Travel Technology

We're patiently waiting for Bilton's victory lap story.

It will be race to be first, to jump on the PR value of it, until it will be commonplace...

We're all for getting rid of silly rules, but we're also fans of planes working. The FAA committee's recommendation that airlines base their decision on the age and type of planes they are flying -- even if that means we need to keep our Kindles off for 10 minutes -- seems to be the smart way forward.

Expedia partnered with HomeAway on vacation rentals last week. One day it is going to partner with or acquire a sharing economy company built in the Airbnb mold, depending how the market shakes out. When you are as big as Expedia, you can afford to sit back and see how things shape up.

JetBlue still allows a first bag for free, but other fees for seats with more legroom and Wi-Fi are a key part of its plan to increase profit margins.

If iPad users have more fun, staying at more luxurious hotels, that's not hard to believe. Hotels.com's high percentage of mobile, same-day bookers, though, seem off the charts.

TripAdvisor is finding out that transitioning to hotel metasearch is very heavy lifting, and quite a gamble.

Both Apple and Google know that the next battle is to help people discover the physical world around them. This is Apple's latest attempt, but is still significantly behind its rival.

The true tests for the CBP kiosks at JFK and other airports will be during holiday travels, but so far, so good.

Lots of innovation in social media going on in hotel industry and lots of cross learnings to be had by highlighting the best.