Travel stocks show no signs of slowing down
Stocks prices continue to climb for Kayak, Expedia, and Priceline with growth on the horizon, and they've lived to tell the tale after Google’s entrance on the travel scene.
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Americans will pay more to fly this Thanksgiving holiday
Half of the top ten searched destinations are vacation hotspots, but the study is too general to determine if curious bookers were just looking or intended to buy the warmer weather tickets.
Fear of identity theft is not a deterrent for using public wi-fi — but it should be
Internet ignorance is bliss. Public Wi-Fi use has jumped 240 percent in the past year, but privacy fears aren’t strong enough to stop users from sharing credit card numbers and work files on open servers.
Travelzoo goes shopping for hotel booking site to buy as its voucher business stalls
Critics always claimed that the voucher business was built on a house of cards, and now Travelzoo is admitting that the house is falling.
Tonight-only hotel deals start a smartphone app arms race, but who does it best?
Everyone wants a little chunk of the last-minute business. It's going to come down to who makes it easiest to find what a user wants with the least number of taps on the smartphone.
Peer-to-peer ride-sharing startup SideCar raises $10 million to fuel its momentum
In a crowded and contested market, SideCar convinced investors that it could play within city regulations and plans to use the funding for legal and operational hires for its city-by-city expansion.
The internal and external challenges that are slowing down Brand USA
An old boys' club mentality and careless spending practices won't cut it, if indeed the latest Congressional allegations about Brand USA are true. Meanwhile, it is premature to pass judgment on Brand USA's marketing efforts. That verdict will come when visitors' numbers come out next year.
Bhutan travel doc is the highest funded Kickstarter film project
Is this the way travel documentary funding will go in the future? Highly doubt more than a few quality-with-top-backers projects will ever get fully funded, travel bloggers should keep their hopes in check.
Flights: Is personalization by airlines actually discrimination?
When airlines wanted to personalize flight offers to frequent flyers, the global distribution systems countered they could handle it for the airlines. Now ASTA, representing travel agents, is wondering whether the whole thing amounts to discrimination.
Add Chicago to the list of city taxi commissions that Uber’s successfully ticked off
Questionable business methods? Getting the man all worked up? Being called disruptive 3 times in one TC article? Whether it succeeds or fails at taxi hailing, Uber’s at least shaking up the system like every startup sets out to do.