Airlines barely beat out the IRS to avoid the bottom spot in customer satisfaction last year, according to this report from the Chicago Tribune . Even top-rated JetBlue and Southwest slipped in their rankings. Surprising to some, American/USAir...
New York City hit a record high of over 54 million visitors last year—but it wasn't enough to keep Mickey's hometown of Orlando from becoming the No. 1-visited U.S. city with 4 million more. New York has a lot of attractions, but lacks...
U.S. airlines have been pushing a so-called "Transparent Airfares Act" that would restore the old ways: quote a low fare, and hide the taxes and (ever-increasing) fees until after you click on "buy." They say that's transparent because you'll see...
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring "trekker" to France for the first time. Trekker uses a...
Thanks to Norwegian Air Shuttle's great prices to Scandinavia, other airlines such as United,Delta,KLM and Air France are still offering bargains up to compete. Fares from Newark to Oslo are still as low as $409 round trip total and can be bought...
Out of ten airports in the UK monitored by the Civil Aviation Authority, Heathrow came in last place for flight punctuality. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...for-punctuality.html
WiFi has become as necessary to travelers as a toothbrush and passport—although the question of how fast and how expensive continues to develop. Airlines are finding the need for more bandwidth and more speed (see Gumbo newslinks of the past few...
Paris Zoo will reopen on Saturday after a six-year remodel. They are trying to create as real natural habitats as they can and shed the image of a traditional zoo. Animals will live together and be able to retreat from viewing areas...
It's a battle in the sky between inflight WiFi providers such as GoGo and Inmarsat to grab the biggest share of the market. GoGo has been ahead, but with only a small portion of the world's planes equipped, the market is still wide open. ...
Spirit Airlines, the low-cost carrier, is apparently low customer-service as well: For the 5th year in a row, it holds the title for most complaints per 100,000 passengers, more than 3 times the rate of next-place United and American. Chicago Tribune ...
The airport lounge, with comfy seats, snacks and WiFi, has been one of the top perks for airline elites and first-class passengers. Now a new business is developing: pay-as-you-go lounges open to anyone with the fee. Airport Lounge Development, which...
Sabre, the airline-centric reservation system used by a huge number of travel agents, has added TripAdvisor's SeatGuru app to the information available to agents as they book your flight. SeatGuru combines airline specs with consumer reviews to...
Starting May 28, Supercheap Megabus is offering seat reservations on their "10 most-popular seats" It will debut on their New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Boston & Philadelphia routes. According to ABC's search,the fee will be an extra $3,$5 &$7 depending on seat selection. Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/m...ng/story?id=23273367
Twitter is looking to broaden it's appeal to new users with some changes over the next few weeks that will resemble Facebook . It's going for a more visual look to attract people who are unfamiliar with Twitter's @...
Gogo, which dominates the airline wifi business, announced that it's rolling out much faster wi-fi service on planes in flight. Instead of using air to ground links, new satellite connections will be used. Speeds will be up to a lightning...