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Mapmaker with a local touch and a global plan

Posted by  in February 6th 2012  
Tourist maps are not unique. Artistically rendered maps are available for many cities, usually created by a local artist. What distinguishes Guatemala-based mapmaking company Where To Go M ...
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Adventures for sighted and non-sighted travellers

Posted by  in February 3rd 2012  
Few would dispute the value of a business that breaks down barriers for consumers with disabilities. A shining example of this, Traveleyes is a UK-based travel company whose primary functi ...
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Tours of Prague – for teddy bears

Posted by  in January 28th 2012  
Stuffed animals can already play a starring role in storybooks thanks to Typlume & Graphine's series La Vie de Mon Doudou. Now, for teddies with a taste for adventure, there's the oppo ...
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Crowdsourced wildlife reports, searchable by area

Posted by  in January 25th 2012  
Bird-watchers are well-known for the tenacity with which they chronicle sightings of avian species worldwide, but fans of other types of wildlife may have a harder time figuring out what's ...
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Five innovative hotel concepts

Posted by  in August 14th 2011  
With supply outstripping demand, competition is intense in the hotel industry, so hoteliers are always on the lookout for a distinctive new feature or promotional scheme to attract travelle ...
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Green car-sharing by the hour at Hawaii hotels

Posted by  in July 7th 2011  
Hotels and car-sharing are a natural fit, as we've already seen in Zipcar's partnership with AKA. Whereas Zipcar's effort targets extended-stay residents, however, GreenCar Hawaii aims to g ...
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Planeshop launches at Glasgow Airport, first brand is K-Swiss

Posted by  in July 5th 2011  
Last September, we wrote about Planeshop, an innovative new airport retail concept developed by the pop-up retail pioneers who launched Vacant. Planeshop’s principle is simple: it lets d ...
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In tourism areas, a fixed camera mount for group photos

Posted by  in July 1st 2011  
Digital photography may have advanced considerably in recent years, but the fact remains that most group photos still lack the person holding the camera. Enter the fotopol, a camera mount ...
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Trip-planning site helps find others to travel the world with

Posted by  in June 29th 2011  
There are myriad sites out there already that help to connect travellers—those using the same airlines, for example, or wanting to share a cab—but typically such connections are fleeti ...
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Free spray tans at Gatwick Airport

Posted by  in June 23rd 2011  
Hard on the heels of our story about Gatwick's Runway Models contest comes word of another innovative promotion at the airport: free spray tans. Research conducted by the airport apparentl ...
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Portland airport installs bike assembly station for travellers

Posted by  in June 21st 2011  
Air travel may not be the most sustainable mode of transportation, but it's becoming increasingly easy for consumers to choose a greener ride to and from the airport. Back in 2008 we saw th ...
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From 12 tons of trash, a pop-up hotel with a message

Posted by  in June 18th 2011  
For St. Louis's City Museum, salvaged garbage helps create a hyperlocal feel. For the Save the Beach Hotel, it's not just a building material but also a warning about the current state of E ...
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High-end home swapping

Posted by  in June 18th 2011  
The march of the hotel alternatives continues, this time with the arrival of a home-swapping service aimed squarely at the upper echelon of homes. Luxe Home Swap allows people with high-end ...
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Helping hotels harness social media

Posted by  in June 13th 2011  
There are now countless places out there for consumers to voice their opinions about brands large and small, and hotels are by no means exempt. In fact, online reviews are now the most crit ...
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Airport contest seeks new runway models

Posted by  in June 12th 2011  
We've seen airports engage consumers with everything from free dancing lessons and light therapy to a four-storey slide that rewards duty-free spending. The latest innovation? Gatwick Airpo ...
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Austrian phone booths repurposed to charge electric vehicles

Posted by  in June 12th 2011  
Now that mobile phones are ubiquitous, public phone booths are fast becoming obsolete. In a bid to find a viable new use for its 13,500 phone booths around the country, Telekom Austria has ...
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Tipping cards for travellers enable gratuities without cash

Posted by  in June 6th 2011  
Cash may be increasingly rare as a method of payment in most transactions, but tipping remains one of those areas where it's still often the standard. Therein lies a problem for internation ...
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Singapore airport’s four-storey slide rewards duty-free spending

Posted by  in June 5th 2011  
Airports are no strangers to innovation when it comes to attracting business, and we've already seen several interesting examples—Heathrow's installation of a writer in residence, for ins ...
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With social media check-ins, guests earn hotel & travel rewards

Posted by  in June 1st 2011  
It's standard practice for hotels and airlines to offer discounts and other rewards to their own best customers, but a new service aims to pass those benefits on to other consumers as well. ...
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Hotel’s personal chef service includes trip to farmers’ market

Posted by  in May 31st 2011  
For many consumers, part of the enjoyment of a hotel experience is having everything done for them—especially the cooking and cleaning. As in virtually every other aspect of life, however ...
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Viral tourism site recruits expats to help promote New Zealand

Posted by  in May 26th 2011  
Tourism agencies have become innovators in the arts of promotion—witness last year's job contest spotlighting the Great Barrier Reef Islands, for example—but lately we've seen several ...
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