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Euro Disney has struggled and made a profit for a little more than half of the years it’s been in operation, and any gains this year are the result of a refinancing deal, not increased visitation or cost cuts.

Will Republicans in Congress balk at new taxes or fees for the FAA and for other aviation-related services? We'll see who ends up paying to fund budget shortfalls.

We'd be surprised if the allegations against EyeForTravel stick. Dragging an industry conference into the mix with the unsupported implication that vast conspiracies were furthered seems a bit of a stretch.

Delta’s pop-up shop might not change anybody's travel plans but it does boost Delta’s brand awareness, especially among the tourists and local New Yorkers who happen upon the space by accident.

Other memorial sites including Yad Vashem and the World War II Memorial would dictate that the 9/11 museum be free, but it will be an attraction as much as memorial and will need funds to operate and keep visitors safe.

The benefits are likely to be found for passengers arriving in the U.S. from abroad and making a connecting flight to another U.S. airport.

For those of you wondering, you can fly nonstop between the Clintons' airport and Regan-National on US Airways, as well as nonstop to Houston's George Bush aiport on United.

Sin City venues’ only focus is making money so they’re willing to chase down the latest trend and take it to the next level, no matter whether its gaming, dance music, or blue grass.

Travelers don't have much more money than last year, but they're willing to scrimp on food and the length of their trip in order to avoid missing a vacation all together.

Spain will need to use this temporary blip to gain momentum before the season begins to wind down in September.

Cool looking, and fits in within the regular seating/waiting areas of the airport, with internet access to come. What could go wrong?

Pulling off a major event in Italy without massive cost overruns and complications with organized crime would be an achievement, but Letta's tourism concerns go beyond one-off, big events and into the in-sustainability of popular destinations like Venice.

Outside of its main international hubs, Australia’s airports are inadequately equipped to take on a rising number of international visitors. Tourism growth, however, isn’t a bad problem to have.

This government report found undertrained inspectors and a high ratio of work order errors, giving credence to fears surrounding FAA’s cost-cutting strategy of outsourcing plane repairs. Conversely, airline safety has never been better.

New Zealand has too much riding on its reputation for adventure tourism to be anything but vigilant in vetting operators, but accidents are going to occur anywhere people are jumping out of planes on a daily basis.

FAA budget cut confusion continues with lawmakers pressing the agency to use the $253 million in last-minute funding to prevent 149 tower closures, a move that the FAA is reviewing this week.

The CEO says the airline will receive compensation from Boeing, but in what form and when is the interesting story that has yet to be revealed.

The midwest's biggest tourist attraction wants to get bigger, but it will do so at the cost of other businesses in the region, and that's not making many happy.

Car-sharing is filling a gap and answering a need, and that's why it is going to grow and perhaps enter the mainstream.

Yelp indeed has stubborn problems, and long-term trends aren't in its favor. Still, as a first-mover, its content can't easily be duplicated.

Bali is now part of cultural zeitgeist, where tourists go to find themselves. But it is clearly clashing with local lifestyle and resources, and if nothing's done to make this rapid development sutainable, may soon pass its title to other new-Balis along the way.

Algeria's tourism industry could have benefited from Tunisia and Egypt's downturn post Arab-Spring, but its own minuscule tourism infrastructure and general violence in the region creates perceptions that hasn't helped it.

This is a year of transitions in Alaska tourism, one that will produce both minor adjustments and game-changers that will alter the market in the years to come.

Considering Spain's trouble with corruption, it's hard to imagine that the un-registered properties are paying the proper taxes, especially the second homes owned by the Telegraph's readers. This is likely the major point of concern among owners.

It's hard not to focus on the gluttony in this episode (enviously, not judgmentally). But this was about Quebecois identity and the changing face of Canada as much as it was about delicious food.

Rockefeller is amping up the pressure on the cruise lines. Will he follow through far enough to make real changes?

Kayak wants to present a single brand in every market, but an upbeat musical ad that works in France might not resonate with customers in the U.S., and Kayak could lose brand awareness if customers can’t relate.

Klout hasn't broken through as a promotional tool for travel brands, even though experiments with hotels and airline lounges have been done before. This is among the highest profile such deal, and will likely bring more social media love for American.

The current transit hub is utilitarian and basic -- yet still manages to be more inspiring than Penn Station uptown. Once Calatrava's design is complete, though, the new hub will become an instant landmark.

