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Business Travel

Travel agency entrepreneur talks about her $1 billion business

Silicon Valley is overrated: Gloria Bohan built Omega World Travel from bricks and mortar in the early 1970s, and she's around to tell a story about persistence and survival.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Etihad tighten links in Europe: Code share agreement with Air France-KLM

Airlines

Are the big airline alliances on the way out?

Bilateral code-sharing arrangements might be the future of airline alliances, though still a lot of turmoil to go through before that.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Flights: Is personalization by airlines actually discrimination?

When airlines wanted to personalize flight offers to frequent flyers, the global distribution systems countered they could handle it for the airlines. Now ASTA, representing travel agents, is wondering whether the whole thing amounts to discrimination.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor wins defamation suit over “Dirtiest Hotel” and Kwikchex

U.S. courts have steadfastly backed TripAdvisor and its user reviews on First Amendment grounds despite the undeniable fact that a portion of its reviews are fakes.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

No one wants to be a pilot anymore

The thrill is gone, in this hyper-sanitized, hyper-paranoid world. Something like that.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Etihad’s scorching growth continues, Q3 sales up 19 percent

The Emirates vs Etihad expansion rivalry is only good for consumers. And consumers are responding by using them more and more.

Adam Schreck, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Social travel without the tech: The human side of Krakow

It doesn't necessarily take Twitter or other tech to make connections while traveling. Just a local and a visitor willing to reach out and meet someone new.

Vicky Baker, The Guardian | 11 years ago

Tourism

New Zealand is ready for its close up (again): Tolkein tourism is back

“Lord of the Rings” was a lesson in how media could effect tourism. "The Hobbit" will likely reignite interest in New Zealand's remote wonders after years of natural disasters have scared visitors away.

Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Why there were more electric cars on the road in 1900 than there are today

Electric cars were easier to drive and cleaner, but bad business management drove them off the market as gasoline cars became cheaper and more accessible. There’s a lesson in here on how to leverage culture to get hybrids back on the road.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Apple Passbook: Airbnb rentals join the party with American, Lufthansa and United airlines

There won't be any reservations' scanning when guests show up for an Airbnb apartment rental, but the Passbook feature on iOS 6 will help people organize their trips.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago