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While it's interesting to consider whether a hotel has the right to prevent people from running businesses on its property, it's also fascinating to see what this case means for a booming mining industry that's bringing wealth while driving out tourism.

Research shows that millennials are buying fewer cars and fewer licenses are being issued, suggesting that the cash-strapped youth prioritizes technology over transportation, a trend seen in other tech-obsessed cultures.

Consumers love alternative accommodations, but players from Airbnb down to vacation rental companies like Wyndham are going to take more responsibility and make it harder for their customers to break laws and avoid taxes.

Mail a Postcard is featured by Sincerely, whose makers offer a similar service on Instagram. But Facebook is more likely to earn profit from the feature with a greater selection of photos and users.

The rental service Handy rents out the Samsung Galaxy Note pre-loaded with apps for about $11.30 a day offering short-term tourists a more cost-effective option than piling up data roaming fees.

Harried passengers who feel like they're running forever to get between terminals are right at these airports, although some (Zurich, Seoul, Dubai) make the experience much more pleasant than others.

Techies who want to take the idea of a shared workspace one step further can apply for the $40 per night stay through Airbnb, although some hostels have become more underground to avoid trouble from landlords.

Passengers and tourism officials are excited by the itinerary additions, which include Disney Cruises sailing out of New York, Miami, and Galveston, Texas, and making port calls to Hawaii and Canada.

This week's roundup of security line blunders includes hidden razor blades, lots of inert grenades, and a slight uptick in the number of handguns flyers "forgot" to leave at home.

And these delays are *after* taking into account the padded flights times that all airlines now do.

This is a smart and efficient way to poll both local and national travelers on their voting plans in the weeks before the city hosts the Democratic National Convention this September.

Even business travelers are beginning to see value in controversial room-rental sites such as Airbnb, signaling what we already knew -- that the lodging world is being transformed.