Articles tagged “surveys”

New York state residents are less panicky about Ebola at their doorsteps than rest of the country. Though that may change if more cases and more bungling by authorities comes to light.

The overworked, under-vacationed and under-traveled American is a cliche, for a reason. This country needs to fix its vacation policies at work, and the travel industry needs to figure out better ways to get Americans to take a break.

Avid mobile users -- the early adopters on Android -- are booking a lot more on their devices now, and this number will only increase.

In a very mature business travel market like the United States, there is still a lot of growth left -- especially at the younger end of the market.

U.S. doesn't just need BrandUSA to get international visitors to U.S., it needs a big get-out-and-travel marketing effort right in our own backyard. Of course weak-recovery economy doesn't help, whatever the marketing efforts may be.

The international travel habits of Americans remain anemic, but a positive way of looking at it: There is still a lot of potential for growth in America, and international destinations can do a lot more to incent Americans to travel.

If airlines and airports had adequate charging facilities for electronic devices then the new UK and U.S. rules on powering up electronic devices at security wouldn't be a big problem. As it is now, implementation and policies varies widely, leading to a ton of confusion.

Much as the travel industry talks about a utopian vision of the digital future of travel, consumers still want the best fares when it comes to online travel, now and in the future. And they want it without having to hunt on dozens of sites, like now. Is the travel industry listening?

Americans returning to the airport will be surprised by the range of positive and negative changes to the air travel experience -- most of which were necessary to bring the industry out of a recession and into a mobile, tech-influenced future.

UK nationals used to be great holiday takers and a good source market for lots of other countries, but that's changing as the economy and recession has taken its toll on the vacation habits of its citizens.