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Denver's 420 Marijuana Festival Reportedly Creates Tourism Windfall
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 3:56pm | 562There are a lot of explanations for the stoner term, “420.” Some people say it represents 4:20 p.m., the time immediately after classes when a group of California high school students in the 1970s used to gather to get high. Whatever its origins, 420 has entered the U.S. lexicon as a reference...
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U.S. Gas Prices Expected To Be Slightly Lower This Summer
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 2:53pm | 488A combination of increased supply and relatively static demand should reportedly help keep gas prices stable , as the nation enters into the prime, summer driving months. According to the Department of Energy's forecast, regular gasoline retail prices are expected to average around $3.57 a...
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Has Overall Airline Performance Really Improved?
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 3:12pm | 521Some veteran air travelers might find this hard to believe, but the latest annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR) says airline performance last year was at its highest level since the survey began in 1991. The AQR is a joint research project by Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle...
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Google Gmail To Add 'Snooze Button' And Much More
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 11:58am | 520In an attempt to make Gmail more useful, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reportedly in the process of developing several new features. One of them is a Snooze Button. According to Geek.com, email you consider important, but not critical, could be “snoozed.” This would cause the message to go into...
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Carnival Share Prices Sink After Earnings Report, 2014 Outlook
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 2:49pm | 492Shares of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) took a hit on Tuesday, after the company announced its first quarter earnings results. Carnival, the world's largest cruise line operator, reported a net loss of $15 million - or two cents per share for the quarter, compared to a $37 million or five...
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Hotel Corporations Vie for Luxury Market in China
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 1:28pm | 723China's rise as an economic power has also meant a rising need for better hotels to accommodate both foreign and domestic business travelers and tourists. And, many major hotel corporations have been working hard to fill that void. The InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG) has announced “...
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What's Behind Higher Holiday Rental Car Prices? Industry Consolidation is a Major Culprit
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 2:43pm | 918Holiday travelers know they have to brace themselves financially as they take to the skies this week. But picking up a rental car isn't going to be much of a picnic for your wallet, either. A new CheapCarRental.com survey of rental car rates at 30 U.S. destinations shows a lot of companies have...
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Sign of the Times: Another Ultra-Long Business Flight is Permanently Grounded
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 2:17pm | 605Here's something to keep in mind if you find yourself stuck at an airport over the holidays: at least you're not flying on one of those seemingly endless, ultra-long-distance flights that have been a business-class staple for years. But the era of ultra-long business flight appears to be ending...
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Demand for Air Travel Up Globally as Recovery Revives Business and Tourism
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 4:28pm | 646More signs of a slow but steady global economic recovery: despite weak figures in August, international air passenger traffic is up compared to a year ago. “We are seeing a more positive environment for air travel demand, based on rising business confidence, a strong increase in export orders...
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Settle into These Hotel Stocks, as We Head into 2014
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 4:30pm | 589The travel industry in general has seen tremendous growth over the past few years in virtually all sectors. It's also expected to continue that growth in 2014. Pricing and occupancy numbers for hotels went up almost four percent in 2012 and have risen nearly 4.5 percent so far this year. This...
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4 Solid Travel Stocks for 2014
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 4:36pm | 653The travel market has grown significantly over the last few years and experts predict there won't be any slowdown in that growth anytime soon. Online travel bookings in particular have seen a strong surge over each of the last three years, with spending in that market climbing as much as 12...
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China Expected to Become Top Business Travel Market
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:34am | 405Another sign of China's growing role in international commerce. According to a report commisssioned by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and sponsored by Visa (NYSE: V), China is expected to surpass the United States as “the world's most dominant business travel market” within the...
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Are We Bidding Farewell to Paid Mobile Apps?
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 1:34pm | 571According to Flurry Analytics, the percentage of paid apps on the App Store fell from 20 percent in 2011 to 10 percent in 2013. That’s a 10 percent drop in two years, and the trend is likely to continue. In general, Flurry said, people seemed to want free content even if it meant putting up...
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Travel Cheap – Even at the Last Minute
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:25am | 848Travel agents and the Internet have programmed us to believe time and flexibility are the only two ways to save money on travel. If we plan far enough in advance, and don’t mind getting to Chicago by way of Pittsburgh, Cheyenne, and Nome, Alaska, we can lower our travel costs significantly....
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Tax Breaks and a Low P/E Compared to Industry Could Propel Embraer Stock Price in Second Half of 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 3:38pm | 914By: John Persinos, Investing Daily Airlines around the world are saddled with obsolete, fuel-hogging aircraft, an increasingly untenable burden because of the high cost of oil. New aircraft on the market are not only more fuel efficient, but their lightweight composite structures also lower...