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Non-U.S. tourists see big change in Cuba already

December 18, 2015

For tourists from Europe, England and Canada, who have been traveling to Cuba for years, the big change anticipated when Americans start to arrive has already started to happen. A report by Claire Boobbyer of Skift, the travel industry news and analysis site, says that visitors are already seeing price rises, shortages of rooms and crowding at popular spots, even before the expected changes in the U.S. ban on “normal” tourism ends. During the first 11 months of 2015, Cuba played host to over…

British Air looks to unusual seating plans

March 3, 2015

If British Airways’ recent design patents are any indication, there’s a lot of change ahead for travelers. Skift, the travel industry news site, reports that BA has submitted a number of patents recently. Among them, pairs of seats (one facing…

“Sky-Fi” cost keeps shifting…up and down

February 27, 2015

The more it becomes clear that inflight Wi-Fi is what passengers want, the less clear it is just how much will be available and how much it will cost. Airlines are switching—with costs involved—to satellite based services from vendors such…

HomeAway: Who Do They Think They’re Kidding?

February 24, 2015

Online vacation rental agency HomeAway is shelling out millions in advertising to get us to believe they’re different than Airbnb. CEO Brian Sharples states, “… it’s more profitable for us to target being a better us than being a worse…

The Way to a Man’s Heart

February 19, 2015

Travel news website, Skift, has revealed the fact that many of us already knew, in travel as in life, decisions made by men are more likely to be determined by what’s to eat. I was a first-hand observer of this phenomenon when a group of Gumbo…

MyMagic+ is magic moneymaker for Disney

February 5, 2015

MyMagic+, an electronic wristband that works as admission ticket, head-of-the-line ticket, charge card and hotel key, is making Walt Disney Co. enough money to offset the costs of its delayed Disney World Shanghai opening, according to Disney…

SQUEEEZE, Please! United pushes in more seats

January 23, 2015

United Airlines has almost completed its installation of new seats throughout its fleet; the new slimline seats are also set closer together (as close as 30″ pitch in some planes) and give United the equivalent of 14 more planes worth of space,…

U.S. on track to record for overseas visitors

November 25, 2014

With 50.3 million visitors in the first 2/3 of the year, and more to come, the U.S. is on track for a record tourism year. The numbers through August show an 8% increase over 2013. Travel industry site Skift analyzed figures from the Federal…

Half of Americans: What I DIDN’T do last summer…

September 8, 2014

According to a survey, almost half of all Americans didn’t take off a single summer day! Travel industry news site Skift reports these and other results from surveys of traveling habits.

When there are no more beaches, will we all head for the hills?

March 31, 2014

Global climate change is on the front pages again, with the release of a new annual report by the U.N.-based International Panel on Climate Change, which reports on the accelerating changes that threaten many aspects of the way we live. A full report…

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