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British Air looks to unusual seating plans

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…

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

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…

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HomeAway: Who Do They Think They’re Kidding?

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…

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The Way to a Man’s Heart

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…

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MyMagic+ is magic moneymaker for Disney

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…

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SQUEEEZE, Please! United pushes in more seats

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,…

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U.S. on track to record for overseas visitors

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…

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British Air looks to unusual seating plans

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…

Read More

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

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…

Read More

HomeAway: Who Do They Think They’re Kidding?

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…

Read More

The Way to a Man’s Heart

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…

Read More

MyMagic+ is magic moneymaker for Disney

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…

Read More

SQUEEEZE, Please! United pushes in more seats

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,…

Read More

U.S. on track to record for overseas visitors

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…

Read More