brands in isolated cases but it would be a very fragmented and unsatisfying user experience. There is a lot of convergence going on but the mammoth online travel agency sector isn't checking out anytime soon.

It's a shame that the travel industry hasn't taken a leadership role in limiting global pollution. The least companies can do is accurately report their pollution, and barely any even do that.