Website of the Week: Tweriod

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One of the websites I learned about at this weekend’s L.A. Times Travel Show was from my fellow panelist, Jessica Marati of Gadling.com. It won’t save you money, but if you use Twitter for business it might make you money. It’s called Tweriod and it’s a free tool that helps you make the most of [...]

Website of the Week: Irrive.com

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These days most travelers are constantly uploading photos and updates to their various social media networks. Irrive allows users to create a beautiful scrapbook out of it as they automatically pull your content from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Foursquare, and Flickr during your designated dates. Irrive then automatically weaves all of your photos, posts, and check-ins [...]

Travel News: Week of October 1st, 2012

Passenger sues Southwest Airlines over hot tea spill

Top Travel News Passenger sues Southwest Airlines over hot tea spill American Airlines ticks off U.S. Senator Marco Rubio: Lessons from a Twitter rant 57% of American workers don’t use up their full allotment of vacation days Southwest makes progress toward Hawaii flights Religious Tourism: A Multibillion-Dollar Business Hardline Muslims ‘threaten tourism in the Maldives’ [...]

Website of the Week: Rich Kids of Instagram

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Here’s a basic blog that will either make you sick to your stomach, green with envy or give you some ideas. Instagram users submit their photos which are re-posted on this website in gold frames with images of kids who either have a lot of money or their friends and family do. The photos usually [...]

Travel News: Week of August 6th, 2012

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Top Travel News United Airlines unveils its first 787 Dreamliner Carnival cracks down on cruisers “saving” deck chairs DOT, FAA: 3 jets in close call never at risk of colliding Maldives Tourist board Twitter campaign spectacularly backfires U.S. tourist ordered to pay $6,500 fine for illegal Cuba trip Alaska man gets DUI for floating on [...]

Travel News: Week of June 25th, 2012

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Top Travel News TV stars, travel bloggers not immune to fear of flying Harvard says it has developed coating for airplane wings to repel ice Delta tests self-boarding scanners at Atlanta, Las Vegas airports Delta’s backing of Chelsea Football Club is a U.S. airline first Sold! Airlines Begin Auctioning Upgrade Seats Expedia.com dominates online travel [...]

Tweeter of the Week: @Sweden

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The Swedish government came out with a brilliant idea last December when they decided to hand over their @sweden Twitter account to a different citizen each week. It made sense as Thomas Brühl, CEO of VisitSweden, told Mashable “No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its people.” They use the account solely to [...]