Tracking organizations say the rate of decreases in international tourism is slowing — or, put another way,  fewer folks are not globetrotting lately, which lends hope these numbers could climb out of the red and into the black in the near future.

On Thursday, at the end of the ‘Future of U.S. Aviation’ Forum, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the Obama Administration’s plans to create a taskforce which will come up with a plan to nurse the ailing airline industry back to health.

Think about your organization and ask yourself these two questions:   * Are external social media sites restricted or blocked while at work?   * Is the use of social media in the workplace inhibited or frowned upon?

Many hoteliers that are part of a hotel franchise complain about their representation company.

Voluntourism has been steadily spreading its tentacles into the travel industry for the last year or so, fuelled by environmental concerns, recession induced guilt about spending money on vacations, and growing awareness about responsible tourism.

User/crowd generated content available through the mega review site TripAdvisor has done a lot of things to the industry.