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Articles tagged “holidays”

Airlines

Thailand expects double-digit jump in Chinese New Year revelers this week

Thailand has enjoyed a boost in Chinese tourism for the past year, but the ultimate test for the country’s air travel capacity will be during the next two weeks with more than 3.45 million planned arrivals.

Boonsong Kositchotethana, The Bangkok Post | 11 years ago

Thailand expects double-digit jump in Chinese New Year revelers this week

Tourism

Las Vegas caters to Chinese tourists with extravagant New Year celebrations

Chinese tourists are the fastest growing demographic of world travelers and Las Vegas plans on turning the holiday into an opportunity to attract the visitors by doing what it knows best.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Las Vegas caters to Chinese tourists with extravagant New Year celebrations

Hotels

Vegas hotel room prices spike for New Year’s Eve celebrations

Las Vegas has become the destination of choice for holiday revelers who've outgrown New York's Times Square but still want to ring in the New Year with a bang.

Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun | 11 years ago

Vegas hotel room prices spike for New Year’s Eve celebrations

Airlines

Singapore Airlines surprises holiday flyers by replacing bags with presents in Manila

The airline’s act of appreciation is felt by travelers beyond those on flight SQ910 thanks to social media spreading the image of a baggage carousel filled with presents. But it begs the question: Where's your gift if you didn't check a bag?

Skift | 11 years ago

Singapore Airlines surprises holiday flyers by replacing bags with presents in Manila

Uncategorized

Floods wash out rail lines in the UK disrupting holiday travel

If you're not home for the holidays already in the UK, you're likely where you're going to be spending the holidays whether you like it or not.

Chris Jasper, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Floods wash out rail lines in the UK disrupting holiday travel

Online Travel

The battle between Bing Maps and Google Earth over Santa Claus

There is definitely room here for a joke about Apple Maps and Santa ending up stranded in the Australian outback, isn't there?

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

The battle between Bing Maps and Google Earth over Santa Claus

Airlines

This will be the busiest holiday travel period in the past six years, says AAA

A similar story to the Thanksgiving travel period when passengers began feeling the impact of airlines cutting capacity and trying to increase yields throughout all of 2012.

Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

This will be the busiest holiday travel period in the past six years, says AAA

Airlines

Travelers turn to their mobile devices to cope with travel annoyances, says survey

The survey shows that travelers are preparing to deal with the travel annoyances that await them by either adjusting their travel dates, booking hotels instead of sleeping on couches, or just filling their Instapaper queue before the flight.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Travelers turn to their mobile devices to cope with travel annoyances, says survey

Airlines

Are airports the new malls for holiday shopping?

Airports are ramping up their retail offerings both to become destinations in their own right and squeeze a profit out of flyers listlessly waiting around. Whether it's as successful as this Times trend piece argues is another matter.

Skift | 11 years ago

Are airports the new malls for holiday shopping?

Airlines

Infographic: These are the most on-time airports in the U.S. this holiday season

Most passengers head to the airport with dismal expectations, so looking at factors like how many passengers pass through the airport, where they are located, and which airlines fly there can either ease or float travel anxieties.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Infographic: These are the most on-time airports in the U.S. this holiday season