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Parking spaces are the newest commodity to be bartered in the sharing economy

Parking Panda’s success is reliant on growing a critical mass of users that offer enough spaces to make the service useful and enough cars to make it profitable.

Skift | 11 years ago

Parking spaces are the newest commodity to be bartered in the sharing economy

Airlines

More than 1,500 guns were confiscated at U.S. airports in 2012, a new record for the TSA

At least four people every day in the U.S. make life very difficult for their fellow passengers when they try to bring a gun (not to mention the other travelers who can't leave their knives, blades, and grenades at home) on board an aircraft.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

More than 1,500 guns were confiscated at U.S. airports in 2012, a new record for the TSA

Airlines

US Airways passengers can change flights today without a fee

Waiving fees is a courtesy to flyers and the airline staff that deal with them as thousands of flights continued to be cancelled across the country.

Skift | 11 years ago

US Airways passengers can change flights today without a fee

Media and PR

The Guardian’s worst travel ideas of 2012: Wearable luggage, royal fever and dog holidays

Skift is incredibly disappointed we didn't know about campbling, for it would have most certainly been included on our lamest trends of 2012 list.

Gemma Bowes and Isabel Choat, The Guardian | 11 years ago

The Guardian’s worst travel ideas of 2012: Wearable luggage, royal fever and dog holidays

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Chinese tourists ride to the rescue of faltering Australian tourism

Everyone wants a Chinese tourist, and Australia's working hard to make sure it gets its fair share as other traditional inbound markets stagnate.

Lisa Pham, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Chinese tourists ride to the rescue of faltering Australian tourism

Airlines

Experts say it’s harder than ever to compare the true cost of airline tickets

While it is true that fees make it tough to compare true costs, be wary of the global distribution systems and their backers pushing themselves as the solution to the problem.

Joan Lowy, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Experts say it’s harder than ever to compare the true cost of airline tickets

Tourism

The fall of Niagara Falls: Will it ever rise again?

The controversial plan to revive a fallen American/Canadian icon can't make it worse than the U.S. state the city, soon to be a town, is in.

Mark Hughes, Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

The fall of Niagara Falls: Will it ever rise again?

Tourism

Air travel today looks fantastic when compared to the options available in 1800

Perhaps showing a quick comparison of how long it would take flyers to arrive at a destination on the back of a horse and buggy would help quell complaints from economy passengers.

Skift | 11 years ago

Air travel today looks fantastic when compared to the options available in 1800

Airlines

Jetstar Airways is posed to outshine parent Qantas with more international passengers

The situation reflects a growing trend in which a low-cost carrier outcompetes larger, more traditional airlines that once ruled the market. But in this case, Qantas Group wins no matter who’s in the lead.

Skift | 11 years ago

Jetstar Airways is posed to outshine parent Qantas with more international passengers

Cruises

Fiscal cliff uncertainties make forecasting Carnival Corporaton’s guidance a choppy endeavor

If the U.S. economy plunges over the fiscal cliff and consumer confidence ebbs, then Carnival Corp. may have to do a quick rewrite of the cruise company's financial guidance.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Fiscal cliff uncertainties make forecasting Carnival Corporaton’s guidance a choppy endeavor

Tourism

The Asian gaming boom continues as Manila prepares for its share

As the world's newly fabulously rich figure out ways to spend their money, Philippines races to join Macau and Singapore among the ranks of Asia's top gaming destinations.

Farah Master, Reuters | 11 years ago