The Next Best Air-Fare Search Engine



Don’t let that cute, little chipmunk with the aviator goggles fool you!



Hipmunk is, at last, an air- fare search engine that's elegant, simple and free from the agony of plowing through pages of results that most air fare search engines throw up.



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Yosemite And the Unexpected Visitor



Please listen to this Yosemite Audio PostCard, a story about this national treasure and an unexpected park visitor .…

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World’s Best Hotels: TripAdvisor’s  2011 Travelers Choice Awards



When TripAdvisor came out with its highly-publicized list of the world’s dirtiest hotels, many thought it was a shameless grab by the review giant for publicity.



But others, including MSNBC, reported that the traveling public appreciated the list and used it in planning their travels.



Now TripAdvisor gives us their…

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Are Foursquare’s Mayors Doomed?



So, how long will being a Foursquare Mayor matter now that the 6-million strong Location Based Service is moving toward segmentation?



In fact, is there any real “grown up” reason to being the “Mayor” of Joe’s Coffee shop?  



Is there any “grown up” reason to being a Foursquare Mayor of… Continue

 

Night Travel

What is that I grasp, I miss

When half awake or half asleep I feel such deep, deep longing

Knowing only the rich sadness

The ache

I glimpse a red checkered skirt

A fragment of fabric at the corner of my…

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When Will We See The Pyramids Again?



The questions as to when travel to Egypt will resume, and Egyptian itineraries re-established are big ones among the decision makers in the US travel and tourism industry, and are being discussed daily.

The United States Tour Operators Association…

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Fertility Tourism: Selling Women’s Eggs for Big Bucks and Travel



“Female Eggs For Sale” may not be a sign you’ll see any time soon, but for all intents and purposes that’s what the global market for harvesting and selling women’s eggs is all about.



The in vitro fertilization market is a billion dollar industry that touches almost every country in the world. It touches the wealthy neighborhoods of London and reaches  into the Americas, Asia and the…

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Sled Dogs Killed Because of Slow Business



A shocking report by the Associated Press claims that 100 or more sled dogs in Canada were shot and had their throats slit because of a slowdown in tourism.



The British Columbia… Continue

Business Travelers Want to Ban Kids From Planes



Not so long ago we stumbled upon an online chat where the subject was banning children from flying, or at least banishing them from flying in business class.



So we were not completely surprised at the… Continue

From NMT Images

Tourism to Egypt Snapshot



Call  it the Digital Revolution become Political.



The “Jasmine Revolution” that ousted… Continue