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Tourism

How Japanese footballers fly: Middling Men in business, world-champion women in coach

It's relatively hard to justify sticking a team of poor performers in business and the World Cup champions in coach, but the Olympics provide plenty of opportunities for countries to show both their best and worst sides.

Just McCurry | 13 years ago

Tourism

Detroit is losing local gaming customers to casinos in Toledo, Ohio

Unless your city is a marquee destination like Las Vegas or Macau that has more to offer visitors than loose slots, there's little to keep visitors loyal to one city over another.

13 years ago

Tourism

Olympics committee slaps down Kate Middleton's family for selling unauthorized ring toss game

The awkwardly named LOCOG enforcement group is strictly enforcing the banned list of behaviors in relation to the Olympics games, even if the infractions are the work of well-connected royals-in-law.

13 years ago

Tourism

Why you can't say "gold," "summer," or "London" during this summer's race for the gold in London

The idea of a brand police spreading across London wearing purple caps and slapping fines on merchants who are too enthusiastic about selling something to a tourist would be a scene in a British comedy if it hadn't already turned into a farce.

13 years ago

Tourism

Turkmenistan's tourism delusion remains just that

Delusional ruler with delusional gold-tinged dreams, what could go wrong with this proven tourism formula?

13 years ago

Tourism

As if the Olympics strike wasn't bad enough, now there's no Nadal

Culture minister Hunt has the quote of the day with his claim that the event has been "pretty smooth." Of course he also called the lines at Heathrow "pretty short," the weather in London "pretty swell," and the Murdoch newspaper matter "pretty scandal-free."

13 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor won't remove review despite hotel's Olympic security concerns

The hotel is being overly defensive about mentions of its Ministry of Defence guests, and TripAdvisor is correct in not censoring the review-writer. After all, according to the article, the hotel has written openly in the past about special rates for ministry employees so it's no secret.

13 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor making friends in UK after spate of bad PR

After getting slapped on the wrist by UK regulatory authorities regarding the trustworthiness of its reviews, and being subjected to adverse press reports, TripAdvisor is anxious to portray its tourism status as a solid citizen. Of course 25% of TripAdvisor users stay longer at hotels than other travelers -- it takes time to pack and write all those reviews before heading out to the next destination.

13 years ago

Tourism

UK border staff votes to strike the day before the Olympics

The good news is that the union threatening to strike only represents half of the border workers. The bad news is that the other half won't be able to get to work because the train drivers are striking too.

13 years ago

Cruises

Exclusive French luxury cruise line bought by a sandwich chain

Prêt a Manger's parent company has investments in many industries so the purchase of Compagnie du Ponant's three-ship cruise line isn't too far-fetched. No word on whether its all-inclusive price packages includes a sandwich-making station.

13 years ago