Marketing watch: Twitter adds enhanced targeting thanks to third party data

Twitter’s latest advertising enhancement promises to deliver a far more engaging and conversion-rich product for travel marketers seeking to target specific buying ...



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Qatar Airways Buys Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow Hotel

According to Business Traveller, Qatar Airways has purchased the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow, which is the nicer of the two Sheratons at Heathrow Airport.

"The property will shortly be rebranded as Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow.

Speaking at this year's ITB conference in Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confirmed to Business Traveller that the name Oryx would be appended to the Sheraton Skyline in the same way, with the property becoming Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow.

Al Baker said the airline was in talks to purchase a further three hotels in the US and also the UK, the details of which will be announced shortly."

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11 things you shouldn't do in a bar

"3. Picking a fight with a bouncer: You’ll never win."



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Are you negotiating in good faith?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/is-this-right/are-you-negotiating-in-good-faith/

Discover it

Discover it Miles Card Current Offer: DOUBLE all the Miles you’ve earned at the end of your first year. Annual Fee: none Foreign transaction fees: none Card bonuses: 1.5x Miles or more on every dollar you spend on purchases. Redeem your Miles for any amount to credit your travel purchases from your statement or get…

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What Are You: Bulkhead or Non-Bulkhead?

Here’s the seatmap for a flight I just booked. You’ll see I selected an extra legroom aisle seat, and opted not to select the bulkhead row. This is an American Airlines MD80. Bulkhead seats often have better legroom than even ‘main cabin extra’ or ‘economy plus’ types of seating. At a minimum you don’t have […]

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Lost city discovered in Honduran jungle

Archaeologists searching for a lost city in the jungles of Honduras have discovered the urban remains of what they believe is a vanished ancient civilization, National Geographic reports.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/americas/honduras-lost-city/index.html

Do you know the wonders of the world

Think you know all of the Wonders of the Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Natural worlds? Prove it with our latest quiz!



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See India Celebrate The Festival Of Colors [PHOTOS]

Holi, which marks the start of spring, is famous for its celebrations involving colored powder.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/happy-holi-2015-pictures-facts-indias-spring-festival-colors-celebration-photos-1838612

T Magazine: The Colossal Strangeness of China’s Most Excellent Tourist City

Ordos, like so many of the country’s hundreds of new towns, is famous for being empty — a symbol, some would say, of the hubris of rampant urbanization. But the few people who live there see it differently.

















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What to do in Finland in your 20s

In the middle of a furious, loud, jubilant Finnish crowd it’s not too difficult to imagine what Vikings did for fun. Go to Provinssirock, Ruisrock, and Metsäfestival. DO IT.



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Closing in on a 360-degree view for airports and airlines

SITA has combined trends and numbers from recent reports to reveal how airports and carriers are improving the passenger experience as well ...



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What ‘No Foreign Currency Transaction Fees’ Really Means (and What it Doesn’t Mean)

When you use a standard credit card, and make a purchase outside of your home country, there’s generally a fee. If your purchase is in a foreign currency, you’re subject to your payment network’s foreign exchange rates. Your your card imposes foreign transaction fees, they’ll charge you those — often as much as 3% on […]

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Welcome to China, Thomas Cook

Something to file for future reference – Chinese outbound tourists will have the chance to not just book it, they can Thomas ...



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Pittsburghers and everyone else

#5. Some people like to “watch” sports, but we live and breathe them.



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