Articles tagged “russia”

The story of travel in 2014 is one of evolutionary leaps and breaks from the past. Understand the year in 25 travel moments.

Putin is riding a wave of nationalism in Russia and he intends to mess with foreign companies' businesses, including Internet, airline and other travel companies, in a backlash against European and American sanctions.

Millennials? Not an overriding concern for Russia's Travel.ru, which is taking advantage of a boom in domestic travel, gives customers a variety of payment options, including pre-paying for hotels in cash at kiosks, and is navigating the shift from offline to online and mobile.

Russians are traveling and coming online, although the economic crisis and Ukraine volatility is relegating much of their wanderings to domestic trips.

Even while irresponsibly drinking and indulgently snacking, Bourdain gives viewers a better idea of what's happening inside present-day Russia than any news segment we've ever seen.

Online travel agencies, hotel booking sites and metasearch players in Russia will survive the turmoil in Ukraine and Crimea, but the ruble crisis will take its toll.

U.S. and German tourists still among the biggest-spending tourists worldwide, but the rapid growth among emerging nations points to who will be the travel leaders of the future.

Russian tourism is a mix of low end beach+shopping and very high end luxury, and countries who have traditionally not paid much attention to the market are increasingly going to, especially Western Europe.