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Jetpac gets $2.4 million in funding — social travel or album peering?

Pictures are worth 1,000 words and there seems to be that many social travel apps and sites. Most of them feature photo boards and images, and Jetpac is one of the latest entries.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

TechCrunch takes its startup roadshow to Rome this fall

Set in the Villa Borghese's Globe Theatre, Italian startups will have the chance to rub shoulders with U.S. counterparts and leaders, as well as learn what a hat tip from TC can do for a young company.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Marriott discusses China delays and Olympics numbers

Whether it is delays or crackdowns, U.S. companies operating in China will need to factor in the sometimes dramatic influence of political maneuvers.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

InsideHook launches by promising a Thrillist for men looking for tamer thrills

Thank goodness: Married men in their late 30s are an underserved market in the ideas and inspiration category. But InsideHook should consider getting the real decision makers in the family subscribed -- the wives.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Marriott to corporations: We have the power now

If the economy truly gets out of its doldrums, the power struggle between hotel chains and corporations will shift back to the hotels.

Skift | 12 years ago

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