Latest News

Airlines

Japan’s ANA grounds all 17 Boeing 787s for emergency inspections after fire

Mayumi Negishi and Mari Saito, Reuters | 11 years ago

Airlines

United adds Wi-Fi on international flights, even as it lags in domestic

United's been a big laggard on wi-fi on its domestic flights, but it is among the first in international satellite wi-fi, through Gogo.

Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune | 11 years ago

Cruises

Norwegian cancels all Egypt cruises till 2014, amidst country upheaval

Um, kinda obvious, isn't it. Egypt's still in turmoil, will for a while, and cruise industry's whole business is built on bland normality.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Gulf Air makes cuts in attempt to survive assault from regional Gulf rivals

Gulf Air is up against three dynamic and well-funded airlines and going small is unlikely to provide it with the breather it needs to survive.

Wael Mahdi and Robert Wall, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Media and PR

British Airways sees booking spike after social media posts by celebs like Rihanna and Katy Perry

Celebrity endorsements do matter, which is one reason Rihanna has a deal with Barbados to help push her home country to would-be vacationers in the U.S.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Media and PR

How Facebook’s Graph Search could change the face of local search and travel

Facebook already made life difficult for social travel startups, but its latest move into local discovery will run into the same problem as its wannabe competitors did: The functionality is limited by the quality and tastes of your social graph.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Infographic: How U.S. cities and states spend those hefty hotel taxes

As U.S. cities scramble for more sources of revenue to operate basic services we'll likely see the beginning of an even bigger crackdown on online travel agencies and vacation websites that seek to avoid paying taxes.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

The tale of the flyer who pooped on a plane seat, as told in Anthony Bourdain’s tweets

Insert joke about crappy customer service here.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

Arizona tests a playful new marketing approach in targeted ad campaign

A city-specific campaign is the right place for Arizona to try out its new ‘playful’ marketing approach, but the stretch between the state’s vast night sky and tourism probably wouldn’t cut it on the national stage.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Norwegian Air says it is having a good year compared to its low-cost competitors

The budget carrier successfully introduced long-haul flights to its service and with flights to New York nearly selling out; the Scandinavian airline is now looking to expand to the east.

Kristen Myers, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

San Francisco considers renaming airport in honor of Harvey Milk

The international airport would be the first named in honor of an openly gay person, and could have the positive impact of reflecting the city’s open culture in the many countries it serves.

Associated Press | 11 years ago