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Addis Ababa takes Dubai’s crown as the gateway to Africa
Matt Falcus Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTravelers are now more likely to pass through Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport when connecting to destinations in Africa than any other gateway thanks to a number of factors that have made it easier and more attractive to do so. The Ethiopian hub has taken the crown from Dubai International, which has for many years been the most common connecting point to the African continent. Africa’s largest and fastest growing carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, is helping to grow Addis Ababa through targeted expansion in its long-haul and regional network.
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Travel2020: What’s luxury got to do with it? Just ask Ted Teng
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTed Teng, president and CEO of Leading Hotels of the World, has been at the helm of the luxury hotel branding organization since 2008 and oversees the management of this branding through its more than 430 hotels. The properties all bring unique histories and their own styles of architecture. Some 88 percent are family-owned and nearly all are independently managed. We talked with Teng in a roundtable discussion last month held at the annual Signature Travel Network conference in Las Vegas.
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America’s dozen daffiest New Year’s Eve drops
Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementIt was way back in 1907 that the now-famous New Year's Eve ball made its maiden descent from the flagpole atop One Times Square in New York City. Since then the seemingly wacky process of dropping objects to celebrate the beginning of a new year has spread across the country. Here's a selection of the dozen daffiest drops.
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Great parks to see animals at
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureWe all like to camp to get back to nature. As you sit outside at the campground, you may see chipmunks and squirrels. Deer, raccoons, and armadillos are often seen on a hike. Most state and national parks are havens for all types of animals but some have an outstanding variety of wild animals within their border or their animals can be more easily seen by the casual camper. Note: These are wild animals. Please keep a safe distance!
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Winter travel is on the rise
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThere’s a reason why Iceland is the "hottest" destination right now. Winter tourism interest is on the rise. We are more adventurous than before, and we no longer look for only warm beaches to get away from all that snow. Warmer climes will always have their unique appeal, but trends are leaning towards exploring what the lands have in store for us in winter. Cold places are cheaper in winter, so the deals are incredible. Fewer people travel to the colder regions during the winter, so they are less crowded, meaning fewer or smaller queues.
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What to look forward to in 2019 in hospitality
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe holiday season is around the corner. It is a good time for us to review the major events discussed in 2018. A quick overview will very likely inform us what we can expect in 2019. Looking forward, Airbnb and hotels will fight over a bigger battleground in 2019. On one hand, more hotels, including Marriott, have entered the short-term residential rental market. On the other hand, Airbnb introduced two new brands — Airbnb Plus and Beyond by Airbnb, which offer many "certified" enhanced services that are usually found in a traditional hotel.
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Travel2020: Airbnb bets on bedding the business traveler
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementAs more and more road warriors turn to Airbnb for their overnight lodging needs, the company is gaining insights into how business travelers travel: where they go, where they prefer to stay, and what they do when visiting a new city — and how those factors are changing in interesting ways. Traditional business travel hubs like London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney are giving way to new corridors of surging growth, especially in Latin America, Asia and Africa, according to the upstart lodging technology company.
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Christkindlmarkts right here at home
Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementEurope, and Germany in particular, is justly famous for its colorful Christkindlmarkts. In Germany alone, there are more than 2,000 Christmas markets. The earliest recorded Christkindlmarkt was held in 1434 in Dresden, which still today boasts one of Europe’s largest and most beautiful markets. Being a nation founded and largely settled by European immigrants, it’s not surprising that the Christmas market tradition is alive and well here in the U.S. Here are five of them that best capture the traditional old-world spirit of the Christkindlmarkt.
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Where was the first Christmas in the US?
Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementMost Americans probably assume that the country’s first Christmas was celebrated in one of the original English colonies — Jamestown or Plymouth — but some historians believe it actually happened in Tallahassee, Florida. Though no records exist, experts feel certain that Catholic priests accompanying Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s winter encampment in the Native American village of Anhaica — the site of present-day Tallahassee — in 1539 would have been obliged by the church to celebrate Christmas mass.
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How hidden technology is making airports more efficient
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe average visit to an airport to take a flight can take some predictable forms for most passengers; arrive at the parking garage, pass through security screening, visit some concessions, walk to the gate, and ultimately depart. Now, technology behind the scenes is helping to identify ways to make the process more seamless for the passenger, and more profitable for the airport. A sensing technology known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is being employed by specialist companies to analyze data on how passengers are using airports.
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