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Holiday ideas in Canada with Rocky Mountaineer
Rocky Mountaineer offers holidaymakers the chance to explore the dramatic scenery of Western Canada, taking in the majestic peaks of the Rocky Mountains, mirror-still lakes, deep-blue glaciers and black bears that still roam the wilds. Here Breaking Travel News takes a ride.
Orbitz new homepage - where’s the love? TLC no more?
This morning Orbitz rolled out a new home page - gone are the jarring deep blues and oranges of the old site. Many of the changes are subtle but overall, it has a much cleaner look and feel.
Debunking the Elusive East - Online Travel in India
As an active online traveler living in India, I have had, if not a front row seat, at least a window seat with a pretty good view of the country’s vibrant, online travel sector. As detailed in PhoCusWright’s Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Third Edition, India’s online travel marketplace is characterized by intense competition and entrepreneurial energy. The report adds that India will “emerge a winner in the online space.”
Green Travel – Companies Shift from Carbon Offsets to Conservation
The travel industry seems to have landed right into the middle of another contentious debate – carbon offsets vs conservation.
Holiday Travel Budgets Expected to Decline
When it comes to going over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving, roughly 19 percent of last year’s travelers are rethinking that journey this November 24.
Airline offers free luggage (tags!)
OK, so we are not usually excited about luggage tags, but this is a pretty cool promotion from KLM
How to measure your efficiency?
How can you measure the results of your revenue management strategy? Which KPI’s or Key Performance Indicators should you use?
Debunking the Elusive East - Online Travel in India
As an active online traveler living in India, I have had, if not a front row seat, at least a window seat with a pretty good view of the country’s vibrant, online travel sector.
Climate Witness: Blog Action Day
For many of us, the idea of a changing climate is just that, an idea, something vague, distant and unfortunately irrelevant. For Ursula Rakova, climate change is much more. It is the source of a disrupted life, a community displaced, a paradise lost.
Walt Disney Co Hires Apple and Steve Jobs for Store Makeover
The Walt Disney Co. has a neat plan for giving its stores an extreme makeover – turn each store into an interactive mini-theme park. And for this job, they hired someone who knows a thing or two about running stores which interact with shoppers - Steve Jobs, assisted by Apple’s retailing hotshots.
Japanese Travel Market Struggles to Keep Pace
The Asia Pacific travel industry has not completely escaped the ravages of the global recession. PhoCusWright’s Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Third Edition highlights some markets that have performed quite well in 2009 and others that have suffered.
Tweetyourtrip - win a trip!
Voyage.tv is running a cool promotion using Twitter to drive traffic and awareness. The rules are simple: Tweet your perfect vacation to @voyagetv and become a follower. Every Friday, they announce a winner.