Articles tagged “los angeles”

It's great to see the focus on Los Angeles' downtown, but it's hard to see the uptick in hotel nights in the city to justify all this building. Downtown's growth will likely come at the expense of airport hotels and any other non-waterfront properties.

Aerial destination shots are the meat and potatoes of travel video ads and as we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks are used in mash-ups for everything from airlines to booking websites to actual DMOs.

Extremely high office vacancies in downtown Los Angeles aren't worrying architects or builders who say it’ll be another four years for the record-heigh tower opens its doors.

Los Angeles is in the prime position, literally, to benefit from the surge in Chinese travelers by serving as a starting to any trip in the United States.

LAX started offering the incentive over a decade ago, which no longer makes sense for the airport as it risks losing up to $120,000 a day from free parking.

There are multiple travel apps that attempt to integrate social media and destination content, but tourism boards are in a better position to leverage the tools given their established authority and influence -- and relatively deep pockets.

Los Angeles is the first U.S. city tourism board to reach 1 million fans on Facebook, but it’s too early to tell if Likes, which don't always translate into purchases, will lead to an increase in incoming visitors.

Qantas’ new "sleep service" upgrade is just another amenity with a price tag, but one that flyers might be happy to pay as it includes a padded mattress and quilt for overnight flights.

Shut down the highway and air quality immediately improves. This is great news, but not enough to get Los Angeles residents to give up their beloved vehicles and opt for public transportation.

Which is more important: the destination or its airport? It’s unlikely that airport hassles are keeping currently served tourists away, but a lack of routes to growing regions like India and Argentina surely does.