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A hotel can’t be everything to everyone, but there are trends that apply to all types of travelers that hotels can implement including connectivity, flexibility, and personalization.

With Tingo, SniqueAway and hotel metasearch, TripAdvisor is moving closer toward becoming an online travel agency everyday. The smart money says it's only a matter of time.

This is the start of the new American Airlines, at least that's the hope.

Kyrgyzstan is big on our list of countries to go to in 2013, what's yours?

Video kiosks at off-airport locations sound great. But, if the Dollar Thrifty car for rental is filthy, is the video kiosk going to wash it?

The idea that Brits still use travel agents doesn't hold up against the data compiled by TripAdvisor and further confirms our view that these outdated institutions will soon be nothing more than a pile of bricks.

Our favorite, the first one, from Visit Finland.

Fascinating list, if only to understand how vital the links -- literally -- to the outside world are for these countries, for their own economic growth.

Going by the generalized video and hotel recommendations, NYC & Company seems to be going for mass market headlines-only tourists, for whom TV and movie version of Brooklyn is the epitome of artisanal.