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Brockway will likely find out that his flirtation with a business outside the travel industry was a flight of fancy. We like his criteria for starting a new business though -- think big.

Where Booking.com leads, other online travel agencies tend to follow. Don't be surprised if you start seeing more apartment hotels and hostels appearing on Expedia sometime soon.

The rate of innovation in mobile technology suggests that even if security still takes too long and seats are too small, flyers can at least rely on updated flight statuses and hassle-free check-ins.

Aerial destination shots are the meat and potatoes of travel video ads and as we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks are used in mash-ups for everything from airlines to booking websites to actual DMOs.

WIthout official ties to the government, the grassroots campaign could fizzle out as quickly as it exploded; or the spontaneity of the organic movement could be exactly what keeps it alive to accomplish its goal.

Although foreign tourists only make up a small percentage of total visitors to New York City, the emerging outbound travel markets of China and Brazil are key to driving arrivals to these all-time highs.

Cruise lines’ usual stream of customer engagement involves surface level greetings, but laying the groundwork for quick responses is the first step in ensuring a performance more impressive than Carnival’s during a public crisis.

Carnival received an enormous outpouring of customer comments – both positive and negative – over the past week, but it could have been more proactive in its responses and updates given the visibility of the situation.

Kayak's dropping of tours in its mobile apps shows that the sector may not be as addressable as envisioned and isn't ready for prime time.

HomeAway is mimicking Airbnb's pay-per booking model in some ways, although HomeAway isn't getting into peer-to-peer apartment rentals in any big way just yet.