Mar 21st, 2013 at 1:00PM: The World Travel and Tourism Council has introduced a fun element to their Facebook page: rather than a timeline of their own milestones, they've designed a timeline highlighting all of the events in the travel industry. Starting in 1400 with the first passport, and ending with the 1,000,000,000 international tourist arrival in December 2012, it puts the whole development of tourism in context. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Facebook Timeline For Travel Industry
Mar 21st, 2013 at 1:00PM: The World Travel and Tourism Council has introduced a fun element to their Facebook page: rather than a timeline of their own milestones, they've designed a timeline highlighting all of the events in the travel industry. Starting in 1400 with the first passport, and ending with the 1,000,000,000 international tourist arrival in December 2012, it puts the whole development of tourism in context. ...Futuristic travel more down to earth, collaborative says study
Jan 12th, 2012 at 3:00PM: Thoughts of futuristic travel often bring images of commercial low-earth orbit flights, man on Mars or rediscovering the Moon. A new study highlights real-world programs and technology being developed right now that is much more common, affecting us all.
By 2020, all airports will be paperless and bags will be electronically tagged, according to the From Chaos to Collaboration report released ...Travel and technology at the New York City Travel Massive event
Oct 24th, 2011 at 4:00PM: On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, New York City Travel Massive will hold their November event at Winston's Champagne Bar at the Gansevoort Park Hotel. New York City Travel Massive is a Meetup group in Manhattan that aims to bring together travel bloggers, travel brands, and travel start-ups while having a drink and a fun night out.
From 6PM-8PM, Travel Massive has reserved the entire 2-floor venue. ...Travel industry spending big bucks for you to see them online
Apr 19th, 2011 at 10:00AM: If you saw a banner ad today, there's a good chance it was from a travel company. The industry is recovering as the country moves away from the recession, and airlines, hotels and rental car companies want to claim their share of your cash. To reach into your wallet, these guys are moving online, and they're spending a boatload of bucks.
Unsurprisingly, the retail sector leads the world in ...The future of travel: the real impact of mobile and social media
Mar 21st, 2011 at 3:00PM: Even with social media and mobile technology showing incredible rates of adoption, skeptics remain. Everyone has a friend or family member who "doesn't do" Facebook or thinks Twitter is somewhere between worthless and moronic. That said, marketing teams in the travel industry are watching these trends closely. In fact, the intersection of mobile device and app adoption with slowing social media ...Travel and tourism markets on the rebound?
Feb 22nd, 2011 at 8:00AM: It's no secret that the poor global economy has hit the travel and tourism markets extremely hard over the past couple of years. Fewer people in general are traveling these days and those that are, have tended to stay closer to home. But it seems that the industry may be ready for a rebound, as a new report indicates that consumers are starting to spend more money on travel once again.
The ...4 reasons why you need a Travel Expert in your pocket
Feb 5th, 2011 at 7:00AM: This is the person you want to have on your side when planning travel. Not a Travel Agent, many of them are order takers who fill in the blanks on computer screens. Others try to be everything to everyone and that is just not possible.
Your Travel Expert specializes in one particular area of travel. It might be cruise vacations. They will know what cruise line will work best for you, keep on ...Foreign visitor travel spending over $100 billion in United States
Dec 31st, 2010 at 9:00AM: Visitors from outside the United States brought close to $12 billion with them in October, making it the tenth month in a row that spending by this group grew year over year. On average this year, total travel and tourism exports have increased $1.4 billion a month. People are visiting us again!
According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, travel- and tourism-related exports reached ...When airlines pull out of travel websites, who loses?
Dec 22nd, 2010 at 11:00AM: It's been a busy week. The action with airlines and online travel agencies has been brisk, and in the end, it affects you as much as it affects them. Sure, there's plenty of money involved for the travel sites and the airlines, but in the end, it all comes down to what you experience during the buying process. These changes – with American Airlines and Orbitz and Delta and CheapOair – ...Which BIG airline just pulled out of three booking sites?
