Despite a growing trend to offer duty-free shopping on international flights—and the chance to make serious money—Delta has ended its inflight duty-free program. The decision apparently involves both a disagreement with the company that...
An average British family of four contributes £200 to Government’s taxes every time they go on a trip overseas. This amount is up 27% from 2008. according to the Taxpayers Alliance. The tax amount is greatly affected by the increases...
A study released today by Bjorn Hanson who is a professor at New York University's hospitality school,says hotels will take in a record $2.25 billion in revenue from add-on fees. That's 6 percent more than 2013 and nearly double that...
The Navy's Blue Angels will be in the air again over San Francisco's Fleet Week celebrations, after missing last year's event. They'll kick off the show on Thurs. Oct. 9 with aerial practice for full shows on Oct. 12 and 13th. There's a full schedule...
REPAIRED LINK! A new Hotels.com ranking shows London and Paris have pushed former #3 vacation spot Orlando down to #5. New York and Las Vegas swapped spots at the top, with NY #1 again.
More Americans than anytime in the past 6 years will be traveling at least 50 miles from home on the upcoming Labor Day weekend, according to AAA. The auto club estimates 34.7 million will be traveling (that's about 10% of the population). ...
According to a study by Osurv ,a majority of passengers were receptive to bringing their own entertainment devices rather than using the airlines inflight entertainment systems with screens on the back-seat. Most passengers also think there should be...
MarketWatch put it this way" "JetBlue may start putting customers second." The thought, encouraged by the stock market, is that JetBlue which is doing quite well financially, thank you, could do even better by squeezing more revenue from...
As summer ends, airlines start posting sales for Fall and Winter. Sometimes though as in this case with SAS ,the sale prices go all the way to late spring providing bargain fares for those who like to plan ahead. Here's one example for flights...
A really good sale from Qatar Airways from Washington DC,New York ,Chicago to select destinations throughout the Indian Subcontinent,The Middle East, and Africa. This sale ends August 22 and is for travel September 15 through November 30, 2014 ...
London and Manchester ,England have launched "Talking Statues" , where visitors swipe their smartphones at the statue to get a call from that historical figure telling them more. Read more:...
British hearing specialists have created a platform that adds sound to Google Street View . It’s called Sounds of Street View . What a great idea! Read More:...
Don't panic, but keep alert if you have trans-Atlantic travel plans in the next few weeks. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has reported a sudden flurry of small earthquakes that could be a prelude to an eruption of Bardarbunga, one of the...
Ryanair, the low-fare airline that's been trying to change its poor-customer-service image by eliminating some fees and adding some benefits, has now teamed up with PayPal to make paying for tickets and fees easier--and it's reported to be working...
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is now a one-seat rail ride away from downtown with the opening of a 5-mile extension of the area's DART Orange Line to a new station at Terminal A, with elevators direct to arrival and departure areas....