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Any adoption of the proposal that the FCC will consider is by no means assured since the Satellite Industry Association has powerful backers with much clout in Washington.

Bourdain compares the realities of a destination against its reputation built up by those that loved it best in Tangier, as well as indulges viewers with insight into Bourdain’s personal taste for literature, drugs, and travel.

This is a new, photo-led way for Google to push its own hotel business as a first option for Google users, ahead of competitors. These collections of hotel images are geared toward capturing the interest of users who are at the earliest stages of searching for a hotel.

Europe pioneered adventure travel, and now as it teeters in these recessionary times with declining tourism prospects, it needs to bring that original adventure spirit back if it wants legions of Asian and American tourists to keep coming.

It will create some buzz for Newfoundland, until it won't. Can't read too much into it.

TripAdvisor giveth and TripAdvisor taketh. It gives great advice to hotels, and it takes their advertising dollars. Good cop, bad cop (although not-so bad if it is driving hotel bookings) has long been known to be a very effective strategy.

These sorts of biometrics will soon become standard at modern airports. The airport of the future, in some respects, has already arrived.

Oy. What a mess. There is no clear end-game because each jurisdiction's laws are different. Federal legislation could resolve the issue, but that would take away power from cities and states.

These air traffic control towers were never going to be closed on an ongoing basis. It would have been insane.

A year from now, it will be interesting to see how much Priceline and Expedia alter their metasearch advertising in Kayak, TripAdvisor and Trivago.