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Airline passengers are getting used to the new normal: paying extra for baggage and other services, and that helps in the scores this year.

Like or dislike his ideas, and there are plenty of people in each camp, Jim Davidson stirs things up with his advocacy, and the travel industry is a much better enterprise for his presence. Disruption is never neat, and it comes in all shapes, sizes and bobbleheads.

The manual transfer of keys would be a major barrier to RelayRides’ growth while its competition like Zipcar and Getaround make it easy for users to independently unlock cars.

As ticket prices have been pushed lower and lower, fees have become the difference between profit and loss for all but a few airlines in the U.S.

This is an interesting idea from SkyTeam, but it's doubtful this would be the first option that meeting planners would turn to.

Becker takes a deep dive into the business of travel in a way that few writers do, and we're happy to give her the chance to explain it further.

Virgin America is showing its first hints of profitability, and has much to prove about its identity and growth path before an IPO can truly be on the table.

It's fierce competition for the lucrative convention market, and Las Vegas had better be on top of its game because business travelers sometimes long for something different as opposed to repeat visits to Vegas.

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.