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Airlines

Boston’s new body scanners will make travelers look like Gumby

The fuzzier images are a response to privacy concerns among some travelers. More important: Boston launched the pre-check program in mid-June.

Hotels

The sharing economy likes deals and access most, the environment not so important

Like cycling to work and public transit, the sharing economy works because it makes sense, not because people are altruistic. And that's not a bad thing.

Media and PR

4 new services that connect visitors with local experiences

CanaryHop, Gidsy, SideTour, and Vayable all have compelling offerings that put the social and local into travel -- and they make money.

Tourism

Pairing the Queen Victoria with the Oriental Express for an 1930’s-era Far East adventure

This junket-generated story is nonetheless exciting with its promise of a long, lazy vacation with old-school luxe -- at new-school prices, of course.

SkiftX

US Airways is cool if American Airlines just wants to take it slow

US Airways is content to play it cool while American uses delay tactics to put off what's looking inevitable: it's takeover by another legacy carrier.

Hotels

Video: Airbnb’s co-founder Brian Chesky talks trust and alternative lodging with the BBC

For a site built largely upon the belief that people (or at least early adopters) are generally good, Airbnb is a model for how optimism can transform an industry.

Hotels

New ride-share app SideCar exemplifies the challenges ahead for the sharing economy

There's a balance to be found between regulation of the new upstarts and the realization that some rules are in place to protect consumers, not just create hassles.

Uncategorized

More pet restrictions on Delta Airlines; banned on Boeing 767

Clearly, airlines are going for the kill. Killing any notions of "customer service", that is.

Tourism

The Ryanair effect in reverse: Flight cuts to Morocco means fewer tourists

The effect of bulk low-cost airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet can work both ways: they can dump lots of European tourists on your beaches, or they can dump you when things don't go their way. Bet other countries like Egypt -- desperate for tourism -- are lobbying Ryanair now.

Hotels

What an interior designer thinks about the bad things people do in hotel rooms

There's nothing like a good story about BCP (read the story) to encourage the staycation movement.

Online Travel

TechCrunch article about Triposo is wrong about everything

How can a story about a company successfully raising $3.5 million get so many things wrong? Quick answer: Users haven't favored social approach and there are no successful "friendsourced, social graph-based models" for Triposo or old-school guides to compete with -- the Trippys and Gogobots are pivoting.