Dec 22nd, 2010 at 8:00AM: As you've read here on Gadling, the battle between airlines and online travel agencies is poised to heat up. For the past few years, a dismal economy has sent many bargain-hunters to online travel sites with the hopes of finding fantastic deals and minimizing the pain in their wallets. Yet, with the travel market and the broader economy showing signs of recovery, airlines' brand power will gain ...The death of cheap tickets? Four factors to watch!
Dec 7th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Are the days of bargain pricing over? There's a lot of pessimism around this issue. After getting smacked around in 2008 and 2009, this year has been a good one for air carriers, and USA Today reports: "Airfares are on the rise again and unlikely to fall again anytime soon." Yet, a travel industry recovery comes with advantages, as more people want to fly, and they tend to be willing to stomach ...Brand Wars: The Airline Booking Battle Will Be Televised
Dec 6th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
Online travel agencies have had a solid run over the past two years. They picked up some market share as would-be travelers were willing to poke around a little more to score cheap tickets. High rates of unemployment and under-employment and general economic uncertainty, of course, were enough to make consumers value every dollar a little more. This opened an opportunity for online travel ...Consumers spending again, travel included ... but what's next?
Dec 1st, 2010 at 8:00AM: We know that people around the world are traveling again. U.S. travel exports are up, and the airlines are having a solid year (relative to 2009, at least). Meanwhile, two years after the financial crisis erupted only a few miles from where I sit now, people are spending money again. Consumer credit is once again the culprit, as Black Friday deals touted financing with long periods of ...Long-haul travel decline result of visa difficulty
Nov 30th, 2010 at 2:30PM: Where did all our long-haul travelers go?
According to a CNBC report, Americans just aren't crazy about long distances. From 2000 to 2009, long-haul travel fell by 2.2 million in the United States, while it surged by 46 million for the rest of the world. Difficulty in securing visas for U.S. access is part of the problem, and the impact is one that affects our economy, as it makes it more ...TSA to impede travel market recovery? Not buyin' it
Nov 29th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
When I finally crawled out of bed and caffeinated Saturday morning, I made the rounds on Twitter and found a bold statement by travel journalist Christopher Elliott: "Thanks to TSA, 2011 could be a flat year for travel". Despite the digging he did, I'm just not buying it. Passenger inconvenience, especially when it comes to leisure trips, isn't likely to have a major effect on the travel ...Europeans love online travel agencies, up 10% this year
Nov 24th, 2010 at 1:00PM: It looks like the internet is no longer a fad ... at least not in Europe. Forecasts from travel market research firm PhoCusWright put 2010 growth in the European online travel industry at 10 percent, a smile-inducing turn from the 1 percent gain posted last year, not to mention 11 percent decline in 2009 for the entire European travel market (which is up only 2 percent this year, it appears).
...The travel market recovery in five simple stats
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 1:00PM: Is it time to celebrate yet? International visitation to the United States is one month shy of posting a year's worth of monthly gains. More people are coming, and they're opening their wallets. A travel recovery is in the works, and it's being fueled with foreign cash – a net benefit for U.S. travel industry workers.
How can you tell we're on the upswing? Well, take a look at the five ...Business travelers want mobile, Expedia picks up Mobiata
Nov 22nd, 2010 at 3:30PM: I guess Expedia is watching the market. The online travel agency just snapped up mobile travel application developer Mobiata. Mobiata's claim to fame is FlightTrack, and the other apps in its portfolio include TripDeck, HotelPal, FlightBoard and FareCompare. For Expedia, it was a no-brainer, as 4 percent of its traffic is coming from devices, a number the company would like to kick a bit higher, ...Four signs that people are traveling again, starting with the road warriors
Nov 12th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Business travelers are voicing their demands, and why should the airlines and hotels care? Well, this group of travelers is going back on the road, buoyed by all that corporate cash. According to travel industry research firm PhoCusWright, the U.S. travel agency/travel management company sector is set to surge 15 percent by the end of the year, compared to only 8 percent growth for the ...Deloitte says business travel up for 2011, 80% to hit the road more
Nov 11th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Business travelers are back in 2011. At least, that's what global professional services firm Deloitte is saying. After two years of corporate austerity, the business traveler is taking to the skies and road again, and this has to be great news for airlines and hotels, as it's the corporate set that really brings in the cash they count on. The numbers look good for next year, according to this ...
