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How NY MTA spent $1.35 million putting up and taking down security bollards

It's questionable how granite posts could have ever protected LIRR's Atlantic Station from a terrorist attack, but if the MTA had been itching to spend money, we wish they had started on Penn Station’s much needed make over instead.

Skift | 12 years ago

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SkiftStats: Canada’s May 2012 tourism numbers see lots of U.S. love

Canada is only a car ride away from the U.S. and it shows in these numbers: two out of every three visitors is from south of the border.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

American figures out another fee, sort of: get your bags delivered, for a price

Hotels

Will UK anti-competition ruling change the hotel pricing game?

If the ruling is upheld, then parroted elsewhere, we could see some interesting competition. But that’s a big “if,” as it calls into question whether a seller has the right to establish pricing of its own products through various retail channels.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

That’ll bet $10 more dollars: United raises fares for second week in a row

Considering ow variable the cost of a ticket can be, $5 or $10 bumps largely go unnoticed by flyers once the headlines have disappeared.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

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Car share service Getaround raises $13.9 million to expand into new markets

Although there are still a few pieces (insurance, ahem) that need to fall into place, recent partnerships between RelayRides and OnStar and an investment in Carpooling.com by Daimler point to a good future for car shares.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Mogadishu has some stability and a beautiful coastline — will tourists come?

The city has an enviable position along the coast of the Indian Ocean, but it's going to take more than a few years of peace for the shores to be populated with resorts rather than pirates' skiffs.

Jessica Hatcher, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Hotels

Where mobile fits into La Quinta Inns’ digital strategy

Most of the hotel marketers are looking to drive app installs, which of course once downloaded on the smartphones, rarely get opened up.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Revenue and passengers up at Lufthansa, but earnings down

The carrier has done an admirable job balancing between legacy line and forward-thinking upstart (via its holdings in JetBlue and others), but the next few years should demonstrate if this hybrid mix will work.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Why off-reservation casinos are a bad idea for California

What is and isn't an Indian casino in the U.S. is so much about local politics and creative boundaries that a battle like this amounts to not much more than closing the gate after the horses have escaped.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat | 12 years ago

Airlines

Why airlines should ditch custom in-flight entertainment systems for iPads

Airlines aren't necessarily swayed by the iPad's cool factor, but they love the idea of massive fuel savings as well as the simplification of airplanes' wiring systems that the tablet offers.

Skift | 12 years ago