Articles tagged “movies”

In hotels’ infinite search for unique offerings, a live theatre appears to a costly investment but one that’s proven to diversify corporate hotels’ customer base or provide hotels with a specific clientele to court.

Destinations that serve as film sets are usually on the receiving end of a film tourism boost, so awareness more than droves of visitors would be a more accurate expectation for the homeland of this iconic character.

If tourism destinations are all over this, as are airlines, then why not hotels? Seems like a missed opportunity so far.

Uh, yeah. A Star Wars theme park would make Universal's Harry Potter land look like a pre-school, and Disney's got the experience and the money to make it happen.

With the exception of the silly QR codes, Petersburg seems like it's making smart decisions to drive tourism to sites recently made popular on television and in the movie theaters.

Airlines are dreaming of the day when they can ditch the complicated, heavy, and expensive seat-back entertainment systems for profit-generating bring-your-own-device systems.

DreamWorks wants access to the growing Russian market but knows from high-profile failures like BP that it's smarter to go the licensing route than trying to invest directly.

Visa regulations and costs are a top priority for Indian filmmakers when electing where to work abroad, which gives destinations a large incentive to ease visa rules in exchange for the tourism boom.

The thought that a "Steven Tyler Act" describes anything other than dressing like a 60-year-old woman with multiple facelifts is hilarious enough on its own, but letting the thought of this law proceed this far speaks to how far some lawmakers will go to make a famous person happy.

It's disconcerting that Rough Guides' last shot at keeping the brand alive is in the hands of this man.