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Streaming Netflix over the Atlantic? Sounds good (and expensive) to us.

We've always thought that yellow and black should be associated with trusted brands that ooze quality.

This is a bold move forward by Hawaiian, rather than waiting for ATTF to complete its review. While passengers don't need (and may not want) to know, how ACARS work, they'll appreciate knowing their aircraft is tracked and communicating--even when it's half-way across the Pacific.

Investments by JetBlue and Delta have paid off in their respective terminals at JFK, proving to carriers and airports that an enjoyable, sophisticated airport venue can improve loyalty and revenue.

A more informed planning process and the desire for last-minute mobile tickets are making the once popular European rail pass a travel relic with less and less relevance to today's young travelers.

The anti-Independence forces are positing a 'yes' vote as support for total disaster economic and political disaster. Some could argue that a split from England isn't always bad.

JetBlue will likely be the airline adding bag fees in 2015, not Southwest. Forsaking fees for first and second check bags is still good business for Southwest.

The disconnect between the factors that affect travelers' decisions to go to a destination and choose where to stay, versus what travel businesses think matters for their profitability is in stark contrast here.

By focusing on illegal hotels, the coalition may have a good rallying cry, but it doesn't capture how quickly short-term rentals have evolved into something much more sophisticated.

Is Sabre worried about Booking.com getting into the hotel B2B game? Not overly, but in acquiring Genares, Sabre is proving that the best defense is a good offense.

TripAdvisor is injecting a healty dose of competition into hotel metasearch, and is finding a way to give hotels more power in a way that competitors aren't doing. Funny how things change: TripAdvisor, hotels' best friend.

Proponents of the bill are counting on a Senate vote that might not happen, at least until after the November elections. With Senator Menendez's strong opposition to the bill and Senator Rockefeller retiring and under no pressure to move it forward, the bill's future is anything but certain.