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Phone apps for exploring California - Hiking trails, parking, museums, farmers markets, more
-Courtesy of Los Angeles Times
Here are apps that do more than explore California; several may help alleviate travel stress. Apps that work on iPhone also work on iPad and iPod Touch, and Android apps work on multiple phones and tablets, including those from Motorola, Samsung and Archos.
Travel sector scratches surface in smartphone applications
-Courtesy of Travel Weekly
Mini-applications have changed the way people use their smartphones, but for the travel sector, figuring out how to harness the power of apps is still in the nascent stages.
Travel editors discuss consumers and changing travel patterns
-Courtesy of Travel Weekly
Chief editors of Afar, Budget Travel, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler and Travel + Leisure and the leisure travel editor of USA Today have been invited to the annual Travel Weekly Consumer Travel Editors Roundtable. The focus of this discussion is on consumers and changing travel patterns, and how the industry and these publications are changing as a result.
The future of travel: the real impact of mobile and social media
-Courtesy of Gadling
Social media has provided new avenues for consumers to research travel. This article utilizes the research findings of eMarketer on consumer behavior towards social media and makes predictions on future market impacts.
Drop in Japanese visitors a concern for U.S.
-Courtesy of Travel Weekly
While travel to Japan has clearly diminished since the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, the U.S. is bracing for a drop in Japanese tourists, many of whom will be unwilling or unable to travel abroad.
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