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Articles tagged “holidays”

Online Travel

The High-Tech Aviation Tools Tracking Santa’s Sleigh on Christmas Eve

The FAA, NORAD, and Boeing are agencies and companies that few Americans think about or even recognize, but their holiday projects are a clever way to make their usual work relatable to children and names more well-known.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

The High-Tech Aviation Tools Tracking Santa’s Sleigh on Christmas Eve

Airlines

Fashion Startup Zady Targets Holiday Flyers With New Airport Pop-Up Shop

Airports are becoming destinations with luxury retail and local hotspots available to any flyer passing through. And they offer new brands a more temporary, affordable spot to gain awareness during heavy traffic times.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Fashion Startup Zady Targets Holiday Flyers With New Airport Pop-Up Shop

Ground Transport

Uber Is Branching Out Into Christmas Tree Delivery in 10 Cities

The deliveries are stunts, but they're also testing the waters for Uber's expansion into on-demand services either in addition to or in replacement of their existing car hailing business.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Uber Is Branching Out Into Christmas Tree Delivery in 10 Cities

Airlines

AAA Predicts Biggest Labor Day Travel Weekend Since the Recession

If you find yourself stuck in traffic and frustrated that first weekend of September, blame the economic recovery.

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift | 11 years ago

AAA Predicts Biggest Labor Day Travel Weekend Since the Recession

Tourism

Population of small California town grows 10x for Fourth of July parade

Caycos’ Fourth of July parade has grown into an event that thousands of visitors return for every year, giving the town both a reputation to attract new visitors and an annual tourism bump.

Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago

Population of small California town grows 10x for Fourth of July parade

Tourism

Fifty facts you might not know about the Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty has gone through much turmoil in the past decade with September 11 and Hurricane Sandy closing her doors for years at a time; let’s hope there’s nothing to stop the island from staying open now.

Sophie Christie, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Fifty facts you might not know about the Statue of Liberty

Tourism

Turkey’s struggling tourism sector hopes Ramadan brings visitor rebound

The future of Turkey’s vital tourism industry depends on the length and severity of current protests, which are slowly eating away at the country’s reputation as worldwide travel destination.

Skift | 11 years ago

Turkey’s struggling tourism sector hopes Ramadan brings visitor rebound

Tourism

America kicks off its summer travel season with lukewarm expectations

Is summer travel on the rise? That depends on who you ask. Luxury hotel bookings are rebounding at a faster rate than mid-scale properties, and many Americans are still opting for more conservative close-to-home holidays.

Jonathan Fey, Associated Press | 11 years ago

America kicks off its summer travel season with lukewarm expectations

Ground Transport

Memorial Day road trips driven by fee fatigue

Are travelers getting used to airline fees, or is fee fatigue spurring more road trips? The slightly higher number of travelers taking to the roads this Memorial Day weekend may also be driven by airline capacity cuts. At any rate, at some juncture there will be a tipping point where the airline fee frenzy becomes just too much and decisively changes traveler behavior.

Barbara Powell, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Hotels

London hotel holds Valentine’s Day promotion via Twitter’s Vine app

Many hotels are overwhelmed with the current selection of social media platforms, but experimenting with new mediums will pay off in the long run even if the buzz on new products dies out quickly.

Skift | 11 years ago