Articles tagged “tv”

Destinations have downsides for locals and tourists alike, but the latter have a habit of leaving their inhibitions at home and act like everyone around them is also on a merry break.

The industry's argument that employees make more money on their ships than their home country doesn't justify the treatment, but NCL's Sheehan points to one of the core issues in the cruise labor debate: the price consumers pay.

Throughout his multiple BBC series and books, Palin has taken has taken the traditionally patronizing tendency of English explorers and given it a more gentle and insightful face.

How much impact can a documentary have when consumers have already decided that they really, really like dirt-cheap cruising?

Behind-the-scenes life in an American airport in this paranoid world, how could it not be fascinating?

A gotcha journalism take on cruise industry labor practices will surely have plenty to talk about. We'll have to wait until Monday night to find out if the disgust over working conditions translates into a discussion of consumer demand for low, low prices.

Anyone who loves airports likely won't be able to contain themselves at the prospect of a ten-part documentary about one of the world's most fascinating transit hubs. Get your popcorn ready.

Aspirational and voyeuristic combine in the Travel Channel's new series about how people with lives more unique than the standard person do their traveling.

Fliers may feel like they've been punched in the gut with every new airline fee so the ad portrays the perks of flying Southwest in the most literal sense by allowing its gamers to complete the course unscathed.

SendmyBag scored a small victory after its reality-show smackdown, but it will need to figure out how to do something special if it's to beat existing services -- like UPS or FedEx in the U.S. -- at the still nacent luggage-shipping game.