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Tourism

Heathrow before its busiest day ever: The calm before the storm

Heathrow has gone all out to make sure it gets people on to their planes in record speed the day after the closing ceremonies. With a temporary terminal and a night spent pre-processing luggage out of Olympic village, it may see success.

Melanie Melhern, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Airlines

United apologized in advance of DOT report, but sorry doesn’t make flights arrive on time

United Airlines has a gargantuan task ahead of it if the airline is to get its house back in order from a customer-service standpoint.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

United apologized in advance of DOT report, but sorry doesn’t make flights arrive on time

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Majority of UK online users are pining — or at least Googling — for an escape to Spain

While the impending crisis in Spain has had effect on tourism, some of that may be mitigated by British and other European tourists looking for cheap deals as summer ends.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

JetBlue to end Burlington-Orlando nonstop: Few care, but it tells a story

Expect reduced service and competition on a couple of dozen major routes and for regional and smaller airports when American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy and inevitably merges with US Airways or another airline.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

JetBlue to end Burlington-Orlando nonstop: Few care, but it tells a story

Media and PR

Mobile is a great tool for travel research, but not so much for booking

Not surprising, but great news for last-minute booking apps like HotelTonight and others from larger OTAs, which are solving this very problem in a specific need vertical.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Miami International Airport lowers landing fee, becomes more affordable for airlines

Miami has become a role model for transportation improvements this year with a new rail network and growing airport -- and the lower fee provides even greater incentive for new carriers to look at MIA.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TomTom shares get a boost after analyst report reminds market of Apple deal

This fall should see TomTom edge closer away from the edge and to a position where it'll be able to figure out how to run a mapping and GPS company when people are using smartphones in place of dashboard devices.

Maaike Noordhuis, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

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Seven campgrounds that highlight the diversity of the American landscape

Experience a different side of American culture at these national parks where you sleep above a swamp, eat next to the ocean or Indian dwellings, or can bath in an actual bathtub of natural spring water.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Low-cost European carrier Air Berlin stumbles after disappointing earnings report

Fuel costs are hitting some lines hard this season. Is it time for the budget carriers to stop pretending that air travel can really be so cheap?

Dorothee Tschampa, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Tourism

The $45 million face-lift that will make you like New York City’s Times Square

The Bloomberg administration has done smart and pleasantly heavy-handed rethinks of the city's public spaces, and its proposed changes to Times Square look like another step towards improving life for everyone who's not in a car.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

What it’s like to drive across Central Asia with an adventure tourism group

Rides like this are how some people explore their adventurous side, but you can see the great parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in comfort, too.

Jamie Lafferty, The Guardian | 12 years ago