Booking, Agoda, Expedia or Priceline?
Vacations can be fabulously relaxing. But booking one is another story. The average traveler views 141 pages of travel content in the 45 days prior to booking a trip, according …
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Travelers want deals — here’s where to find them, says HotelPlanner CEO
It’s been a stellar year for the travel industry, according to Morning Consult. The market research company, in a new report entitled “2023 Holiday Travel Trends,” summarized the year by …
A new luxury hotel with rooms made from buses opens in Singapore
The resort hotel has 20 rooms which will be open for stays from Dec. 1, 2023. Source: The Bus Collective It only costs a dollar to ride a Singapore bus …
Pack your jerseys. The era of ‘sports tourism’ is here
Start your engines. From Formula One races to the Summer Olympic Games, traveling to attend major sporting events is on the rise. Sports tourism, as it’s called, is one of …
Remote company rents apartment in Spain where workers stay for free
Some workers go to great lengths to hide hush trips from their bosses. But employees of the Polish company PhotoAid needn’t bother. The company, which helps travelers take their own …
Here are the ‘unwritten rules’ of air travel
A new report has an ominous warning for air travelers. “No matter what you do on a plane, you’re probably annoying another passenger,” it states. The report, published Thursday by …
Man buys into small town to draw more travelers
Matt Rogatz now owns a hotel, guest house, spa and former jail in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Source: Our Green Lake For the past two years, property developer Matt Rogatz made …
Is your hotel sustainable? Not if these two things are in your room
Many hotels claim to be eco-friendly. But are they? A quick-and-easy test is to look for two items, said Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Soneva and Six Senses hotel …
Revenge travel is over — even in China, says CEO of IHG
Pent-up travel demand — which drove global travel recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic — is over, said Intercontinental Hotels Group CEO Elie Maalouf. “People started traveling really by the end …
44-year-old travels to every country in the world — without flying
Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying. It’s a feat that took 10 years to accomplish — …