There’s intense competition for the revenue that film shoots bring in, and there are plenty of cities willing to look more generic to get a piece of LA’s booming tourism market.

If you see TripAdvisor walking in your direction, don't make eye contact unless you want your company to be acquired.

EasyJet was one of many European airlines whose operations were battered by the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010, and recent events suggest natural disasters are on rise making protective systems a priority among travel operators.

Caesars is the largest operator of casinos in the world, if it says no to Google Glass -- which makes sense as it prohibits recording devices -- others will follow suit as well.

QuickMobile has found itself a lucrative niche, and is clearly in expansion mode.

Air Arabia is already feeling the benefits of Dubai’s recovering tourism market with passenger traffic at an all-time high; load factor and revenue per passenger will continue to climb if demand meets government expectations.

LA is tapping into China’s booming and lucrative outbound tourism market to reach its annual goal of 50 million tourists, a strategy it’s wholly dedicating itself to by building brand awareness at the roots of the market.

Kentucky’s mission is to make visitors curious about the destination outside of big-ticket events like the Kentucky Derby in order to build brand awareness and attract visitors from outside of the region year-round.

Considering the high rate of home ownership in Italy, the situation is not as dire as it may seem, and definitely as dire as years of political apathy and corruption would lead one to believe the situation could be.

Marriott is on a push with its luxury brands. In addition to the JW Marriott expansion, the hotel company also announced plans for the first Ritz-Carlton in Rabat, Morocco.

TripIt has a loyal following, but TripIt Pro lost a some of its attractiveness when Southwest, Delta, United and American decided to play tough with loyalty program trackers. Will Concur continue to give TripIt the resources it fought for and deserves?

Great overview of how countries need to look further than spending money on buzzy ad campaigns, and think about their brands in the bigger picture, to have a long lasting effect in a turbulent geopolitical landscape.

Too often destinations err on the side of the broad likability, and cities that share a name with other well-known cities have only one job with their slogans and that’s to distinguish themselves from the competition.

Will the top-level team be an even mix of AA and US Airways leaders, or will Parker take his dedicated team of supporters with him and leave AA execs in second-tier roles?

Growth at casinos didn't come from traditional destinations like Las Vegas or Atlantic City, or even Native American resorts: It's upstart states like Kansas or Maine that know it's easy enough to siphon off visitors with simpler gaming experiences.

ABBA's museum will need to find a comfortable place between Seattle's Experience museum and Beatlemania Hamburg. The former is a landmark, while the latter closed after just three years “due to lack of interest.”

Hotels with decent reputations are anxious to get the benefits of more TripAdvisor reviews, an impulse that could help TripAdvisor keep Google and other hotel review sites in the rearview mirror.

Since these ad sales reports don't take into account the magazines' growing revenues from their digital editions or websites, they're a strong reminder -- especially among the top three -- of the power of print.

Airbus wants to send a pragmatic signal to customers and investors that it is focused on execution, especially after costly delays followed the manufacturer’s previous superjumbo rollout bash.

U.S. airports don' show on on world airport rankings anymore, and legacy is the biggest reason for it, besides other domestic market imperatives.

The real-life impact of cruise lines’ corporate chaos is revealed in this study: crewmembers that report to work sick, be it for compensation needs or lack of communication, are the most common problem causing the spike in citations.

A fight over a retired ship is unusual, but the English investors’ plea seems to be based more in nostalgia than any real plans for using the ship in London.

Although foreign carriers are tapping into China’s thriving outbound market, Air China is perfectly positioned to capture the largest share of its customer base whose cultural nuances it can cater to and understand.

As a first-mover, HotelTonight is in an enviable position. The company faces competition from imitators, including big brands, but there absolutely will be more than one winner in the same-day booking sector. There is a whole big world out there.

Cruise lines and Disney know that a card linked to your credit card makes spending easier. But a bracelet you don't even have to whip out? Even easier than that.

The games brought in $3 million more than expected, and the arena’s reputation for hosting high-profile games points out the powerful impact one asset can have on an entire city’s tourism economy.

A rebounding business travel sector in the Americas drove IHG’s revenue rise, and its international presence diversified the groups’ market base to provide balance that covered low occupancies in Europe.

The quality of county management in southern California leaves much to be desired. Giving control to the Inland Empire may inject a bit of competition, or it could just give a new group of people the opportunity to mis-manage matters.

In between four acquisitions so far this year, TripAdvisor has found the time to begin to give Kayak a run for its money in launching hotel metasearch. Kayak isn't going to roll over and play dead, but there will be a huge alternative for travelers to consider.

