Britain is suffering from a lack of innovation in travel

by Darren Cronian on April 7, 2011 in Travel technology with 16 Comments

The other night I was having a chat with Kevin May, editor of Tnooz and I asked him about innovation in travel, or the lack of it in Britain. As I wrote a while back there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of innovation in travel when you compare it with other industries.

Britain is suffering from a lack of innovation in travel

Clones aren’t innovative

A lot of the startups I’ve seen appear in the last six to twelve months have really been clones of other hotel, flight search sites, with a few additional features added in to make them appear innovative. There’s nothing that I have come across that has made me think wow, this is going to make my holiday booking or travel experience so much better.

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Travellers falling out of love with air travel

by Darren Cronian on April 5, 2011 in Travel rants with 24 Comments

I really did not want to fly to my holiday destination this year because of the issues I had last year. It has been nearly a year since I travelled abroad, which is a long time for me – the thought of another trip being cancelled, huge delays, or stranded abroad really put me off the idea. The need for a relaxing break and sunshine took over though.

Travellers falling out of love with air travel

Planned to holiday in the UK

In January I decided I was going to spend my holidays in the UK this year, but when I sat down and looked at the cost, and the fact that our weather is so unpredictable I made the decision to fly to Portugal for 7 days of relaxation. Hopefully it will be a relaxing holiday.

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Is London really ready for the Olympics in 2012?

by Darren Cronian on April 3, 2011 in Travel rants with 12 Comments

At the moment we are hearing a lot of positive media attention that London will be ready for the Olympics in 2012 with the completion of the velodrome and main stadium. That’s good, but, is London really ready for the Olympics, I’m not too sure.

Is London really ready for the Olympics in 2012?

Wrong priorities for the London Underground

There will be millions of people coming into the country to watch the games and I cannot help but question are the airports, and London public transport network prepared? The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, seems to be more bothered about people being able to make phone calls and use the internet than actually making sure that the underground is ready for the onslaught of tourists.

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Passenger taken off flight for being too tall

by Darren Cronian on April 3, 2011 in Air travel news with 17 Comments

When I read this story it was on 1st April, I was not sure if it was yet another April fool’s joke, but no, it is true, a 6ft 9” passenger was kicked off a Horizon Air flight because he was too tall to fit in his seat. It does seem rather harsh but who is at fault, the airline or passenger.

Passenger taken off flight for being too tall

Airplanes not built for 21st century passengers

We’ve already had the debate on Travel Rants about obese air passengers, and that discussion got a little feisty to say the least, now this, and I wonder if airplanes are built for passengers of the 21st century?

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