Added 9 July, 2013
An American online grocer called Peapod has created shopping truck with "mobile billboards" on the sides that invite consumers to shop for groceries using their smartphones. The trucks are showing up at summer gathering places such as ballparks and concert venues in Peapod’s markets along the East Coast. Customers scan a QR code to download a free...
Added 8 July, 2013
Called 2Seas, the UAV is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It is a direct descendant of the catapult-launched, 1.5-metre-wingspan, electric-powered SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft) – the world's first all-3D-printed drone, built at the University of...
Added 1 July, 2013
Starting next month, checked baggage on BA be fitted with electronic tags that will allow users to track their luggage throughout the entire travel itinerary. Frank van der Post, British Airways managing director for brands and customer experience, said: "This is a fantastically simple, yet smart device that gives each customer the choice to have...
Added 27 June, 2013
Artist Doug Aitken is gathering a group of artists and musicians and then sending them off cross-country for three weeks this September on an Amtrak train. "Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening." is a traveling expo will make ten stops in cities like Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In each they will stage unique cultural events...
Added 26 June, 2013
When New York State legalized gay marriage almost two years ago, many in Niagara Falls saw the potential to rekindle its image as the “honeymoon capital.” New York was the sixth of 13 states to allow same-sex marriage
Niagara Falls is still benefitting from the afterglow of the positive image as the site of the state’s first same-sex weddings....
Added 21 June, 2013
Companies world over are trying to be the Next Big Thing with the under-30 crowd by showing off their corporate street cred. Now W Hotels teams up with Ray Mendez to assemble a collection of five limited-edition decks designed by New York notables including David LaChapelle, Cara Delevingne, Cope2, Amar’e Stoudemire and Zana Bayne. The boards will...
Added 21 June, 2013
A new venture, OpenAirplane, aims to make it easier for pilots to find, book, fly, and pay for aircraft rentals. The site uses Zipcar's shared vehicle model to allow pilots to rent the same make and model airplane they are used to, from airports across the United States.
Added 20 June, 2013
Major hotel brands have expanded their restaurant menus to include Chinese dishes like congee and dim sum and some Holiday Inn hotels around San Francisco and Chicago offer in-room rice cookers on request. Australia’s coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn’t high on the travel...
Added 19 June, 2013
The nickname “Nairobbery” does little to help the image of Kenya’s unruly capital. That could be changing. The region is witnessing rising visitor numbers, driven heavily by the increased spending power and travel habits of Africa’s growing middle class. On May 26, Nairobi visitors enjoyed the city’s first historical walking tours; two-hour trips...
Added 11 June, 2013
As US and European economies cool, Asian buyers are driving luxury retail markets these days. Literally: Rolls-Royce just opened its first showroom in a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia has recently seen an explosion in luxury car sales. In the new Rolls-Royce storefront, customers can specify and customize virtually every...