The proposal was always a controversial one within San Francisco's power circles, most likely because there are a handful of other state power brokers with broader appeal than MIlk who lawmakers would consider honoring by renaming SFO.

Yes, the situation in Egypt is far from unclear, but you have to give the tourism authorities marks on trying desperately to gets its biggest industry back to normal, at least in media.

Spirit never hides its fees -- customers know they have to pay for everything -- so why not ditch the toll-free line too. In a world where mobile minutes are more important than area codes it makes little difference.

Car rental companies don’t often air the details of market reach and regulatory issues, making Enterprise’s comments a broad but interesting overview of an industry that remains unaffected by the growing number of startups trying to disrupt it.

Bankia may well be desperate enough to sell its IAG stake, and Qatar's probably the most ready and willing buyer if it happens. Thus continues the tectonic shifts in global aviation, as the Gulf states and the airlines that they have become the leading global players.

The TSA makes it so easy for critics to point out the agency’s operational inefficiencies, which waste taxpayers’ money and overshadow its necessary security functions.

Heathrow's been known for these high profile gimmicks -- hiring Alain De Botton as airport's writer-in-residence -- though if this one improves its already relatively good food options, it would be well worth it.

Putting "ecotourism" in a big project in the desert nation makes it one, right? Right.

Usually, any despotic tourism-dependent island nation with surfeit of resorts has a lot of skeletons hidden outside of these resorts. Fiji's getting highlighted now.

Dubai plans on investing in family attractions and attracting global sporting events to complement its already strong business travel market in its goal to treble tourism’s economy impact by 2020.

NCL sees this as their its year to lose. An aggressive expansion in New York, multiple new ships, entertainment products aimed at both Disney and Carnival, and a faltering rival add up to opportunity.

American Airlines is cleaning up a lot of loose ends as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy.

Interesting rollup of content players in travel markets, but we still think long term the key is providing internet access to consumers with their own digital devices and their own native content consumption habits.

Priceline is anxious to see what it terms its Booking.com "experiment" in the U.S., replete with offline branding campaign, succeed. Given the volatily in subsidiary Booking.com's core European market, growth in the U.S., alongside Priceline.com, would serve as a hedge against Europe's troubles.

The purpose of the threat by the Rome Boats boss is likely to shame the city into acting before high season kicks in.

The red lipstick move was one of the few setbacks Turkish Airlines has had recently, and it was wise of leadership to make sure lipstick didn't become a leading narrative about the growing airline.

Money and security are enormous obstacles to surmount, but Iraq -- unlike the country that helped it throw off its dictator -- understands the value of rail in ensuring a stable society.

The FCC is pushing the FAA to act faster regarding use of in-flight electronics, and this is yet the latest shove to get the aviation administration moving.

A shakeout has been looming among sites that track rewards miles and offers mileage-related flight services. MileWise's demise is the first among several other companies that will likely fade away.

Reaching far back into history for a branding message is a bit of a stretch that provides ample opportunity for the impact to get lost in translation. They should go with the simpler: "Yokohama: It's Close to Haneda Airport."

Changi's announcement follows a similar one from Heathrow in December of last year that designates its new T2 as a Star Alliance hub.

With the increase in handgun purchases comes an increase in forgotten weapons by consumers who aren't as well trained in their use as the previous generation of owners.

Some of these survey findings are self-serving on part of APEX and CEA, who want the current in-flight digital device rules to be changed for more usage. For us, only 4-in-10 passengers wanting these rules to be changed is interesting, and needs some deeper digging on consumer attitudes.

Obitz's much-hyped deal to power the American Express consumer travel site contributed to first quarter growth, but it looks like it isn't turning out to be the bulldozer that Orbitz anticipated.

Emirates isn't simply spending its way to growth, which should make its legacy rivals in Europe even more worried than they already are.

These arguments carry much more weight coming from a hotel CEO than they would from an airline that feels signaled out by restrictive policies.

Let the games begin.

If you think hotel industry is fragmented here, try India, where it is hard to tell the difference between real estate and hotel industry. Now, as airlines and rail are being booked at volume online in India, hotels are coming into the mix of online travel.

Legacy airlines still have challenges to deal with in order to deliver the consistently strong numbers that Southwest does, but this is a sign that it is possible to find a profitable way forward.

