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Airlines

Virgin Australia credits business travelers for its return to profitability

The airline derives over 20 percent of its revenue from business travel and has profited from partnerships with international airlines, as well as co-booking flights with other companies.

Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

Study: Tourists suffer from “money illusion” when doing foreign currency calculations

Conversion apps make it a lot easier to spend intelligently abroad, but then who spends with that much care?

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Tips and resources for conducting business overseas

Researching the business culture of a country when dealing with new businesses is the best way to make a good impression, but it's all for naught if an expired passport doesn't get you past security.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Valet.com uses membership dues to monetize curated travel recommendations

Although the brand is likely over-estimating the number of users who will come calling with their credit cards and enough cool cachet, it deserves credit for launching a travel product that it expects people to happily pay for.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

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SkiftAds: Bermuda’s new tourism pitch: We’re more than beaches

Authenticity through the eyes of local is the new black in tourism ad campaigns. It also expands the base beyond the resort-seekers.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Bye, bye hotel porn? Pay-per-view films under threat in Republican platform position

While operators like LodgeNet still make a pretty penny from pay-per-view hotel porn, the rise of BYO laptop and tablet entertainment has already signaled a shift away from in-room purchasing.

Andy Sullivan, Reuters | 11 years ago

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Los Angeles residents use fewest vacation days in U.S. — because they already live in paradise

Unused vacation days don't always equal longer hours and more demanding jobs, especially in cities like LA and San Francisco that tend to shut down work early as the chatter from the east coast dies down.

Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago

Los Angeles residents use fewest vacation days in U.S. — because they already live in paradise

Airlines

Opinion: A third runway at Heathrow will give Cameron government a “sense of mission”

From the despised passenger air duty to the row over Heathrow's expansion, it's becoming clear that Britain needs to have a sit-down over its aviation strategy.

Tim Yeo, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Opinion: A third runway at Heathrow will give Cameron government a “sense of mission”

Uncategorized

FirstGroup rail boss to Richard Branson: Passengers like us more than Virgin

Knowing that it can't compete with Branson when it comes to press manipulation, FirstGroup has held its fire until the time was just right. And pointing out that Virgin is late and not well liked is exactly the right attack at this point.

Roland Gribben, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

FirstGroup rail boss to Richard Branson: Passengers like us more than Virgin

Online Travel

Social travel site Tripbirds pivots to focus solely on hotel bookings

It feels like Tripbirds left one crowded party only to enter an even more cramped space and still attempt to steal the spotlight, albeit there is potential for higher revenue return here.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Tough Mudder CEO hates airport security, loves meeting people on the plane

The ex-counterterrorism agent has traveled frequently both for the British government and his business, and out of all the airports in the world he picks New York's LaGuardia as his absolute least favorite.

Skift | 11 years ago