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Airlines

Biometric immigration controls open at Marseille’s airport for EU residents

The scanners will use a combination of fingerprint scans and information stored in passport chips to verify identities and allow faster passage through immigration control.

Skift | 12 years ago

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American Airlines mechanics and clerks union to vote on slightly improved contract

The contract, while better, still includes layoffs of both mechanics and clerks. The thousands who will lose jobs are likely not soothed by the news of the multi-million dollar bonuses execs will receive even if they only half-succeed transforming the carrier.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Turkey uses the soft power of TV to attract more Arab visitors

Pop culture's soft-power appeal is just fun, whether its the surprising wave of "Winter Sonata" Japanese fans who hit Korea in the 2000s or the U.S. tourists now scouring English countryside for "Downton Abbey" locations.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

The top 10 hotel fees that everybody likes to complain about

From Wi-Fi to mandatory valet parking, these are the fees we've all complained about around the hotel pool. Fortunately, USAT also includes tips to avoiding them.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Olympics only give host’s economy a short-term boost

Goldman Sachs predicts that any boost to UK's economy in Q3 will even out in Q4. The intangible benefits of hosting, though, may be tempered this year by banking scandals and the UK's general sluggishness.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Air India’s Dreamliners are grounded in South Carolina until it pays up

India's airline industry seems to exist lately solely to make the U.S. aviation industry look smart. It's time a company stepped up and starting delivering the service the rapidly expanding country deserves.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Push and pull on who will lead Egypt’s tourism ministry & revive the sector

With conservatives coming into power and economy still in doldrums, tourism ministry needs to be shored up by a liberal leader to keep the Western tourists flowing in.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Wikitravel editors to team up with Wikipedia and ditch Internet Brands

This seems like a win-win for the people who love Wikitravel: They keep all the content they want, keep the link juice, take the experts with them, and join forces with an organization that shares the same values.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Balancing Kenya’s Maasai Mara culture with tourism & development

A great short documentary about the struggle between commercial/tourism development with conserving local cultures and wildlife, a struggle playing out in almost all parts of Africa.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

New York City to use old phone booths to broadcast free public Wi-Fi

As opposed to Starbuck with chairs and tables, the city's campaign is targeted a smartphone and tablet users (or  a laptop user with good balance) who need a little extra connection along their way.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

First honest words from Concordia captain: “I f—-d up!”

Concordia captain Schettino has become such a parody of an inept leader that it's almost too easy to laugh -- until you recall the death and destruction behind his excuses.

Skift | 12 years ago