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 »The Hotels are Star Attractions in these Destinations
April 15th, 2013 Lark Gould For those looking for a change from the tried and true hotel chain, this list of star (although not necessarily five-star) hotels is THE LIST when it comes to hotel stays to remember. They may not be tony rooms with a view but they will be rooms with a story. This list was compiled with [...]
Travel Deals, Discounts and Packages on Sale Now
April 7th, 2013 Lark Gould Small Group Journeys to Africa With the concept of traveler’s choice in mind, African Travel, Inc. has a new Small Group Journeys option inside some of its popular tour offerings. The groups run in sixe from 4 to 12 people and operate more like a custom tour but with more social stimulation. South African Discovery, [...]
Posted in Recreation, Travel Tags: bike Italy, carmel, deals, hotel rates, rail tour, travel, Travel deals, trump hotel, wine tour No Comments »Weary Workers Winding up for Summer Holidays
March 16th, 2013 Lark Gould Harris, Hotwire, Expedia … it does not matter whose survey is inside the quote marks. The information is the same. Americans are simply not taking enough vacation days, especially over the summer holiday season. Year over year, survey over survey, the facts are the same. It may be nine days, it may be eleven per [...]
Summer Vacation Making a Splash this Year
July 1st, 2012 Lark Gould While Americans are traveling in droves over the Independence Day Holiday, taking advantage of tepidly positive economic indicators and a welcome drop in gas prices, travel is looking bullish all around on the summer vacation front. Allianz Global Assistance USA, the seller of travel insurance formerly known as Access America, notes the portion of Americans [...]
Posted in Regional, Travel and Tourism Tags: holiday, Summer vacation, Tours, travel, Travel industry, travel survey, travel trends No Comments »Mexico’s Mantra: Yes, it’s Safe
April 2nd, 2012 Lark Gould By Lark Ellen Gould Where’s the beach? Mexico. Some 1,000 kilometers of it. But at this year’s 37th Tianguis Turistico held for the first time ever not in Acapulco, but in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico pulled out the stops for showcasing just what this country of fun in the sun can do for visitors. High on [...]
Costa Concordia: The Aftermath
February 15th, 2012 Lark Gould As the monster salvage cranes and industrial pumping machinery prepare to right the ravages of the recent 3,200-passenger Costa Concordia incident, the cruise industry, indeed the travel industry, is still trying to come to grips with what happened – and how. The numbers remain exposed and grim: 17 deaths, 15 passengers still missing. A captain [...]
