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Articles tagged “israel”

Online Travel

Checking out Israel just got a whole lot easier with Google Street View’s latest update

Google Street View is taking its goal of mapping the world mile by mile, but some miles are slower than others when dealing with a government that’d prefer to not have its every street corner on the Internet.

Skift | 11 years ago

Checking out Israel just got a whole lot easier with Google Street View’s latest update

Airlines

U.A.E airline Etihad erases Israel from in-flight and online map

Etihad hasn’t made a statement whether the omissions were intentional or an oversight since Etihad doesn’t fly to Israel.

Skift | 11 years ago

U.A.E airline Etihad erases Israel from in-flight and online map

Hotels

Middle East hotel performance remains relatively steady despite regional civil unrest

The hospitality industry tends to dip and rise in rhythm with regional tensions, but these historic and religious destinations will continue to attract tourist despite a lack of stability.

Skift | 11 years ago

Middle East hotel performance remains relatively steady despite regional civil unrest

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Israel strategizes ways to encourage domestic travel and assure international tourists

There was little news of trip cancellations during the last few weeks, but Israel is looking to pro-actively retain its international image amidst media images of air strikes and explosions.

Skift | 11 years ago

Israel strategizes ways to encourage domestic travel and assure international tourists

Tourism

Israel doesn’t want rocket attacks to sway tourists away from their travel plans

When it comes to being a tourist destination, Israel has the advantage of being Israel: It will continue to draw visitors from the deep pool of travelers who have religious or ideological ties to the state.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Israel doesn’t want rocket attacks to sway tourists away from their travel plans

Tourism

The escalation of fighting in Israel and the West Bank is destroying tourism in the region

Tourism would be a huge boon to all economies involved if peace were to come in the region. But that isn't in sight anytime soon.

Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters | 12 years ago

The escalation of fighting in Israel and the West Bank is destroying tourism in the region

Airlines

Israel airline El Al says it can’t afford to keep flying empty planes to Egypt

Either the airline continues running unprofitable flights as a sign of good will between the two nations with the government’s financial aid or Israel severs one of the lasting relationships it has with the Arab nation.

Skift | 12 years ago

Israel airline El Al says it can’t afford to keep flying empty planes to Egypt

Online Travel

Israeli donkeys go high-tech with on-saddle Wi-Fi in biblical park

WWJD? Well, he would have updated his Facebook status to say "OMG, I'm totally on a camel. ROTFL"

Elinor Zuckerman, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Airlines

El Al narrows losses and expands Economy Class Plus seating

El Al has some hard work in front of it in order to turn the red ink into black. With crowded long-haul flights, there could indeed be some demand for Economy Class Plus, and the El Al Upgrade bidding option is a nice twist.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

New Israeli law says airlines must refund passengers for delays longer than two hours

There are several clauses to the law so that smart airlines should be able to find their way around having to refund tickets and reimburse waiting passengers for their snacks and Wi-Fi services.

Skift | 12 years ago