Travel ads of the week: What it takes to make an online travel ad pop
What appeals to one traveler might not turn on another. What’s your favorite video from this week’s roundup?
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The four new types of global travelers that hotels are adapting to
A hotel can’t be everything to everyone, but there are trends that apply to all types of travelers that hotels can implement including connectivity, flexibility, and personalization.
3 game-changing initiatives in travel that have yet to make a difference
With Tingo, SniqueAway and hotel metasearch, TripAdvisor is moving closer toward becoming an online travel agency everyday. The smart money says it's only a matter of time.
American Airlines hack at SXSW produced 15 apps
This is the start of the new American Airlines, at least that's the hope.
The world’s fastest growing countries in travel
Kyrgyzstan is big on our list of countries to go to in 2013, what's yours?
Hertz’s plans to beat Enterprise in the off-airport car rental market
Video kiosks at off-airport locations sound great. But, if the Dollar Thrifty car for rental is filthy, is the video kiosk going to wash it?
TripAdvisor report reminds everyone why travel agencies are screwed
The idea that Brits still use travel agents doesn't hold up against the data compiled by TripAdvisor and further confirms our view that these outdated institutions will soon be nothing more than a pile of bricks.
The best tourism marketing videos of 2013
Our favorite, the first one, from Visit Finland.
The world’s most tourism-dependent countries
Fascinating list, if only to understand how vital the links -- literally -- to the outside world are for these countries, for their own economic growth.