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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, except the secrets of one of the world's most successful marketing campaigns. Expectations for a Vegas vacation have become a cultural phenomenon and the realization that it's all a ploy to tap into tourists' frustrations and set them off on a spending spree is unlikely to quench the thirst for freedom felt by any arriving visitor.

The company still hasn't recovered from the slump in business travel post-recession, and with the macro picture on the sector changing fast with rise of digital, divesting, at least part of it, is the right move.

As airports compete for choosy passengers and air routes, they are turning into destinations themselves with unique amenities. Once regarded as purely utilitarian infrastructure, airports are now becoming more integrated with their surroundings and hosting new experiences for passengers and non- passengers alike.

There's huge growth potential in the hybrid hostel/hotel market, luring new guest types with high-concept design and single rooms, and it's coming to America.

For us, among the top print travel ad campaigns of 2013. Gorgeous and simple in execution, these would make great travel posters blown up fully.

The millennials may not care about the United nostalgia, but old timers will surely remember the slogan. Ultimately, customers may not go for a pining-for-simpler-times slogan, especially if United's un-friendly problems with technology, customer service, on-time-performance, and the general miserable experience of air travel in these times continue.

We've yet to see the same level of excitement for local tours, activities, and events startups from consumers as we did from investors over the last few years. SideTour's unnamed purchase price is likely low, but it's also likely a sigh of relief for its investors and employees.

Investing in travel isn't such a gamble after all, except if you're referring to gaming -- which appears to be a sure bet when it comes to wealth creation.

JetBlue is the middle of a brand upgrade with new uniforms and its first business class preparing to debut next year. With no plans of pursuing a merger, the carrier is free to create coy comparison that differentiate the brand from its complained-about peers.

Young ex-lawyer Loh Lik Peng is eviscerating Singapore's staid image with some of Asia's most creative, community-minded boutique hotels.