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It turns out that nearly half of US citizens are headed outside the country when traveling and visiting far-away destinations in greater numbers, which helps dispel the common notion that Americans aren't well traveled.

Berlin wants in on the fun happening in tech hubs like San Francisco and London, but it’ll first to need open its airport for easier access to the city and to stop embarrassing founders in front of would-be investors.

Desktops bookings are still in the majority, but booking sites are turning more of their energy in finding new revenue opportunities with mobile devices.

Staycations was a terrible term for local travel. And local travel as a trend, the engine of local development, isn't going away, it is just morphing in various ways.

The mobile feature comes one month after desktop biking directions were introduced, but is only available in 10 countries, presumably where there is the highest mileage of bike trails.

Hiding a mandatory fee until the final purchase page never makes consumers happy -- especially when that fee bumps the total price up by 20%.

When the opportunity to divest appeared, Yelp's biggest investors instead decided to hold on to their stock and signaled a a very confident endorsement of its battle with Google over the future of local information.

Income growth for the middle class means tourism is expected to move beyond domestic borders and largely into Australia, although hotel growth will be needed to accommodate growing tourism sector.

It looks like tourism has rebounded in the LA region with a heavy flow of foreign tourists helping hotels reach the highest number of occupied rooms in the past 25 years.

This case study points out passenger strategies for dealing with customer service, using a smartphone to rebook, and knowing when it's time to give up and rent a car.

Visa requirements for U.S. citizens entering Russia have seemed onerous for years, but considering restrictions the U.S. puts in place for potential entrants and the four decade Cold War, a little extra paperwork doesn't seem so crazy.

Hotel growth was kick started in Ukraine during this summer's Euro Cup tournaments, but Starwood expects the trend to continue and sees wide-open spaces for high-end hotel development.