November 19, 2013

Not UR Daddy’s Loyalty Program

As a younger generation becomes hotels’ most frequent guests, hotel management is finding they are have less brand loyalty than their parents and grandparents.  Why?  What are they doing differently?  Read more about this story here.

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Vacation Day HOARDERS; What are you waiting for?

According to Expedia’s annual Vacation Deprivation report (yes, they really call it that!), Americans failed to take 577,000,000 vacation days they were entitled to last year. While some people may be saving for a longer trip, most of it just expires….

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Wow! Iceland Express successor adds U.S. flights

The headline’s not a pun; Wow Air is the company that bought budget carrier Iceland Express in 2012. The carrier will now re-enter the U.S. market with roundtrip Boston-Reykjavik-London Gatwick flights, connecting in Reykjavik with its other European…

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Want our business? Buy our parts!

Boeing and Airbus have agreed to buy aircraft parts worth about $5 billion from suppliers in Abu Dhabi to sweeten the deals in which three Gulf-based airlines have ordered $150 billion worth of new planes from the two companies. DETAILS

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Canal Saint-Martin: Where Gumbo Was

As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.

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Not UR Daddy’s Loyalty Program

As a younger generation becomes hotels’ most frequent guests, hotel management is finding they are have less brand loyalty than their parents and grandparents.  Why?  What are they doing differently?  Read more about this story here.

Read More

Vacation Day HOARDERS; What are you waiting for?

According to Expedia’s annual Vacation Deprivation report (yes, they really call it that!), Americans failed to take 577,000,000 vacation days they were entitled to last year. While some people may be saving for a longer trip, most of it just expires….

Read More

Wow! Iceland Express successor adds U.S. flights

The headline’s not a pun; Wow Air is the company that bought budget carrier Iceland Express in 2012. The carrier will now re-enter the U.S. market with roundtrip Boston-Reykjavik-London Gatwick flights, connecting in Reykjavik with its other European…

Read More

Want our business? Buy our parts!

Boeing and Airbus have agreed to buy aircraft parts worth about $5 billion from suppliers in Abu Dhabi to sweeten the deals in which three Gulf-based airlines have ordered $150 billion worth of new planes from the two companies. DETAILS

Read More

Canal Saint-Martin: Where Gumbo Was

As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.

Read More