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Nearly $400K in base pay is a sweet ride, especially when the quality of the city's tourism infrastructure -- namely quality hotels -- haven't kept pace with other types of development in the city.

The economies of Spain, Egypt, and Tunisia could surely use some much needed tourism pound sterling from the fleeing Brits.

Countries are competing for the founders of the next big company by streamlining visa processes making the exchange of talent and tourism more fluid for the future.

Atlantic City's own crumbling fortunes can't be divorced from its glitzy gambling business and boardwalk businesses, and Revel is just the highest profile symptom of the deeper issues that lie below the surface.

These trends are generalizations at best and stereotypes at worst, but attempt to give hotels an inside look at what drives the decisions of their most coveted travelers.

AirAsia will come in with a big splash, but will have to sustain the cost structure long term and learn from past failures of players before them.

New York’s trend-seeking tourists and locals would flock to the hotel that blends two of the industry’s hottest concepts, locally grown cuisine and sustainable design.

Social media has become a major resource for bookings and marketing in the West, but hotels aren’t using the same tools in the market they’re most desperate to reach. Expect a major boost for the hotels that are the quickest to adapt.

Uh, yeah. A Star Wars theme park would make Universal's Harry Potter land look like a pre-school, and Disney's got the experience and the money to make it happen.