Articles tagged “sports”

The example that stadiums offer is telling: If you combine public financing with strict terms about planning and environmental standards you may very well get an incredibly green development.

Agencies are often asked to book VIP seats and hotels close to the stadiums, creating a pricey trip for Kuwaiti travelers and a lucrative business model for travel agents.

With some 30 travel bloggers picking up occasional checks from Expedia, the online travel agency is beating its rivals in this arena in a rout. Meanwhile, these bloggers may lose credibility if they come to be viewed as merely shilling for Expedia.

Great take on the local economic and tourism development efforts, and how to move away from gimmicky, big-money projects and focus on what works on smaller scale. Europe and particularly Spain might agree.