The term jet-setter is still applied to travelers heading to chic, exciting places. But by now, after years of enduring countless fees, painfully long airport waits and humiliation by way of clothing removal and body scans, travelers should know that the era when flying equated to glamour is long gone.
Tourism
While Airlines Add More Fees, One Travel Freebie Becomes Standard
Travelers will pay all-time high fees to hotels and airlines this year. In this atmosphere, it’s a surprise when any part of the travel experience is granted for free.
PayPal Ups Ante in Holiday Season Price-Matching Wars
The battle for holiday shopper dollars continues with the launch of the most impressive-sounding price-matching policy offered yet. As it turns out, the policy isn’t being offered by a retailer, but the payment processor PayPal.
Why an Airline That Travelers Love Is Failing
Virgin America is the equivalent of a TV show that’s a hit with critics but risks being canceled because of failing to attract enough viewers. The San Francisco–based carrier is regularly voted to the top of “best airline” …
Disney’s $1.7 Billion French Birthday Gift
Walt Disney Co. refinances debt associated with the struggling Euro Disney resort
High-speed Railways: Worth Their Hefty Price Tag?
Imagine riding from Philadelphia to New York in only 37 minutes, or from Boston to Washington, D.C., in just three hours on a cutting-edge, high-speed transportation network linking every major city in the Northeast — …
Exclusive: Walt Disney Co. Considers Buyout of Struggling Disneyland Paris
Purchase of Euro Disney shares the company doesn’t already own would be first step in comprehensive turnaround strategy
The World’s Nine Most Interesting Hotel Rooms
Sixty years ago today, the first Holiday Inn opened, and thus began the process of standardizing the hotel experience across the U.S. and the world. While most of us are grateful to find a simple, clean hotel room while on the …
How Holiday Inn Changed the Way We Travel
Before Holiday Inn was at every interstate exit in America, it was a pioneer of the franchising phenomenon that now touches every aspect of the consumer world.
London’s Olympics Won’t Deliver Economic Gold
With the start of the London Summer Olympics drawing ever nearer, some Londoners are wondering if the whole thing is worth the hassle — or the cost. They’ve got good reasons to worry.