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Hotels

Hotel video provider LodgeNet to file for bankruptcy, turn over leadership to investors

Unless LodgeNet pivots to providing in-room Wi-Fi it will be a rough road as guest either manage with live television or turn to BYO devices for entertainment.

Niamh Ring | 12 years ago

Airlines

Will 2013 be the year the FAA comes clean on portable electronics?

Bilton has been on a quest this year to make the FAA be consistent on why the agency has the rules it does. Here's wishing him good luck in the coming year.

12 years ago

Ground Transport

Uber's surge of New Year's Eve pricing transparency

Use Uber on New Year's Eve at your own risk -- to your wallet. At least the mobile-app car service is warning customers in advance about skyrocketing rates.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Florida tourism board mines data to attract visitors

Smart tourism boards are getting a digital edge in their marketing efforts by analyzing visitor data.

Emily Roach | 12 years ago

Airlines

Gogo to increase rates for in-flight Wi-Fi in January 2013

Gogo will likely continue to increase rates in small increments until the raises result in a critical loss of users. Interesting to note; however, that Gogo may soon have more competition after the FCC eased in-flight Internet licensing rules on Friday.

12 years ago

Ground Transport

Canadian city tracks drivers’ Bluetooth headsets to predict traffic jams

It’s impressive to see a city taking the time and money to offer innovative tech solutions to everyday travel problems as many of the currently available options are crowdsourced or privately built apps.

12 years ago

Online Travel

New York City set to launch subway-tracking app for seven of the city’s 24 lines

New York’s MTA has withheld its train-location information making it difficult for developers to innovate and improve riders’ digital experience until now, and the app’s functionality still falls far behind those of other U.S. cities.

12 years ago

Airlines

Instagram's most popular places to post photos of across the world in 2012

It’s not quite an equal comparison, but there’s been little correlation between the most-Instagrammed locations versus where tourists check into on Facebook or what destinations they’re searching on Google.

Samantha Shankman | 12 years ago

Hotels

Analysis: Expedia, with Trivago, won't get caught flat-footed this time around

Priceline and Booking.com should feel some heat from Expedia and Trivago in Europe, where Kayak faces the sentiment that it is an American interloper.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

The tricky balance between legality and innovation in the sharing economy

As disruptive companies in the sharing economy take hold, local laws in some cases will change to accommodate them. That is beginning to happen.

Dana Hull | 12 years ago