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Hotels
Short-term rentals are disruptive to the lodging industry and truly global in scope, as this funding news punctuates.
Skift | 11 years ago
Online Travel
Priceline, while an Internet company by the traditional sense of the word, realizes it needs more talent to navigate the new digital and mobile age. Kayak was a buy with that in mind, and now Armstrong joining its board adds to that.
Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago
Las Vegas has created a character to personify its city that is drastically different from the flashy gambler most Americans would imagine. The city is hoping new visitors will think of it a bit more like Las Vegasdotcom, the man: approachable, non-threatening, and liked by everybody.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago
One would hope that a company that has the ears of both the youngest and the most affluent travelers would take its responsibilities seriously: Not only by the way they handle the legal side of the issue, but also in how they lead the conversation in addressing the questions that these laws raise.
Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago
In order to do something so brash it has to stay in Vegas, you have to have a place to stay in Vegas, and LasVegas.com's new hotel-booking capabilities will help some travelers in that quest. The lack of user reviews, though, is one of the relaunched site's drawbacks.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago
Cruises
Film tourism doesn’t just have to benefit the location where travelers flock to see the set. Viking River Cruises has tapped into that success by offering a visit to the castle as part of its usual offerings.
Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago
Business Travel
Curated last-minute mobile hotel bookings, and then crossing over to other sectors like car rentals, and perhaps eventually air tickets, is where it is going.
Airlines
The anti-TSA crowd is so rabid and vocal that separating reality from nonsense is difficulty, even when it's something as believable as security guards chuckling at nudie pics.
Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago
Welcome to the rest of the world, Germany. But seriously, this will have serious implications for the European aviation market, already beset with aging sub-par airlines and heavy Asian competition.
Juergen Baetz, Associated Press | 11 years ago
Ground Transport
D.C.'s share program works because both filled a hole in the city's transportation network and it appeals to locals and visitors in a way few other programs do.
Oh my! Will online tour booking become the next big thing, or will it boom and bust like social travel?
