Timeline for Is there such a thing as a printed traveler emergency reference? if so, where can it be found?
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| Dec 21, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | Sharon Sandavol | Tom, I don't agree or disagree; I myself don't know enough on the matter to make original commentary. Your argument appears to be with the authors of supposedly authoritative articles. Recommend you check out (print editions) : "Where have All the Hotels Gone" - Bloomberg, Nov.-Dec. 2013, "Consolidations in the Travel Industry" - Travel Weekly Sept. 2012, and "Do All Airlines Eventually Fade Away?" - Forbes March 2014. | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 1:44 | comment | added | user13044 | Many of the hotel chains which "merged" or were bought out are still operated as separate brands and in many still cases have their own reservation number. And when you look at how many airlines have started up in recent years, the list will still be quite long. | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 0:25 | comment | added | Sharon Sandavol | Definition of "western" here are companies based in countries that are based in a "western" nation; i.e. "western cultures. This generally includes most of Europe, the U.S., and Canada. Likewise, "eastern" refers generally to Asia. There are considerably less hotel chains and airlines now than there were in the 70's-80's, mainly due to mergers and buyouts. There are good, recent articles on this subject at Forbes and Bloomberg. | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 3:06 | comment | added | user13044 | @sharon I am curious how you figure the numbers have decreased? Or perhaps better asked, what is your definition of "western" as that seems to play heavily into your query? | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 1:54 | comment | added | Sharon Sandavol | These booklets used to exist in the 70's and 80's but apparently not so much anymore. The list of the total 800 numbers for all western travel venues and banks only take up about 8 pages, so the tomb would not be so massive. Oddly enough, the total number of "western" airlines / hotel chains, etc. has decreased considerably since the 80's. | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 1:19 | history | answered | user13044 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |