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Go elsewhere is the mantra for hotel industry expansion. That big "elsewhere" includes the fastest growing travel market of Latin America.

What's coming next? A letter to ask removal of wifi from hotels so people don't surf porn on their laptops/tablets? The hotel TV porn systems have been in rapid decline anyway as wifi/broadband has taken off, so the pastor & imam could just wait a bit longer.

The Kaggle code-writing contests are interesting if the programming geeks don't get ripped off. But, Jetpac's photo-curation algorithm leaves a lot to be desired.

As airlines get better at passenger profiling they will drive greater loyalty among frequent flyers, but they should make sure the the gap between high-flyer and leisure traveler isn't so wide that potential customers get turned off.

The local deals giant finally put up some good numbers this quarter, but its share price has been battered and it will need to improve relations with local businesses if it wants to stay alive.

Unless you're a dating site or Amazon.com, matching a users with stuff you think they'll like is a promise that's tough to deliver on -- which is why all who've tried before Woofound have done a pivot.

While we can turn up our nose on this triumphalism, war tourism is one way of dealing with the traumas. Read the comments on the Economist story to get the complexities & emotions involved.

How Meridian plans to survive the indoor challenge presented by Google's own mapping ambitions is the real question here. Why pay for a custom solution when Google is free?

Hotels looking to differentiate themselves from one another this time are turning to hallways and rooms lined with both brand-name art and works by locals; often you can buy the artwork right off the wall.

Virgin is making over uniforms that are already the envy of attendants on legacy airlines. The new look -- created with Banana Republic -- will be available to consumers, too: Just use your on-board touch screen to make purchases.

Rich communities never like it when a subway stop opens their neighborhood to outsiders and Beverly Hills' school district isn't fooling anyone with its posturing about safety and its own planning issues.

Some days it seems as if everyone in a UK leadership position related to security and border control is struggling mightily to come up with a new way to fail, and today's disclosure that discount temps are calling the shots is a very novel idea.