SOURCE: Cheapflights.co.uk Be in the Know About Tipping Abroad and Save on the Wallet Drain That Comes With the Confusion of Not Knowing How Much to Leave LONDON–(Marketwire – July 28, 2010) –  Cheapflights UK, the UK’s leading website for flight search and comparison saves travellers time, confusion and money with its latest guide on tipping around the world in time for the summer holidays.  “Knowing how much to tip can save travellers a lot more than the embarrassment of not being familiar with their destination’s customs, it can also save them money,” says Nadine Hallak, Travel Expert for Cheapflights.co.uk . “Tipping can get expensive, so knowing which situations require tipping, and what percentage of tip to leave can often lead to better service and a bigger budget to spend on fun or personal items,” says Hallak. Having explored some of the world’s most popular regions for travel, the website offers a comprehensive tipping guide on the various countries and continents. Here we preview three of them: Caribbean Many all-inclusive hotels and resorts in the Caribbean discourage tipping.

SOURCE: In-Stat SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwire – July 28, 2010) –  The commitment that airlines are making to providing in-flight broadband has been remarkable. Total in-flight broadband equipment investment should approach half a billion dollars globally by 2013, reports In-Stat ( http://www.in-stat.com ). In-flight Wi-Fi deployments have moved past the trial stage and are approaching critical mass with 2,000 airplanes to be deployed by the end of 2010. “In-flight broadband service roll-outs by airlines is not without issues though,” says Frank Dickson. “With current paid take rates for in-flight Wi-Fi service below 2 percent, providers have a lot of work to entice passengers to use the service. Significant investment has been made in on-board and on-ground infrastructure, and now the market will be tested as it tries to get more passengers to use the service.” Recent research by In-Stat found the following: In-Stat is anticipating service revenues of $95 million in 2010. Airlines that have reported offering or testing in-flight broadband or live TV include Air Asia, Air AsiaX, Air Blue, Air Canada, Air France, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, British Midlands Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Jazeera Airways, JetBlue, Kingfisher Airlines, Northwest, Oman Air, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Ryanair, Shenzhen Airlines, Southwest, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, United Airlines , US Airways, Virgin America, and Wataniya Airways