About 76 percent of U.S. commuters make their trips alone, but new sites and apps like Zimride.com, Ridejoy.com, Avego.com, Nuride.com, Rideshare.com and eRideShare.com are making it simpler and safer to share rides—not only to work but also sometimes to destinations across the country. Meanwhile, smartphone apps like Waze (more than 20 million users across the [...]
Oct 18, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Avego, Boston, carpooling, carpooling app, carpooling trends, commuters, commuting trends, Egypt, eRideShare, General Motors, Inrix Traffic, New York traffic app, Nuride, pedestrian safety, Ridejoy, Rideshare, smartphone apps, Taiwan, traffic app, traffic trends, travel trends, Waze, Wi-Fi Direct, Zimride | Leave A Comment »
Looking for more than just a place to rest their weary heads, today’s sleep-deprived vacationers are after the most restorative trip possible. Enter sleep tourism as the next big offering at hotels, spas, even nightclubs. In Paris, the Zen Bar—“Europe’s first nap bar”—dishes up zero-gravity chairs and massage beds, while rooms at the Hotel Gabriel [...]
Jul 20, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Grand Resort Bad Ragaz Switzerland, health trends, Hotel Gabriel Paris Marais, insomnia, Milestone Hotel London, nap bar, sleep diagnostics, sleep spa, sleep tourism, sleep vacation, sleeping trends, sound sleep experience, the Zen Bar, travel trends, vacation trends | Leave A Comment »
In spite of the global financial beat-down, experts have given the tourism industry a sunny forecast, predicting that over the next five years travelers will look to scale back costs without sacrificing the vacations of their dreams. At least one destination is suffering, however: The Olympic torch handover ceremony in May drew some tourists to [...]
Jul 10, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Marketing, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: 2012 Olympics, Africa, China, golden years, Greece tourism, Mediterranean trips, multigenerational travel, Olympic torch handover ceremony, Russia, smartphone apps, tourism industry, tourism trends, travel industry, travel trends, traveler's check, traveller's cheque | Leave A Comment »
Looking for an out-of-this-world vacation? Well, look here: Commercial space travel might be possible by 2014, in which case it could become our next billion-dollar industry. Rocket planes and spaceships are being designed to blow past the earth’s atmosphere or, for those craving a shorter jaunt, there’s talk of commercial flights that will ascend 62 [...]
Apr 30, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: Ashton Kutcher, billion-dollar industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Kepler space observatory, luxury trends, Mars, NASA, outer space, planets, Richard Branson, rocket plane, space, space tourism, space travel, spaceship, tourism trends, travel trends, Virgin Galactic | Leave A Comment »
Slated to nearly double over the next two decades, the demand for air travel should be enough to add a new, JetBlue-size airline every year, says the FAA. The number of air travelers will grow from 732 million this year to 1.2 billion in 2032, with New York’s John F. Kennedy, Washington’s Dulles, Chicago’s Midway, [...]
Apr 06, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Technology, Trends | Tags: Air Force, air travel trends, air-traffic control, aviation, aviation trends, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, JetBlue, London, NASA, Ray LaHood, River Thames, scramjet, toddler tantrum, Transportation Secretary, travel trends | Leave A Comment »
