Seven critical elements for a successful hotel website (which often get forgotten)

For most hotels there are likely a number of online marketing tactics they are aware of such as content updates and promoting ...



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The lure of lighthouses

In honor of National Lighthouse Day, we invited you to share your best lighthouse photos with CNN iReport.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/07/travel/lighthouse-facts-irpt/index.html

Try, try again: Serial stowaway makes it aboard flight

Three times Marilyn Jean Hartman attempted to slip past airport security checkpoints to stowaway on airplanes.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/travel/california-airplane-stowaway/index.html

Friendliest and unfriendliest U.S. cities are ...

Where in the U.S. will you be welcomed like a friend and shunned like foe? Conde Nast Traveler says it knows.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/travel/us-unfriendliest-friendliest-cities/index.html

Paddling the free-flowing Amur River

The name Nobody's River has evolved to signify something deeper for all of us—the concept that our rivers don't belong to just a country or individuals, they belong to the collective.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/nobodys-river-descending-one-worlds-last-free-flowing-rivers/

Time for a shake-up – why we should consider axing code share flights

Consumer expectation should be (and is in general) that if they buy a ticket on airline X then the same conditions apply ...



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What are the risks of booking a package tour?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/live-2/risks-booking-package-tour/

Singapore Airways, Air New Zealand Alliance Approved

The move is expected to add capacity and bring down ticket prices on sectors operated by both airlines.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/singapore-airways-air-new-zealand-get-final-nod-alliance-transport-authorities-1651482

Now we spend more time using technology than sleeping

SYSTEMS: Should such research which outlines how long we spend using our laptops and mobiles surprise us? Not really. Whilst there are ...



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10 morally questionable travel tales

I answered to a bell and polished silver plates engraved with "His Lordship" and "Her Ladyship."



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/10-morally-questionable-things-find-traveling/

NYC is the ultimate survival school

I woke shivering in the forest after about 12 minutes of sleep to my survival mate claiming something the size of a cat crawled on me in the night.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/9-reasons-new-yorkers-totally-make-wild/

The happiest regions of the USA

It's easy to be happy in places like Montana, and Colorado, where there isn't much to stress about.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/mapped-happiest-regions-america/

30 of the world’s best ruins

Many of the methods used to create these ancient cities, temples, and monuments remain rather mysterious.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/30-worlds-impressive-ruins/

Four Continents, Five Airlines and Six Countries on a Single Award Thanks to Aeroplan

Earlier this year, I helped fellow FTG team member Howie book an award that I thought could not be topped. For 140,000 US Airways Dividend Miles, Howie will fly British Airways first class from New York to London, Qantas first class (on their A380) from London to Sydney via Dubai, Qantas business class from Sydney […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/08/four-continents-five-airlines-and-six-countries-on-a-single-award-thanks-to-aeroplan.html

Priceline to invest $500 million in Ctrip

Priceline Group is to bolster its Asia-Pacific presence by ploughing $500 million into China’s largest online travel agency, Ctrip. The Group will ...



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