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How the Apple Retail Experience May Revolutionize Travel ServicesI believe the Apple retail experience will revolutionize travel planning and may even put an end to those boring Visitor Information Centers. In my experience, Visitor Centers or VICs are usually some functional building filled with tired staffers surrounded by lots of brochures, a few maps and... Category: Special Interests |
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The Biggest Loser Resorts Focus On Fun Family Weight LossThe Biggest Loser Resort – Niagara set to open in May, 2012 in Java, New York promises the same supportive, weight loss programs made famous by the reality TV series. Owned by Fitness Ridge Worldwide, it joins the company’s other two locations in Malibu, California and Ivins, Utah... Category: Special Interests |
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Will New Technology Reduce the Stress of Travel?When Andrew Curry discuses the future of travel in Travel Daily News he makes it a point of saying he tries to avoid techno-centric visions of the future, stuff like flying cars and all-wise robots. Still, that does not stop Curry and his fellow author, Eberhard Haag, head of global operations at... Category: Special Interests |
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Britain Rules Against Veracity of TripAdvisors' Online User ReviewsToday, TripAdvisor was barred from claiming the user reviews of family vacation hotels and resorts on its popular website are honest, according to a British authority. TripAdvisor’s problems were triggered last year by reputation firm, Kwikchex and co-founder Chris Emmins, reported Tnooz.... Category: Special Interests |
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Defrost Your Swimsuit Cause You'll Need It in Fort LauderdaleIt didn't take a fun public relations event to make me think of lying around a pool in the sun -- the weekend's bitter cold weather had already triggered that fantasy. But today, Fort Lauderdale took ownership of my travel dream and brought it to Times Square for the masses. In a glass-... Category: Special Interests |
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Babymoons and Booties Rattle This Tranquil B&BA special new type of weekend away called a Babymoon is the brainchild of innkeeper Victoria Kolyvas. " Look," she said, stoking the fire in the comfortable common room, "pregnancy can be very stressful! The questions from friends and family, the exams, the preparation. I just... Category: Special Interests |
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Facebook, Twitter Fail to Promote Brands: Offline Works BetterThere’s no doubt marketers and brand managers are spending lots of human and real capital to leverage the power of Social Sites, especially Facebook and Twitter. But does it do them any good? Meaning, do consumers promote brands via Social Media regardless of how hard those brands try to get... Category: Special Interests |
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The Airlines: On Cupcakes, the TSA and Pilot FatiguePatrick Smith’s column, Ask the Pilot is almost always an acerbic look at the airline industry with its many foibles and Alice in Wonderland rules and regulations. The good news, Smith reports, is that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has now released its new rules on pilot... Category: Special Interests |
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Guests Locked Out of Hotel Rooms When Technology FailsWith every keycard frozen, guests at the Denver Marriott had no place to go except crowded guest areas, and in the four embarrassing hours it took to fix the problem, many revelers had to sleep in the corridors. On New Years Eve. They would have loved a set of hard keys to their rooms,... Category: Special Interests |
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Should Travel Writers Ask for Free Trips or Get Paid by a Destination?Should Travel Writers Ask for Free Trips or Get Paid by a Destination? This started out with a question: Should travel writers ask for free trips. It’s a vexing and contentious issue for travel professionals. The ethical issues are pretty clear: If a travel writer is given an all-... Category: Special Interests |
