Tourism News
The Top Wellness Travel Trends For 2014
Health and wellness is increasingly being incorporated into the mainstream ecosystem of the travel industry, and larger trends are driving that.
Samantha Shankman |
UK Travel Agency Replaces Paper with Touchscreens in Next-Generation Store
Better late than never? The closer that travel agencies get to becoming the physical manifestation of today's booking and reviews sites, the closer they get to keeping the customers they have left.
Samantha Shankman |
Qatar Drops $800 Million On Paris Football Team To Promote Tourism
This might be one the first times ever that a country DMO (destination marketing organization) is spending so much money to sponsor a sports team, all in the name of promoting tourism.
Rafat Ali |
Travelers Are Writing Fewer and Nicer Online Hotel Reviews This Year
Writing hotel reviews has become a common part of a travel experience. Guests and hotel managers are getting better at filtering through the noise to write and comment on the service and amenities that really matter.
Samantha Shankman |
The TSA Just Set a New Record for Guns Found at Airports
The discoveries are not so much about the TSA being more vigilant as they are about the growing number gun owners who tend to be more forgetful than their more responsible forebears.
Jason Clampet |
The Coming Young Chinese Generation That Will Upend Everything In Travel
The Chinese millennial "G2 Generation" will comes out in hundreds of millions in the next decade, and change how travel products are consumed and marketed all around the globe. Are you ready?
Vincent Trivett |
The $1.9 Million Tour That Comes With a Free 25-Carat Diamond
After Colbert's deconstruction of this tour, unlikely any 0.00001 percenter would want any unwanted attention by buying this "once-in-a-lifetime adventure."
Rafat Ali |
JetBlue Honors New York City Firefighters with Special Plane Design
JetBlue is working hard to make the most of its base in one of the world's largest travel hubs by creating a top-notch terminal at JFK and honoring the locals that make its operations possible.
Samantha Shankman |
Airbnb Captures 1% of Visitors in Its Largest Market, New York City
Regardless of the growing pains, peer-to-peer services such as Airbnb are on track for dramatic growth. NYC and other cities are going to have to find ways to deal with it.
Samantha Shankman |