ABC News
The increase in automobile travel comes despite rising gas prices, up 16 cents per gallon as of Tuesday from a year ago. Decreased airfare may play a part in the rising number of air travelers this holiday weekend, expected to rise 3.7 percent. AAA ...
ABC News
Travel tips: Hotel safety tips for any season
Boston.com (blog)
The official last weekend for summer getaways is here, and whether your plans are set or you're playing things by ear, there's a lot of travel to be had this Labor Day weekend. According to AAA, 33 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this ...
Presidential Candidates Largely Ignore Travel Industry Despite Job And ...
Huffington Post
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration announced earlier this month that 2012 could be a record year for travel and tourism, with international visitors to the U.S. having spent $82.2 billion on travel so far this year, a ...
Hurricane Isaac slams New Orleans on anniversary of Katrina
Examiner.com
It was just seven years ago that New Orleans, a popular travel destination, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of residents fled the Big Easy, many of them making fresh starts in other parts of the Southeast, including Huntsville. On ...
Examiner.com
Nielsen: Native Travel Apps Trump Mobile Web 95% Of The Time, Google Maps ...
TechCrunch
Native app usage has been edging just ahead of mobile web usage among U.S. smartphone owners in the last few months, but when it comes to the category of travel, mobile web use all but disappears off the map. According to figures out today from Nielsen ...
TechCrunch
Ayatollah Tourism: A Guided Tour of Iran's Sites of Oppression and Abuse
The Atlantic
On Friday, Iran's top tourism official, H.M. Ajabi, told local press (IRNA) that the NAM summit offers a great opportunity for "boosting Iran's tourism industry" and the Tehran Times reports that Ban has been invited to attend a meeting of the Human ...
The Atlantic
Travel companies must face American Airlines antitrust suit: judge
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge has denied a request by Orbitz Worldwide Inc (OWW.N), Sabre Holdings Corp TSG.UL and Travelport Ltd TRVPT.UL to dismiss a lawsuit filed by American Airlines Inc that accuses the companies of antitrust ...
China, wary of Arab Spring, hosts Egypt's Morsi
Boston.com
Revenues from tourism — one of Egypt's biggest money makers and job sources — fell 30 percent to $9 billion in 2011, and foreign investment has largely dried up. That has forced the country to seek billions of dollars in assistance from the ...
Convention travel has been a nightmare
Asbury Park Press
TAMPA — As conventions go, this one has been a logistics nightmare. This is not a good place for a huge gathering, certainly not for people who don't plan well. The New Jersey Republicans are staying in a hotel that brings to mind the place Tony ...
Consumer advocates declare war on hidden hotel fees
Chicago Tribune
"Stop hotels from hiding part of their true prices from consumers and business travelers." That's the message Kevin Mitchell of the Business Travel Coalition and I sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Aug. 27, 2012. Our target, of course, is ...
Travel Is Getting More Fun Now That We Don't Have To Deal With Humans
By Jill Krasny
All this automation might be the beginning of a whole new travel era, one that's just what the passengers ordered. Last spring, 75% of worldwide fliers told SITA, the Geneva-based airline IT provider, that self-service is the way to go.
Business Insider
By Jill Krasny
All this automation might be the beginning of a whole new travel era, one that's just what the passengers ordered. Last spring, 75% of worldwide fliers told SITA, the Geneva-based airline IT provider, that self-service is the way to go.
Business Insider
Nielsen Study Shows June's Top Travel Apps, Mobile Sites
By Kate Freeman
Some findings by the latest Nielsen study shows what travel apps and sites for mobile devices were most popular this past June.
Mashable » Mobile
By Kate Freeman
Some findings by the latest Nielsen study shows what travel apps and sites for mobile devices were most popular this past June.
Mashable » Mobile
GateGuru Adds Capital to Make Air Travel Less of a Headache ...
By Erin Griffith
The app, originally developed to smooth out the annoying parts of the airport experience, is widening its focus to encompass the entire day of travel. The goal is to make traveling less of a headache and more “magical,” co-founder and CEO ...
PandoDaily
Libya
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all but essential travel to Libya. The incidence of violent crime, especially carjacking and robbery, has ...
travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5762.html
Harbor Schooner Sets Sail On Summer's Final Stretch - NY1.com
A final salute to summer can be had on New York Harbor onboard a boat with true American roots.
www.ny1.com/.../harbor-schooner-sets-sail-on-summer-s-final...
The Daily Herald -Students short-listed for Tourism Youth Congress
MARIGOT--The St. Martin Tourism Office presented three Lycée students at a press conference Tuesday, one of whom will be chosen to represent St. Martin at ...
www.thedailyherald.com/.../31027-students-short-listed-for-to...
Nielsen Study Shows June's Top Travel Apps, Mobile Sites - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: Some findings by the latest Nielsen study show what travel apps and sites for mobile devices were most popular this past June. It appears ...
news.yahoo.com/nielsen-study-shows-junes-top-travel-apps-m...
The business of travel: An interactive map - FORTUNE on CNNMoney
The business of travel: An interactive map. See where people are going, how much they're spending and where travel and tourism is a viable career. By Sheryl ...
money.cnn.com/interactive/news/economy/travel-business/
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