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Tourism

Sports tourism grows in Kuwait due to young travelers crazy about soccer

Agencies are often asked to book VIP seats and hotels close to the stadiums, creating a pricey trip for Kuwaiti travelers and a lucrative business model for travel agents.

Skift | 12 years ago

Sports tourism grows in Kuwait due to young travelers crazy about soccer

Tourism

Want to know what London will be like in 20 years? Go to Singapore

The hyper-corporate Asian powerhouse has drawn a very thick line between its large pool of wealthy citizens and the even larger pool of workers -- mostly immigrants with fewer rights -- who help make that wealth possible.

Nigel Richardson, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Hotels

Indiewalls adorns hotel walls with temporary, local art exhibits

Indiewalls’ greatest feature for hotels is the ability to constantly offer guests something new and distinctive with minimal outlay and very little work.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Indiewalls adorns hotel walls with temporary, local art exhibits

Cruises

Venetian residents protest massive cruise ships that crowd city ports

Protestors claim the ships are ruining the city’s culture and beauty, while opponents praise the economic growth and jobs provided by the cruise industry. The truth is that Venice locals lost the battle to tourists a long time ago.

Skift | 12 years ago

Venetian residents protest massive cruise ships that crowd city ports

Airlines

Is Algeria the next cheap sun and sand destination for Europeans?

Morocco and Tunisia, two neighboring North African countries, have over the years seen huge Euro sun & sand tourist booms due to low cost carriers like Easyjet & Ryanair starting flights to these countries. Could Algeria, despite its structural problems, be next?

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Gogo to bring in-flight Wi-Fi to international Delta flights in early 2013

Passengers will soon be able to pay for Wi-Fi services on flights over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but this will only be a real success when Gogo fixes it sometimes slow and spotty connections.

Skift | 12 years ago

Gogo to bring in-flight Wi-Fi to international Delta flights in early 2013

Online Travel

Mixer is a social mobile app that creates conversations based on your location

Many similar apps have come and gone, but if Mixer gains enough users, it'd be a more local, personal way to quickly learn about a new area without having to reveal much personal information.

Skift | 12 years ago

Mixer is a social mobile app that creates conversations based on your location

Airlines

Glen Beck uses bully pulpit to continue to heap abuse on flight attendant he didn’t like

Whether it's a noted liberal like Alec Baldwin or a right-wing radio host like Glen Beck, it's hard for average travelers to feel sympathy for first-class flyers who feel they weren't appropriately indulged.

David Koenig, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Business Travel

Companies turn to GPS smartphone technology to track business travelers

Tracking can be used on high profile employees in dangerous regions, but beyond extreme circumstances, the technology impedes on most business travelers' idea of personal privacy.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Why Tokyo and Kabul routes are very profitable for Indian airlines

The lack of competition on specialized flights, like these out of India or ones from Sydney to mining regions in western Australia, have the potential to pad the bottom line of the first airline that's able to establish routes.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Video: Ritz-Carlton brings viewers behind the scenes of a luxury hotel business

The videos would be more interesting if they looked a little more like reality TV and and a little less like a campaign ad disguising itself as an "insider's sneak peak."

Skift | 12 years ago