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Get the low down on the latest technical gadgets to help make your travels easier and open you up to discover more.
New Local Hero Guide Gives LGBTQI Travelers The Inside Scoop To Milan
- Heather Cassell
- July 11, 2017
Queer travelers heading to Milan have an easier way to meet locals through the newly launched Local Hero Guides project on the Wimbify app.
The new project connecting queer locals and travelers is searching for 300 guides to accommodate the estimated 3,000 LGBTQI travelers projected to visit the Milan this year.
Read MoreIt’s The Cheese For The New California Cheese Trail App
- Heather Cassell
- July 20, 2016
It’s cheesy goodness along California’s Cheese Trail.
Now it’s easier than ever to find the more than 70 creameries in the Golden State with the California Cheese Trail’s new app launched July 19.
Read MoreGoogle Makes Turning Day Dream About Your Next Vacation Into Reality At Your Fingertips
- Heather Cassell
- March 14, 2016
Google is trying to make it easier for you to go on vacation.
Google launched “Destinations on Google” for mobile phones a new search feature that utilizes Google Flights and hotel search on Google and crowd sources using geolocation popular destinations to help you plan and book your next vacation.
Read MoreWomen Tech Out
- Heather Cassell
- February 14, 2014
Women are geeking out putting their own touch of style on technology at Women 2.0 and Lesbians Who Tech Summit, two technology conferences geared just for the girls in San Francisco this month.
Read MoreStarwood Debuts the Ultimate New Travel App on iOS7
- Heather Cassell
- September 28, 2013
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®), the award-winning loyalty program from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today introduced an innovative and inspiring new app for iPad as well as an exciting new design to support iOS 7.
Read MorePopular Airport App Comes to Android
- Heather Cassell
- July 4, 2013
It must have beguiled and infuriated business travelers during the past couple of years as they watched leisure travelers navigate through airports and into their cabs and shuttles seamlessly thanks to a handy airport app on their iPhones and iPads.
Read MoreHotels are Joining the Free WiFi Wave, but there are Still Some Wipe Outs
- Heather Cassell
- May 3, 2013
How many times have you checked into a hotel, especially while on business, and grinded your teeth about not having free internet, or paying nearly $10 a day to get online for only one device?
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