Added 6 June, 2013
Women-only floors in hotels have become a trend since 2010 in big cities such as New York, London, Berlin, and Toronto, where security is an issue for solo female travelers.Now, Riyadh’s Four Seasons, a luxury hotel in Saudi Arabia, has turned the 50th floor into a women’s-only floor. The “Pearl Floor” is fitted out with 20 premium rooms and two...
Added 6 June, 2013
Ecuador, the world's largest producer of bananas, sees a promotional opportunity in the global distribution of the popular fruit. It is now turning to the banana labels to promote its fledgling tourism industry. Called the Banana Ambassador, the program consists of QR stickers on the peels that point the country's tourism site.
Added 5 June, 2013
With more gay couples deciding to get married, it means big things for same-sex destination weddings. One year ago, the Plaza Hotel in NYC hosted its first gay wedding, and many others have since joined the ranks. The Biltmore Miami debuted its "Love is Love" package for gay couples earlier this month, and just last week Occidential Hotels made...
Added 4 June, 2013
Don’t have time to head to the mall? Perhaps it can come to you. The newest trend for shoppers may be the mobile route, with a group of fashion trucks already making its way around major cities. Like the food truck trend, the fashion-truck trend has slowly made its way from Los Angeles and New York to Baltimore and beyond. For example, Rick...
Added 3 June, 2013
Of course, Google has been testing driverless cars heavily, and nearly every automaker is working on them too. Many car brands already have fielded vehicles, at least on the high end, that utilize a number of semi-autonomous features such as lane-departure warning lights, little kinetic nudges of the driver to keep them awake, self-distancing...
Added 3 June, 2013
As luxury hotels continue to fall all over themselves to one-up each other, The Mark in New York has been particular adept at creating special opportunities for its guests. Earlier this year they teamed with Maclaren to offer specially-branded high-end strollers to families with toddlers. Now they have make a partnership with the upscale Bergdorf...
Added 3 June, 2013
In the capitol of the Czech Republic, Prague metro is looking to launch special train cars designated for people who want to meet others while they commute. Born from the desire to increase ridership, the metro company wants to emphasize that public transport is not only a means of travel but that you can do things there that you cannot do in your...
Added 30 May, 2013
America's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. With the flip of a switch, Los Angeles became a worldwide leader by synchronizing all of its stoplights, making it the world's first major city to do so. The way synchronization works is simple enough: With all the signals synchronized, if you drive down a street at the posted...
Added 29 May, 2013
The Web has made the world a much more transparent place. Information about businesses is no longer traveling solely from the business to its customers, but from customer to customer as well. A glaring example of this is The Bedbug Registry, a free, public database of bedbug sightings in the U.S. and Canada. They claim to have about 20,000 bedbug...
Added 28 May, 2013
Virgin Galactic intends to make the world's first commercial spaceflight, carrying paying passengers, on Christmas Day, says Sir Richard Branson. "I will be going up on the first flight, which I hope will be about December 25th of this year" said the Virgin-branding billionaire. Branson hopes to bring his family along for the ride, which will last...