Eliza Ronalds-Hannon

More than a decade of cheap, government-backed financing has built up the fleets of foreign airlines as well as the business of domestic manufacturers. It's also forced the early retirement of a lot of perfectly good planes.

If a tourist hikes in the woods, but doesn't tweet about it, did he really go?

Economic developments have knocked the Euro Zone out of its first-place position as a tourism exporter to the U.S. and boosted booming China and Brazil.

Middle-ground options have fallen by the wayside as economics demand airlines emphasize super-cheap and super-fancy options for disparate passenger types.

Some of these services are certainly more interesting than others, so Virgin will be a leading contender. Its "Red" in-flight entertainment system is impressive, innovative, and even a little racy - the ads that announced it strongly encouraged seat-to-seat flirting through the IFE chat application.

Bay Area bicyclists can finally boast they're part of the sharing club, but may still have a bit of an inferiority complex until the program expands beyond this very modest first fleet.

This strange but successful campaign challenges traditional wisdom about how to promote a tourist destination.

Despite its huge and continuing growth, the travel and tourism industry has a PR problem among Generation Y grads looking for serious business careers. The industry must fix its image quick, since it will be looking to fill millions of new jobs over the next few years.

In the race to offer stand-out first class service, gourmet food is an important tool. With a famous chef, Delta gets a step up.