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Climate Change and Travel

Complete coverage of how global climate change is affecting the travel industry and how travel brands are helping or hurting humans’ opportunities to fix it.

Hotels

HotelTonight raises $60,000 for American Red Cross by matching every dollar spent in wake of Sandy

Hurricane Sandy brought to a light a lesser-known function for the popular booking app as a disaster relief tool.

HotelTonight raises $60,000 for American Red Cross by matching every dollar spent in wake of Sandy

Tourism

Statue of Liberty lit up for the first time since Hurricane Sandy on Friday night

Lady Liberty is having a tough time recently. The iconic landmark reopened to visitors just three days before the storm hit and now its closed again with no estimate of when it will reopen.

Statue of Liberty lit up for the first time since Hurricane Sandy on Friday night

Cruises

Cruise industry says clean fuel rules will increase passenger costs and impact itineraries

Any major shift in an industry is expected to encounter resistance and cruise companies are bemoaning the regulations that will increase costs and limit the destinations where ships can refuel.

Cruise industry says clean fuel rules will increase passenger costs and impact itineraries

Airlines

United Airlines says Sandy cost it $90 million in revenue, but it could have been worse

Although the storm initially cancelled over 5,000 flights, United will eventually receive fares for rebookings, saved costs on fuel and labor, and improved load efficiency on flights following the storm.

United Airlines says Sandy cost it $90 million in revenue, but it could have been worse

Ground Transport

The businesses that boomed in the days following Hurricane Sandy

New Yorkers took their old bikes to the repair shop and rode to work -- thanks to Bloomberg push for more bike lanes -- or used Zipcar, which happily accepted empty gas tanks in return for the uptick in traffic.

The businesses that boomed in the days following Hurricane Sandy

Media and PR

The globe-trotting climate change movie that reveals inconvenient truths

The power of the filmmakers' visuals and the lack of political polemic will add to the understated persuasiveness of "Chasing Ice."

The globe-trotting climate change movie that reveals inconvenient truths

Tourism

Follow the path of Hurricane Sandy with Google Maps

Tourism

Think Sandy ruined your business trip? Be happy your business isn’t running for president

President Obama will likely have better access to and more face-time in hard-hit areas in Sandy's path, but neither candidate is happy about the disruptions this storm causes in their well-laid plans for a final weel of campaigning.

Tourism

10 statistics that put Hurricane Sandy in somewhat frightening perspective

The Guardian's top stats nerd takes a look at the numbers and helps make the chatter of meteorologists much more realistic and gives ominous warnings some real weight.

Airlines

Airlines and hotels struggle with hurricane-related cancellations across the U.S.

The threat posed by Hurricane Irene last year prepared airlines for dealing with a mega-storm in a key region like New York City, but nothing can really prepare travelers for being stranded for a day before a storm hits.

Airlines and hotels struggle with hurricane-related cancellations across the U.S.