Rafat Ali

Amtrak has done a good job highlighting these stations, but a lot more can be done to enhance their tourism business value, and here we're doing our small bit.

The hotel operators worry whether going green means sacrificing their service standards at times, and this study show it surely won't hurt. And there are bigger benefits beyond bookings, including energy savings and tax credits from local municipalities, among others.

The Chinese millennial "G2 Generation" will comes out in hundreds of millions in the next decade, and change how travel products are consumed and marketed all around the globe. Are you ready?

After Colbert's deconstruction of this tour, unlikely any 0.00001 percenter would want any unwanted attention by buying this "once-in-a-lifetime adventure."

We would totally put any of these logos on a t-shirt! But seriously, airline branding is a serious multi-billion dollar matter, and smart airlines are using their distinctive logos to stand apart. Or should.

TSA Precheck may end up being more of a hindrance than a solution to overcrowded security lines, especially at peak times at major gateway airports.

The maze TSA has built is just justification for its own existence. There is no end solution, just more means created to foster other means.

France will continue to be a big source of tourists, and also a big supporter of building tourism infrastructure in the poor Sub-Saharan African countries, but with China's big forays into the continent, and Middle-East countries investing in the region, that balance is going to change soon.

Oyster began with grand ambitions and little understanding of how to create content without spending lots and lots of money. That content will now find a home at a brand that understands more sensible ways to do the same thing.