Quartz
Air travel is miserable. Aside from all the hassles of getting on the plane, once you're in your cramped little seat it becomes difficult to do anything but sit upright, elbows tucked, and wait for the journey to be over.
In testament to what a nightmare it is, a Kickstarter campaign for a "travel jacket" designed to make flying more comfortable has become the crowd-funding site's most successful clothing campaign ever.
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Paste Magazine
 Plastic surgery is a major life decision. Most who opt for it spend 5-10 years considering if, how, and when they would go through with it. As many travel internationally for more affordable prices, a new trend has emerged: Travel in search of plastic surgery.
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 At the end of the Antarctic summer the glaciers are still covered with snow and conditions are perfect for active people to go out and explore. Untouched mountain tops invite experienced ski mountaineers to indulge in this technical and strenuous activity. Ski mountaineers climb high snow-covered and glaciated peaks and viewpoints.
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Fortune
For the second year, Fortune partnered with Travel + Leisure to survey readers on their tastes and habits while traveling for work. They were asked to rate their favorite hotel brands on customer service, room design and amenities, business and meeting facilities, value, and loyalty programs.
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Skift
 In 2015, social media has transformed the relationship of customer and hospitality brand, raising the stakes in a number of ways. Customers now live tweet their flight delays or post photos on Instagram of maintenance issues at their hotels and instantly reach thousands of people.
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Skift
According to a report (paywall) by The Wall Street Journal, around 6 percent (200 million) of global internet users rely on ad blockers while browsing the web. The WSJ story highlights the growing concern from digital marketers about the technology, a concern which is increasing as Apple enables ad blocking capabilities in its popular Safari browser for the impending iOS 9 software release.
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USA TODAY
The thaw in relations between the USA and Cuba has set off a race among cruise companies to start up sailings between the countries. But so far, few Americans are booking the trips, according to a survey conducted for USA TODAY by one of North America's largest travel sellers.
The survey of 1,034 travel agents who book cruises by Travel Leaders Group found that just 2.9 percent have taken a booking for one of the recently announced Cuba voyages.
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Travel and Tour World
 While the Russian economy is on a downhill journey, the tourism sector has just received word that readers of Travel + Leisure have said that Moscow is the most unfriendly city in the world. Galway, Ireland, was voted the world's friendliest city. Two other Irish cities/places, Dublin and County Cork, also appeared in the top five, at number three and four, respectively.
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Travel and Tour World
Iran will be participating in FITUR 2016 in Spain as well as Malaysia's MATTA fair 2015 announced the Touring & Automobile Club of Iran director, Ebadreza Eslami. The country is scheduled to attend the 36th edition of FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair in Spain as well as Malaysia travel MATTA Fair in 2015.
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Travel and Tour World
In the international top hospitality new mega fusions are in the making. This year alone major mergers and acquisitions of hotel groups could take place. Striking is the urge of Chinese hotel groups, to buy Western chains. TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the worldwide leading provider of global b2b hotel data, has listed the current market trend.
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