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Ground Transport

There are few rental cars available in the northeast this week, thanks to Hurricane Sandy

Travel is nearly back to normal after the region stood still only a few weeks earlier, with exception of this shortage of cars due to extenuating damages.

Scott Mayerowitz, The Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

Infographic: Where and how Americans are traveling to taste the turkey this year

Americans can brace themselves for crowded highways and busy airports this week, but the good news is that travel is consistently more congested during Thanksgiving than the December holidays.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

New York City gingerly gearing up for post-Sandy holiday tourist rush

The city will bounce back, as it always has, though short term effects will linger for a while.

Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Media and PR

The travel booking sites that see a future in neighborhood content

"Neighborhood" is the buzzword for online travel sites this week, but it’s too soon to tell whether it’s a stroke of genius for catering to mobile travelers looking for localized content or very expensive dead end.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Most major tourism sites in Mexico excluded in latest U.S. State Dept. travel warning

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

TSA pushes back on blogger’s claims of being persecuted

The TSA does as good a job as can be expected responding to legitimate complaints about poor agency behavior as well as to people like the blogger in question who use airport security lines for self-promotional purposes.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Yangon, Myanmar is one the fastest growing hotel markets in the world

Even if the international hotel supply triples in the next several years, the Yangon market still offers lots of opportunities for early movers, given the current anemic state of the hotel market there.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

InterContinental Miami gets a digital makeover to keep up with the competition downtown

The mark of luxury and modernity in the hotel industry today is in technology and touchscreens, which the business hotel focused on during its $30 million renovation to allure young leisure travelers.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Hotel market research company says 40% of hotel user reviews are bogus

Users are pleased enough by the quality of information they get on TripAdvisor and other user-generated content sites that they're fine with the notion that some reviews are bogus.

Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago

Airlines

Airline meals and snacks are healthier than ever

Virgin America leads the way on healthy food, but overall the industry as a whole has done an excellent job improving quality over the past year. Did it really take the introduction of $8 sandwiches to improve the ingredients and cut down on calories?

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Top iPhone and iPad travel apps for the busiest travel week in U.S.

The delta between what people are actually using versus what kinds of travel startups are being started and funded is huge.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago