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The renewed interest in maps, as reflected in renewed spate of mapping books

Mapping has seen a renewed interest, not just through Apple vs Google lens, but also in books examining the history of maps, and history of the world through the lens of maps. One major new book not mentioned here: Robert D Kaplan's Revenge of Geography.

Tourism

Don’t cry for Argentina, the most paid national holidays nation in the world

Tourism gets a huge boost as a result, as Argentines take full advantage of their generous holiday policy and ample geographical bounties.

Airlines

Atlantic City airport might be taken over by the Port Authority of NY-NJ

The NYC Port Authority is investigating the possibility of handling operations of the airport in an effort to funnel air traffic away from the congested trifecta of airports surrounding Manhattan.

Media and PR

Wikipedia-style travel guide goes live in rebuff to Internet Brands

The launch of Wikivoyage is significant and an important victory for supporters of commercial-free destination content. But, while a challenge, rival guidebook publishers won't have to close up shop any time soon.

Airlines

Earthly financial realities cause New Mexico’s spaceport to fall short of the stars

While New Mexico can count on Virgin Galactic, it can't count on the legislature to pass laws that would exempt manufacturers from liability if something goes wrong, and that's keeping other operators away.

Earthly financial realities cause New Mexico’s spaceport to fall short of the stars

Business Travel

SkiftStats: Business travel in austerity-friendly Europe not doing so well in 2012

Business travel generally tracks the economy, job growth and exports in matur markets like Europe, and that's what we see here.

Airlines

London’s Stansted airport starts a bidding war among prospective buyers

UK's third largest airport Stansted has many bidders, including Ryanair which uses the airport as its main base. It has been hit hard during these Euro crisis times by its reliance on leisure travelers.

Tourism

Checking in on Lima, Peru’s delicious restaurant revolution

Despite being an afterthought to international travelers for decades, Peru has the right mix of natural resources -- the sea and its climate -- and globe-trotting talent to make it an essential stop on any gourmand's itinerary.

Checking in on Lima, Peru’s delicious restaurant revolution

Airlines

Supermodel blames United Airlines for her golden retriever’s death

Although deaths of animals in transit are a sad fact of transport, lack of professionalism and decency doesn't have to be and is an unintended consequence of United subcontracting animals' care to a third party.

Airlines

U.S. Senate unanimously passes bill to allow U.S. airlines to ignore EU emissions scheme

It's the responsibility of the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization to work out these matters, but it's been dreadfully slow to either study or implement any rules, which is why the EU acted. Perhaps now it will move to avoid further conflict.

U.S. Senate unanimously passes bill to allow U.S. airlines to ignore EU emissions scheme

Tourism

The animated rivalry of “Paris vs New York”

How could this not be popular??