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Articles tagged “budget”

Ground Transport

The coming trend in European train travel: High-speed goes low cost

While the U.S. government battles over the costs and necessity of Amtrak, Europe is moving on to affordable high-speed train travel making our network look antiquated and overpriced.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Budget hotel brands expand in NYC with dreams making it in the big leagues

Brands look to customer exposure and high demand as a means of growth, but it’s their legacy and name familiarity from rural properties that lead to their urban success.

Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Chinese love affairs push business travelers towards familiar hotel brands

It might be as boring as vanilla ice cream, but a guarantee of clean sheets and a working bathroom is enough to prompt business travelers to seek out and pay extra for established recognized hotel brands.

Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Megabus’ poor U.S. performance worries its owner Stagecoach

When your product smells like old flip flops and stale french fries and your promised internet connection and power outlets don't work, you do tend to perform lower than your parent company would like.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Megabus’ poor U.S. performance worries its owner Stagecoach

Business Travel

Business travelers thrilled over death of the PT Cruiser, world’s worst rental car

It won't be hard to say goodbye to this Dick Tracy-inspired monstrosity that had blind spots that were even more frightening than the car's exterior design.

Skift | 11 years ago

Business travelers thrilled over death of the PT Cruiser, world’s worst rental car

Media and PR

Budget Travel magazine is put on ice for the winter, and it’s not sure when it will return

With a mission that promises to help its readers to travel cheap, it's been a challenge for the magazine to connect with the type of advertisers who can spend tens of thousands of dollars on ad pages. There's a reason "Travel + Leisure" features Louis Vuitton luggage rather than backpacks, you know.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Budget Travel magazine is put on ice for the winter, and it’s not sure when it will return

Hotels

Blackstone’s Motel 6 investment marks a return of interest in the economy sector

The economy sector is at risk of becoming commoditized and completely replaced by midscale hotels unless efforts are made to distinguish the brands and their benefits from higher-end hotels.

Skift | 11 years ago

Blackstone’s Motel 6 investment marks a return of interest in the economy sector

Hotels

User reviews impact bookings for economy hotels more than their luxury counterparts

Hotels in the economy segment have more at risk on user review sites, but would be wise to leverage the information found on the sites to address specific failures.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Five Android apps to aid travelers on a budget

The most clever app on this list is Trapster, which alerts drivers where police speed traps are so road trippers can watch their speed and avoid a hefty fine.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Gulf countries must diversify hotel options to cater to budget tourists

Countries in the Gulf region have enjoyed an uptick in tourism in recent years, but its focus on high-profile brands excludes a large population of travelers looking for mid-range hotel rooms.

Skift | 12 years ago

Gulf countries must diversify hotel options to cater to budget tourists