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The writing's on the wall, and the wall's melting too.

Is TripAdvisor playing around with all of these products surrounding its hotel advertising business, or is the company becoming an all-purpose travel site? We suspect the latter.

The most recognizable travel brand in the world just sold for less than half of what it was worth two years ago despite growing revenues. Here's hoping the new ownership will be able to better harness the brand's tremendous value.

On the way back to tourism and other less risky industries as the engine of Iceland's growth.

Starwood will likely align itself as the business hotel for Apple’s global hubs, but the property could just as easily become a home base for visitors seeking an inside look at Apple's HQ.

The U.S. is hypocritical to point out the flaws of the international body with its own history of lavishly spending employees, a problem that the sequester has taken care of in recent weeks.

Google is in no hurry to meet anyone else's timetables in the development of Google Flight Search, as today's European launch attests.

The numbers are likely on the high side given survey respondents’ tendency to portray themselves more positively than reality, but it’s housekeepers’ proximity to personal space that also leads to higher tips.

Market perceptions vs press hype (read BrandUSA) are two different things in travel and tourism marketing. Lots of lessons to learn for U.S. and other more mature economies.

EasyJet is on a roll, and it's airfares will look a lot better to some business travelers than the larger British Airways' pricing. EasyJet's modest entry into Russia should shake things up a bit.

Ridiculous that the city is held hostage to a billionaire's whims about an NFL team. While LAX is finally being upgraded with a $4 billion investment, time a meetings and convention center comes up to match that.

The company has proven to be adept at moving at a fast pace on product, don't count CEO Dennis Crowley out just yet.