Travel News: The Top 25 Milestones
If you've watched VH-1, E!, or MTV in the last few years, you'll notice the media has taken a liking to compiling arbitrary lists. But we understand their handiness: The lists can provide a synopsis of more than just "Hollywood's Hottest Bods." USA Today recently published a compilation of the top 25 travel milestones of the past 25 years. The creation of the online booking industry--Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia and the others--topped the list.
The rest of the top 10 listed handy new gadgets, a few travel trends, and the creation of new standards and regulatory agencies. These included:
- TSA airport security
- Airline e-tickets
- Roll-aboard luggage
- Smoke-free flights
- Boutique hotel chains
- Airports as malls
- Indian casinos
- GPS car-navigation systems
- Self-service ticketing kiosks
While we complain about the hiccups in service and jumps in prices, it's safe to say we've come a long way in our ability to travel around this Earth of ours. And when our flights do get delayed 10 hours, at least we can drag our roll-aboard luggage through duty free shops to kill time.
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