Sean O'Neil News

Pilots love Apple iPads, flight-planning apps like ForeFlight, and air-streaming in-flight entertainment
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Pilots love Apple iPads, flight-planning apps like ForeFlight, and air-streaming in-flight entertainment
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2012
Apple's iPad has created the biggest shift in the way pilots fly airplanes since the birth of the jet... Read More
Morning Scan: Hotels.com re-ups with EPAM, the WaveRider scramjets, Ikea will build hotels, and more travel tech news
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Morning Scan: Hotels.com re-ups with EPAM, the WaveRider scramjets, Ikea will build hotels, and more travel tech news
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2012
Israel restores its hotel ratings system, 18 hikers get into trouble with their smartphones while... Read More
Google Now pushes itinerary and travel notifications, and Google Translate translates text in photos
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Google Now pushes itinerary and travel notifications, and Google Translate translates text in photos
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Google recently released upgrades for two of its free products -- Google Translate and Google Now --... Read More
Vancouver's Opus Hotel aims to remove all landlines and replace them with iPhones
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Vancouver's Opus Hotel aims to remove all landlines and replace them with iPhones
By Nick Vivion | August 14, 2012
First iPads and now iPhones: Vancouver's Opus Hotel is boldly going where no hotel has gone before, as... Read More
Ancillary Mania: Spirit scored $142 Million in passenger usage fees [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
US airlines are raking in enormous piles of cash from add-ons and fees, with the leader on a per... Read More
Travel Tech Scan: Qype teams up with MyTaxi, short-term rentals get trustworthy, and interactive hotel TV gets affordable
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Travel Tech Scan: Qype teams up with MyTaxi, short-term rentals get trustworthy, and interactive hotel TV gets affordable
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Europe's version of Yelp has teamed up with Europe's version of Uber. It's one of the many interesting... Read More
Facebook users cite travel most often as their biggest life moment [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Facebook users cite travel most often as their biggest life moment [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Facebook users add more stories about travel to their Facebook Timelines "than any other type of life... Read More
Ancillary mania: A wave of cruise fees crests with Carnival's faster boarding program
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Ancillary mania: A wave of cruise fees crests with Carnival's faster boarding program
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Carnival Cruise Lines is testing new ancillary fee revenue, moving away from the all-inclusive fare... Read More
Record digital usage during the 2012 Olympics suggests a strong staycation trend
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Record digital usage during the 2012 Olympics suggests a strong staycation trend
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Changes in how people vacation because of the economic upheaval since 2008 may partly explain the... Read More
KLM continues smashing through social media, this time with piñatas
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KLM continues smashing through social media, this time with piñatas
By Nick Vivion | August 13, 2012
The latest in KLM quirk comes in the form of the KLM Piñata Game that offers the chance to win 2... Read More
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