To paraphrase a certain baseball philospher, it's getting late very early for flight-search startups. For any chance of success, they'd better offer something unique, have a lot of funding, and figure out how to attract substantial revenue elsewhere.

Many travel startups focus their attention on hotels as they’re more lucrative than flights and there is more room for innovation. It’s a lesson that Hipmunk appears to have learned and is now working through it without abandoning its original flights product.

There’s no better news for a startup than a call from Facebook, but Waze’s acquisition was imminent after it emerged as one of the most innovative startups in digital mapping, one of travel’s key battlegrounds this year.

There are no sure bets, but Amadeus claims its pipeline of airline deals, including an agreement to power Southwest's reservations systems for international flights, guarantees that the company is on an upward trajectory

The Office wasn’t taped in Scranton, but its goal of portraying real-life in a small town life led to close ties with the local businesses, a relationship that put the town in front of millions of American viewers.

Canada’s decision to pull leisure marketing from its poorest performing markets is an interesting tactic, but one that gives individual destinations an opportunity to stand out without competing against the more influential country brand.

Unfortunately for the TSA, the General Accounting Office is as non-partisan as Washington, D.C. gets. When it says you have a problem, you have a problem.

The impact pop culture has on tourism can be seen no where as clearly as the physical space in Universal where the Jaws ride is about to be replaced by Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley.

The good news is that the Triumph didn't hit anything on the way out of port. But it's a long way to the Bahamas.

As conspicuous consumption takes off among the rich in Nigeria, the high spending tourists are increasingly becoming lucrative to attract for other economies, including in UK where they are the fourth biggest spenders.

As the site of the world's most attended event, Saudi Arabia has some catch up to do to make room for all its guests -- especially as the growing wealth of its pilgrims lead them to expect more.

These air traffic control towers were never going to be closed on an ongoing basis. It would have been insane.

The FAA is supposed to regulate the airlines, and not serve as a booster, a role it takes on at times. These revelations about the FAA and US Airways, coming after the FAA's slow-to-react role in the Boeing Dreamliner escapade, only adds fuel to the fire in further allegations about a hand in glove relationship.

A year from now, it will be interesting to see how much Priceline and Expedia alter their metasearch advertising in Kayak, TripAdvisor and Trivago.

Worth the read if only for the nuggets about which Travel Channel personalities are good people.

We don't know much about Mark Zuckerberg's home life, but he's got troubles at Facebook Home. Even ardent Facebook users apparent want Facebook to dominate their smartphone home screens.

The now-familiar combination of hotel, office, and apartments may be becoming old hat in Asia's mega-skyscrapers but it's a compelling mix of uses that protects a building during a downturn.

The European tour operator is reducing its retail operations and trying to solicit more online bookings. Sometimes the business climate for TUI Travel seems colder and damper than a British winter.

There's no immediate help on the way for Tulsa and other small-city airports as most airlines are stuck on their hub fixations, dismissing the point-to-point needs of small- and not-so-small town America.

IAG still has a very long way to go to get Iberia into shape, as well as better position British Airways to compete globally from its crowded London hub.

Carnival Cruise Lines claims its decision to withdraw ships from Europe in 2014 has nothing to do with the adverse publicity stemming from its Costa Concordia tragedy off the Italian coast. We're not buying it.

Guests don't enjoy sneaky fees and hotels don't enjoy arguing over them. Including a few basics -- like Wi-Fi -- for free builds loyalty and makes everyone happy.

It's amazing that unscrupulous operators can get away with renting or selling recalled vehicles.

Facebook's interest in Waze is enough to signal to the outside that interest in tech services, such as Waze's mapping, is more than just a passing fancy.

Fascinating insights into the new global hub of aviation, and shopping habits of the world that passes through it.

There's an app for that -- and apparently for everyone. Our favorite from the iTunes description of the actress' City Guides app is that it provides information about "the person to call for an at-home blow dry and more." You never know when you'll need one.

Haiti has a long way to go before it can make a significant splash in tourism, but JetBlue is still a great place to start.

The committee comes clean about Heathrow's challenges in a way that's not familiar to watchers of UK politics. Of course, making things happen is another matter.

We're not fans of lawsuits at Skift, but Paulson's crew's escape into bankruptcy to avoid responsibility is just the type of chicken behavior we frown on. And the slimy behavior doesn't tend to be the type long-term investors are attracted to either.

Now that the merger has the OK, it will be fascinating to watch how the pioneer in user-generated content will be able to best leverage the metasearch operation.