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Travel Smarter 2012: How cloud services are changing the way we travel
One of the most often hyped facets of the upcoming tech industry is the concept of the Cloud. The term is often used to describe a set of services or functions that exist online and independent of a user's devices, allowing one synchronous access to information and ...Taking Travel: interview with Bert the Conqueror at Alaska's Fur Rondy (video)
In the spirit of journeying during periods less traveled, I've embarked to Alaska this winter. Follow the adventures here, and prepare to have your preconceived notions destroyed along the way.
Talking travel and having a laugh with Bert the Conqueror
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Where was your photo taken?
At Misty Fjords, Alaska on the wing of a seaplane that I had used to tour for the day. In this photo we had landed on a pristine lake where the only sound we heard was a bear or beavers fishing. Or so said the guide -- it might have been Uncle ...Ten great Washington D.C. restaurants
All that political activism (or running, as the case may be) is making you hungry. But since traditional "best" lists focus almost exclusively on the expensive, we thought we'd provide a more rounded-out list of a few of our favorite Washington D.C. restaurants, striving for ...Five things to know when planning a Washington, D.C. vacation
Chances are that a lot of the visitors to the Nation's Capital this week are visiting town for the Rally for Sanity, March Against Fear or the Marine Corps Marathon. Combine this with Halloween, which already draws record crowds to places like Georgetown's M Street for ...Ask Gadling: Your name/nationality/religion/race makes the locals hostile
In a perfect world, every place would be friendly and welcoming to foreigners, no matter their background or lifestyle. However, history, politics, religion, and just plain ignorance means some countries can be hostile to certain travelers based on race, faith, ...Gadling Q & A with Daniel Edward Craig, author and hotel consultant
Daniel Edward Craig shares a name with the current James Bond, and like 007, he's a world traveler and a man of many hats. He's taken a career in hotel management and a keen ear for storytelling and parlayed it into a murder mystery book series, an engaging industry blog, ...A conversation with Joe Diaz, co-founder of AFAR
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year you've heard of AFAR media and their new magazine that's currently making waves around the travel industry. As one of the few companies to risk starting a print publication in a transitioning media landscape, there's ...Talking Travel: Andrew Zimmern discusses bizarre foods
Andrew Zimmern is best known as the host of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. But before he was traveling the globe eating glands, connective tissue and anuses, he was an acclaimed chef, writer and expert in Chinese cuisine. The new season of his Travel ...Talking Travel with Avalon travel writer, Joshua Berman
Avalon travel writer, Joshua Berman, whose Moon Belize guidebook (8th edition) hit book stands in October, took time from his busy book tour to answer a few questions about travel, writing, and living and breathing idyllic Central America.
Don't forget to enter the ...Talking Travel with Step Back from the Baggage Claim, Jason Barger
Jason Barger already knew a fair amount about people before he headed off his 7-day, 7-airport travel spree to do nothing but watch them interact. He'd spent many a spring break leading adolescents and adults on house-building ventures in Mexico, a trip that took him through ...Talking Travel: David Farley, Author of An Irreverent Curiosity
Striking a balance between being informative and being entertaining is one of the most difficult aspects of non-fiction writing. And when it comes to travel writing, it becomes even more challenging. The author needs to educate readers about people and places while also ...Bing Travel: "We save the average couple $50 per trip"
Hugh Crean is the general manager of Bing Travel, Microsoft's new travel search engine. Microsoft is trying to chip away at Google's search engine dominance, and Bing Travel is part of a multi-pronged effort that also includes shopping and health-related microsites. Crean's ...Costello: "The traveling public cannot be ignored any longer"
Jerry Costello is the co-sponsor of the FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2009, which contains several important new rules designed to help air travelers. I asked the Illinois congressman, who is also the chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, about passenger rights and the ...Crop circles are back!
Remember crop circles, those strange shapes that started appearing in the Nineties in fields all across England? We haven't heard much about them lately, but according to an article in the Guardian's G2 magazine, this year hikers in England's beautiful countryside should see ...American Airlines' Mitchell: We want to give passengers "what they value most"
Mark Mitchell, American Airlines' managing director of customer experience, is the point man for customer service at the airline. With the summer travel season now underway, I asked him how air travelers could have the best possible experience, and what airlines like ...Talking Travel with with Karen Schaler, author of "Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need to Go?
Karen Schaler is the author of Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need to Go? A former embedded war correspondent in Afghanistan, she's experienced the highs and lows of travel. I asked her how to get the most out of your next vacation. Schaler: It's all about changing your ...US Airways customer service director: À la carte fees are the only way forward
John Romantic is the director of customer relations and central baggage resolution at US Airways. But he'd prefer that you simply think of him as your advocate at the airline. For the last nine months, he's had the unenviable job of improving the carrier's checkered ...Talking Travel with Equitrekking's Darley Newman and Chip Ward
Have you ever dreamed of seeing the world on the back of a horse? I've had my fair share of horseback adventures, so it's definitely something I'd love to do. It's certainly an eco-friendly and challenging mode of travel.
Equitrekking, the first travel television series to ...
Rosetta Stone's Adams: World travelers should learn Spanish, Chinese
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International travelers know what a formidable barrier a foreign language can be. From time to time, language spills over into the headlines - as it did last week when Fidel Castro insisted his brother's comments about political reform in Cuba were "misunderstood." Tom Adams ...
