09 2025 July
How Carnival Cruise Killed Their Loyalty Program … And What Happens Next
In mid-June, Carnival Cruise Lines launched what may be the most shocking (and potentially destructive) experiment in the history of loyalty programs. They essentially announced...
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12 2025 June
The Consequences of Being An Asshole While Flying
Sometimes life seems to offer sadly few consequences for being an asshole. And rarely are they irreversible. Unless you happen to exhibit that bad behavior...
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10 2025 June
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan
Ask anyone if they describe themselves as a tourist or a traveler and most people will say the latter. Seeing yourself as a “tourist” has...
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23 2025 April
Tattoorism and the Elusive Quest for the Ultimate Souvenir
How do you remember a trip forever? Last year there was a feature story about “the rise of tattoo tourism” and how more Millennials and...
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02 2025 April
Rimowa Sells Old, Beat-Up Suitcases and Demand Is Off the Charts
Buyback programs are getting popular among retailers in many categories but usually they are for products that are still in “sellable” condition that can be...
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29 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Recommendation of the Week: Dubai Future Foundation
One of the most forward-looking nations invests heavily in future planning, and much of their planning, research, insights and project efforts are all published freely...
Read Now22 2025 January
Why The “World’s First” AI-Powered Hotel May Be More Than Fancy Marketing
From the outside the Otonomus Hotel (pun probably intended) doesn’t really look much different from any other spot. The property just had their soft-launch before...
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Amsterdam Launched a Campaign to Convince British Tourists NOT to Visit. Did It Work?
Back in 2023, in response to a growing number of young male British tourists partying, getting drunk and generally behaving badly, the city of Amsterdam...
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New Zealand Airport Institutes 3-Minute Hug Limit When Dropping Off
New Zealand’s Dunedin Airport launched a sign that limits the time you can hug someone to say goodbye in an effort to ease airport traffic...
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The Next Las Vegas Will Be in the Arabian Desert, But It’s a Secret.
“The first rule of casinos in the UAE: You do not talk about casinos in the UAE.” Intrigued yet? This week an article from travel site...
Read Now08 2024 August
Four Entirely Predictable Olympic Stories That Happen Every Time
Anyone who follows the Olympics knows there are some media narratives that happen every four years and always turn out the same. There are myths and then...
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A First Look at America’s Smartest Highway
Driverless vehicles are obviously going to be part of humanity’s future, but they aren’t experiencing a great PR moment right now. Every day it seems...
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Oslo’s Unexpected Tourism Campaign Tells Travelers Why They Shouldn’t Visit
Residents in every city love to complain about the daily minor or major frustrations they endure in order to live where they do, but what...
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