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Educating and training local stakeholders on the economic importance of tourism is as critical to a destination's long-term success as raising awareness to tourists around the globe. These destinations use a mix of old and new techniques; however, there's always room for innovation.

Whether it is Smart Host, another startup or one of the established players, the short-term rental industry is ripe for disruption in so many areas and someone is going to deliver on the dynamic pricing premise.

Brands that have become well-known for a certain product, whether it's beaches or business, need to work hard to shift consumers' awareness of their offerings. This often takes a multi-channel, multi-year marketing strategy.

Anytime you can talk to TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer and the discussion ranges from "Mr. Sharples" at HomeAway to William Shatner, the Trivago Guy and the co-existence of the mobile Web and mobile apps, it is a very interesting conversation.

JW Marriott finds a unique way to teach its global staff the more subjective aspects of delivering luxury service by emulating the body movements, mental focus, and self awareness of ballet dancers.

The travel and tourism industry consists of an extremely broad range of businesses and services, and there was broad yet modest employment gains across many of its sectors.

Seats can't really make people nicer, but they can help make flying more pleasant.

Some business travelers just want to have a little fun. After all, the stuffy conference room isn’t for everyone. After a long day of meetings, shouldn’t the last thing on the agenda be poolside drinks on a rooftop?

Bit by bit, Bitcoin is becoming more of a possibility for wary travelers. But the question remains: Will travelers use it?

HotelTonight's marketing team likes to play up spontaneity as a prime booking motivator, but this data suggests that users are in need of reasonably priced rooms without the bells and whistles.

Doing what GoEuro is attempting to do, collecting and structuring all the data necessary to bring all of these varied transportation modes together, is harder to do than squeezing into a rush-hour subway in Times Square. But, someone's got to do it.