Added 9 September, 2013
While the USA continues to suffer from record trade deficits with China, there is at least one major American commodity that Chinese can't seem to get enough of: luxury American cars. Cadillacs and Buicks have become major status symbols on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai, as big spenders like to be seen in the big black vehicles. GM launched...
Added 9 September, 2013
As online restaurant delivery apps and other services abound, hotels are finding the competition is getting to be too much. Room service is an expensive proposition for hotels, as you need to keep a kitchen staffed and delivery people on call. And guests resent the high prices and extra delivery fees. Some hotels, like New York's Hilton Midtown in...
Added 4 September, 2013
Motivated by guests who care about the environment, carbon footprinting and being good custodians of the earth, hotels have long been leading the way when it comes to doing things that are green and ecologically sensitive. The Royal York Hotel in Toronto, for example was one of the first to plant their roof with edibles and put bee hives up there...
Added 3 September, 2013
Will there ever be a time when theme parks decide that enough is enough, thrill rides have gotten as exciting as they can be, and the limits of speed, thrust, torque and gravity have been reached? The First Law of Trends is that, once one gets going, its inertia will continue until a competing force slows it down. With regard to theme park thrill...
Added 3 September, 2013
Recently on WikiTrend we wrote about luxury hotels catering to families. Now it's the airlines turn, led by Etihad Airways the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The airline's on-board childcare experts, identified by bright orange aprons and an arts and crafts kit filled with a variety playthings to keep even the most restless young...
Added 1 September, 2013
At travelers get richer, luxury hotels in New York and beyond are seeing family travel as a special area of growth and are catering to them in ever more appealing ways. Now Trump SoHo, an upscale hotel in downtown Manhattan has joined the fight for family guests with a Young Entrepreneurs program that cleverly plays on the Trump brand. Open to...
Added 29 August, 2013
Electric and solar vehicles are making tracks these days. Solar travel is everywhere, in the skies, on the roads, and now in the form of a solar-powered railcar running tourists through the Hungarian forest. With a top speed of 25 km/h (about 15.5 mph), the 32-seat train is topped with solar cells that charge an onboard battery. The battery is...
Added 28 August, 2013
While Google recently unveiled its ideas for a driverless taxi service, the Japanese carmaker Nissan announced that it will be selling commercially-viable autonomous drive vehicles by 2020. Their goal is not just one car, but self-driving vehicles across the model range, which means that the technology will be marketed at down-to-Earth prices that...
Added 21 August, 2013
When pop-up restaurants started to pop up some years back, no one knew how long these things would last. The fact that they are still around, and that they have expanded into pop-up boutiques, pop-up hotels, and pop-up space travel agencies, points to a still-growing trend that continues to have traction. Everyone likes special events and...
Added 14 August, 2013
As wearable computing is set to be the Next Big Thing, companies are asking how they can embrace this trend in innovative new ways. Many will be game-changing. What if you could walk around a foreign city with a virtual tour guide? One of the first to market is Tourism Radio, which currently has a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the...