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Neat idea from the folk at the Weather Channel with the introduction of a trip planning service that combines route information with the latest forecast.... Read More

We’ve all been there - you’re in a fascinating foreign city, with decades of art, history and culture all around you...... Read More

Must try harder is the clear message for lastminute founders Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox as they are summarily dismissed with a 'next' in this video to encourage school children to learn to code... Read More

Efforts in recent years to jazz up the tired but compulsory in-flight safety video and turn it into something fun but still attention grabbing have left YouTube littered with some good and some average clips... Read More

Built on the premise of connecting the not so budget conscious traveller with specialist travel companies, Travelspinner collects your travel request via a simple online form before submitting it to three relevant specialists... Read More

Search engine results in travel, like the products themselves, are often far from perfect. But sometimes the results are just beyond any rational explanation.... Read More

On the one hand the extension of a technology deal between Amadeus and travel search provider Kayak is not particularly big news - but there was always going to be something behind it.... Read More

It wasn't all about ROI, innovation and quality of content at the recent TBEX extravaganza in the US - Expedia chose the event to launch a new ad campaign dedicated to bloggers.... Read More

As part of an ongoing collaboration between DK and the London College of Communication, the guidebook specialist challenged design students to come up with the travel guide of the future... Read More

Ford is a giant of the motor manufacturing world that only ever thinks about building cars, vans and trucks, right? Probably about 85% true.... Read More

There's lots of insightful stuff in Epiphany's report into the travel sector so we'll just dwell a while on three conclusions from the study... Read More

How do you represent a region or a country in social media? A challenge to many tourist boards and associations whose job is not to sell a particular product or service but to market a city, region or country.... Read More

BalticMiles has devised a simple approach to its loyalty programme by inviting members to suggest partners for the scheme as well as the sorts of benefits they would like for each level.... Read More

The Where the Hell is Matt? phenomenon started way back in the good ol' days of 2006, when game designer and traveller Matt Harding filmed himself dancing in locations around the world.... Read More

Facebook has spent the best part of the past 22 months letting people populate their profile pages with location check-ins made via their mobile devices.... Read More