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London plans to avoid the mistakes of its predecessors by building temporary venues and breaking down new facilities into smaller buildings, but only time will tell the fate of the city's new vast parking lots.

It's a bit ballsy to take on the city of Boston -- especially since a move like this likely came after hours of back room shenanigans by city power players -- so it will be interesting to see how the story shakes out.

Now that Spain can't depend on the English to buy along the Mediterranean coast, the Russians will have to suffice.

The action is on the very high end of the market, or the low/economy end, when it comes to new hotel development.

With the purchase of Frommer's and Zagat, and a push to elicit reviews from Google users, Google's travel strategy is multifaceted, although TripAdvisor's Stephen Kaufer chooses to focus on just the guidebook aspect for now.

Fires, hurricanes, and Republicans – oh my! Business travelers are advised to use trains instead of planes, book rooms far in advance, and allot extra time to stay on track despite the travel hurdles ahead.

This is just the type of data that motivates social travel startups to keep working on their project, but travelers have already found a space to broadcast their latest adventures and it has 800 million users.

Tour operators and OTAs are used to a large number of winter reservations coming in by now, but they say bookings are down 15-20% from last year and fear India will be seen as unreliable to foreign tourists.

In its direct-travel sales, Groupon could be taking a page out of Expedia's playbook -- partner with a company, learn the ropes, and eventually shut them out and do it on your own.

On the heavy arrivals day for Olympians and spectators, Heathrow was able to manage matters flawlessly. And then they rested.

In tandem with the security system that failed is a private security force that's taken over duties from the Port Authority police.

It may be more lucrative to turn the Costa Concordia into a floating museum of cruise disasters than attempt to lure tourists to book a spot on the repaired ship.