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Tourism

South Africa befriends Bollywood in hopes of getting more screen time

Cape Town has realized you don't need a catchy slogan or expensive tourism campaign to boost tourism, instead star in a film -- a method that destinations from Italy to New Zealand to Morocco have proven will work.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Street art meets check-ins on BigArtMob’s forthcoming app

Capturing points of interest on a smartphone is so basic, intuitive, and simple that it's a constant wonder that guidebook companies and local listings operations don't rely on them entirely for gathering data about the world.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

US Airways adds premium food option on international flights for $20

Selection's limited so far. And how long before they drop the free option on international, and charge for the crappy regular coach food? You know it will happen, right?

Paul Nussbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Video: Jakarta tops Tokyo and London as the most active Twitter city worldwide

As more developing nations turn to Twitter for public discourse, will Twitter allow its users their space -- as it did during the Arab Spring -- or become something of a policing unit for media partners, as seen during this week’s Olympics coverage?

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

British Airways announces its Perfect Day app is ready for iPhones

BA has created a pretty little app, but this seems like a project driven by an exec saying "we need another app" rather than something that meets a real customer need.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

What business do the Italians have taking a vacation this summer?

Is it OK to go on holiday when your economy is in tatters? Those out of work youth know that the incredibly generous benefits that allow their employed elders their four week escapes come at a high cost.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Boris Johnson says: The best for London will come post-Olympics

London's mayor hopes that his charms will inspire the country to do better beyond the games,

Avril Ormsby, Reuters | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Avis Car Rental now rents out WiFi devices at 7 German airports

The hassle of finding Internet while on the road is turning into profit for the travel industry, as companies come up with more ways to provide and charge for Internet.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

What Twitter is learning from the first social media-driven Olympics

The combination of viral, confessional social media and the locked-down environment of the most corporate Olympics ever is producing quite the sideshow this time around.

Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News | 12 years ago

Uncategorized

Video: Traffic analyst shows why New York City should reconsider adding 2,000 taxis

New Yorkers will have different opinions on the trade-off between quickly finding a taxi and paying higher taxi fares, but all will appreciate this video with 100 years of transit changes.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Gulf’s airlines expanding global network, thanks to sovereign wealth

Like we've said before, at some point in the medium to long term, the world will be owned by a combo of Emirates, Etihad, Qatar and Turkish airlines, as they look to expand globally.

Adam Schreck, Associated Press | 12 years ago