Travel in the age of Google, world economic recession and technical innovations piling on faster than Higgs particles around the Hadron Collider can be a complicated topic, indeed. But one San Francisco-based travel-focused think tank, Skift, thinks it has tapped into the hot list of the world’s most defining influences on travel for 2013. The [...]
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Defining Travel in 2013: 13 Hot Trends
April 15th, 2013 
Lark Gould 
Posted in corporate, Recreation 
Tags: Airlines, airports, apps, Chinese, food tours, hotels, smartphones, tourism, travel, travel trends, trends 
No Comments »Air, Hotel Rates Rise as Business Travel Slows
October 15th, 2012 Lark Gould By Lark Ellen Gould Two new studies are predicting rises in hotel and airline rates and a slightly expanded, but notably sluggish, growth in the corporate travel sector. Egencia, a formidable travel management company owned by Expedia, recently unveiled its 2013 Global Corporate Travel Forecast for air fares and hotel rates and found Average Ticket [...]
JetBlue Election Protection: Vote with a Plan
October 15th, 2012 Lark Gould JetBlue is shaking up the electorate with a 2012 seat giveaway just in time to fly away should the wrong candidate win the presidential election in November. In an unprecedented “Live Free or Fly” campaign, JetBlue is helping distraught voters leave the country by giving away 1,006 roundtrip tickets – or 2,012 seats — to [...]
New Survey Gives Travel Planners the Edge
July 1st, 2012 Lark Gould A new study by Egencia, a member of the Expedia group, proves there’s plenty of room for travel sellers to get an edge if they’re armed with the right information. Surveying a database of 300 travel buyers world wide and then incorporating information from Smith Travel Research, ARC and OAG filings, Egencia came up with [...]
Posted in Recreation, Travel and Tourism Tags: Airlines, business, economic trends, economy, hotels, ticket prices, travel agents, travel tips No Comments »Ethiopian: The Airline that Roars
July 1st, 2012 Lark Gould By Lark Ellen Gould In the land of the Lion of Judah, Ethiopian Airlines (airline code ET) has proved to be a force to be reckoned with. The airline has a long and strong history that has lasted through wars, famines, disastrous politics and economic woes no country should have to face. Yet it survives [...]
New Rules
January 16th, 2012 Lark Gould A new rule that goes into effect later this month will require airlines and others to include government taxes and fees — along with any mandatory charges — in their advertised fares. While airlines are going into the new regs kicking and screaming (Southwest Airlines has already filed a lawsuit), consumers are preparing to find [...]
Posted in Travel Tags: Airlines, Department of Transportation, FAA, Flying, new flight regulations, passengers No Comments »
