Skift Originals

While Gogo has a strong hold on inflight Wi-Fi among many U.S. airlines, there certainly appears to be plenty of competition.

Despite the similarities in the basic design of suitcases over the years, new concepts for bags that can follow behind travelers and suitcases that turn into scooters suggests that the evolution isn’t slowing any time soon.

There are multiple travel apps that attempt to integrate social media and destination content, but tourism boards are in a better position to leverage the tools given their established authority and influence -- and relatively deep pockets.

Foursquare's location guidance seems a lot more reliable than Apple Maps', and this Foursquare add-on improves the Uber iPhone app's customer experience.

Some markets are indeed gaining faster than others, but this year's numbers are enough to get operators agressively investing again following the great big project freeze of 2008.

It's doubtful that US Airways has been collaborating with American Airlines on the latter's suspected new livery, but then again everything takes time.

The joint venture will have less of an impact on travelers than that of a full merger, but frequent flyers and premier passengers will reap the best benefits between shared lounges and mile points.

It will be interesting to see how the relatively downbeat price that Google paid for Frommer's will impact BBC Worldwide's efforts to find a buyer or partner for Lonely Planet.

You can expect a slew of mileage-tracking sites to announce the exit of United MileagePlus from their programs over the next days and weeks.

Our first holiday-themed ad made this week’s roundup with a festive appearance from Delta workers, but the winner has to be Turkish Airline’s Kobe/Messi showdown ad for hitting more than 22 million views in four days.