Business Travel
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Europe’s Rollout of EES Entry Rules With Fingerprints and Biometric Scans Has Not Gone Smoothly
Europe’s new entry-exit system, forcing travellers to take fingerprints and facial biometrics from British and worldwide travellers to Europe, is supposed to be complete, but is having problems. EES went live at some European airports on October 12 2025. The EU has been rolling out the new digital border system, called the entry-exit system. And…
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F1 Chartered Hundreds to Melbourne After Middle East Airspace Chaos
Earlier this month, Formula One moved quickly to salvage its season-opening Australian Grand Prix, arranging charter flights to get hundreds of stranded staff to Melbourne after airspace closures across the Middle East threw travel plans into chaos. Two chartered aircraft left London on the Monday night before race weekend. One was a British Airways flight…
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Phone Data Reveals 42% Drop in Canadian Visits to the US in 2025
Canadians may be cutting back on trips to the US faster than official border figures indicate, a new University of Toronto study reports. Researchers used anonymous cellphone data and looked at travel patterns between Canada and major US cities. They found a sharper decline than official border statistics show. Roughly 42% last year, compared with…
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The Real Reason Spirit Airlines Failed
According to a new analysis by Forbes, the collapse of Spirit Airlines is more than just bad timing or rising fuel costs. The airline’s disappearance from U.S. skies has become an ominous warning sign for the entire ultra-low-cost airline industry, and possibly proof that the old budget airline formula just doesn’t work the way it…
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Airport Security Screenings Are Changing: What TSA Gold+ Means for You
The Transportation Security Administration has introduced a new expansion to the Screening Partnership Program: TSA Gold+. After a year plagued with US government shutdowns causing delayed airport security lines, the Transportation Security Administration is launching this new private-public partnership program as a way to combat the troubles public TSA screenings face when the government is…
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Experts Predict Travel in 20 Years Could Mean Supersonic Flights, AI Agents, and Space Hotels
As artificial intelligence, supersonic aircraft, and even space tourism continue to evolve, travel experts say the way people vacation and move around the world could look dramatically different by 2046. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, everything from airport security to road travel may become faster, smarter, and almost entirely automated.…
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US Will Open Nation’s First Remote Airport Terminal in June
Travelers wishing to avoid long security lines at Boston’s Logan International Airport in Massachusetts have a new option for TSA screening. On June 1st, Massport is set to officially open the Logan Airport Remote Terminal. This terminal, located at 19 Flutie Pass on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, will be a first-in-the-nation facility that moves…
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U.S. Travel Spending Expected to Top $1.4 Trillion as Industry Growth Continues
Domestic travel is expected to keep the U.S. tourism industry on a stable footing through 2030, even as inflation and global uncertainty continue to weigh on the broader economy. New projections are showing that travel spending growth is remaining modest but will be positive through 2028, with stronger gains anticipated later in the decade. According…
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Southwest Airlines Bans Robots From Flying
Robots are already yearning to take to the skies, but one airline is trying to keep them grounded. Southwest Airlines has recently updated its travel policy to ban all humanoid and animal-like robots from being transported in checked baggage and seated in the airplane cabin alongside the owners. This policy revision comes after a 3.5-foot…