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This year was rough, but Carnival is a good, long-term buy say UK analysts

2012 may be the year that Carnival would rather forget, but it made it though and it's better positioned than many of its competitors to make the most of the industry's growth opportunities.

Garry White, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Airlines

The Middle East’s largest low-cost airline sees stock gains after dividend hopes

Most attention in the Mid East is focused on the heavyweight international carriers like Emirates, but low-cost carriers are seeing growth of their own.

Alaa Shahine, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

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SkiftAds of the Week: Turkish Airlines’ push, Rihanna, and the Ritz

It’s not easy to come up with a creative and genuine way to market a destination. Just ask Barbados that’s trusting Rihanna to represent the island or Kentucky who has turned the responsibility over to a grassroots group of two.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Delta Air Lines flight attendant job applications arrive at 2 per minute pace

Who says there is no glamor anymore in air travel? Tell that to the legions of people who would love to get a job as a flight attendant.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Anthony Bourdain’s Travel Channel Layover Guide iPad app picked as 2012 “Hidden Gem”

I'll endorse any travel-oriented app that includes Papaya King in New York City as a must-see place to visit.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

U.S. airports finally getting religion with high-end shopping, dining

There's no real downside to upgrading airports: Travelers will spend more on retail and food, and they'll be happier for it, too.

Jason Keyser, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

San Francisco looks to legitimize ridesharing in a possible win for Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar

The taxi hailing/ridesharing legislation revolution is spreading from D.C. to New York and now back to where it all began. San Francisco will likely change the rules to allow for the new companies or institute a trial run like in New York.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb updates its iOS app to make the mobile and web booking experience more similar

As Airbnb’s mobile bookings increase, it only makes sense that it strive to make the process as easy as possible, especially in terms of language as the company races to infiltrate foreign markets ahead of its competitors.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Google rebuff to TripIt, WorldMate and TripCase with new reservations search tool

TripIt, WorldMate and GateGuru focus on their itinerary management and flight-tracking specialties, but Google has given them all something to think about with its new search service for flight, hotel and restaurant reservations.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Aviation geek heaven: original lease between Port Authority and NYC for airports

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

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China to open world’s longest high-speed train line next week

And while U.S. waits till 2040 for any kind of high speed train line to start working.....

Sabrina Mao, Ben Blanchard, Reuters | 11 years ago