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As those in tourism wonder how to meet the challenges posed by the popularity of companies like Airbnb, might it be worth also examining the never-ending popularity of camping and caravanning? 
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I’m heading to Southeast Asia in February and starting to think about all the fun things I can do on this trip which will include Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and a brief rock climbing adventure in Laos.
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Years ago hotels lost the ability to charge outrageous prices for phone calls, so now they're engaged in a desperate rear-guard attempt to keep charging outrageous prices for Wi-Fi. Here's a suggestion instead: provide decent rooms at reasonable prices, and offer your guests additional services at reasonable prices too. Ho ho ho.
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CNN's Richard Quest explores how the shared economy will continue to disrupt the world of travel next year.
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TRAVEL LAWEditors pick:: Show as Editors PickHon. Thomas A. DickersonHon. Thomas A. Dickerson This week we take a look at recent developments in the travel sharing economy featuring two revolutionary companies experiencing some growing pains.
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Global travel industry intelligence: News, info, data and analysis on airlines, hotels, tourism, cruises, startups, tech and more.
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Such has been the enormous growth in the so-called sharing economy that it's been difficult to keep up.
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How to use the peer-to-peer and sharing economy websites to travel cheap while making friends around the world.
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Airbnb Plans to Rewire Business Travel with the Sharing Economy | HP How Airbnb together with the Concor platform, plans to rewire business travel using the sharing economy ideals.
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The "sharing economy" has been front page news lately, and now there are ways business travelers can save with services like Airbnb and Uber for Business.
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Remember 1999? Sure you do. The dotcom bubble was in full effect: come up with any idea, really any idea, and add ".com" to it, and you could raise millions.
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Remember 1999? Sure you do. The dotcom bubble was in full effect: come up with any idea, really any idea, and add ".com" to it, and you could raise millions.
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Companies within the sharing economy, such as Airbnb, Uber and FlightCar, are looking to cater to managed business travelers because the opportunities are (RT @stein_nick: Why Business Travel and the Sharing Economy Aren't An Easy Fit
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The uniqueness of a place matters. It's an argument that resonates with many of us on an intuitive level, and that countless architects, planners, and sociologists have staked their careers on. ULI senior resident fellow Ed McMahon recently made the case for place in a TEDx talk in Jacksonville, Florida. Physical distinction counts, he argues—not just culturally, but in dollars and cents. "In a world where capital is footloose, if you can't differentiate from any other place, you'll have no competitive advantage," says McMahon.
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The sharing economy represents a transformation in the way people experience travel, says Fiona Jeffery, founder of Just a Drop and ex-chair of World Travel Market.
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Me and other hospex activists are creating a new volunteer based gift/free-economy project. While hosting will be at the core of Trustroots, it’s not limited to it.
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A cash-stuffed Christmas card is a time-honored tradition, but does it extend to your Lyft drivers, Airbnb hosts and that TaskRabbit guy who runs all your errands?
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Saturday night in the Hongdae district of Seoul. Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs line the streets four stories high for blocks. The crowds in the street cover acres of blacktop. It's nightlife on mega-city scale.
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Several recent studies show that a growing number of people are using Airbnb's platform to create micro hotels by renting multiple properties to people looking for a place to stay. As the chart below from a San Francisco Chronicle study...
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By Robert Vaughan A few weeks ago we published our UK Hotels Forecast for 2015, mapping out the opportunities, challenges and growth prospects for UK hotels.
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Traveling to various countries often can mean making complex currency conversions. Can bitcoin fix this problem?
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Travel brands should test out the peer-to-peer economy as it gains popularity among younger generations, the Abta Travel Convention was told.
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![Every travel sharing economy startup pitch rolled into one [VIDEO] - Tnooz | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/5n8SFl11IU3UeS-NAnZC1Tl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
It is very easy to see why so many startups have become clichés – the circle-jerking over one another, similar pitch language and identikit video presentations. - See more at: http://www.tnooz.com/article/sharing-economy-startup-pitch-video/#sthash.LVHvE64Q.dpuf
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The Travel Technology Association, once the exclusive domain of Priceline and Expedia, is planning to work with new members known for their disruptive tendencies—particularly Airbnb and TripAdvisor.
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August 6, 2014 6:27 AM
Acteurs classiques du tourisme et acteurs de l'économie collaborative, des passerelles évidentes. |
