FAA orders airlines to cut schedules at Newark as travel woes persist
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit flights at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), as travel woes at the busy New York area hub threaten to spill into the peak summer travel season. The FAA on Tuesday announced an interim order capping the number of hourly flights at 56 (28 takeoffs
28% of travel managers considering switching TMCs
An online survey of almost 200 corporate travel managers across the United States and Canada highlighted key issues with travel management companies (TMCs), including inconsistent service (41%) and poor tech functionality (36%). Research was conducted in March by corporate travel management specialist Direct Travel, travel-as-a-service platform Spotnana, meeting planning specialist
The Safest Places to Travel to This Summer
Aruba 1/10 Aruba calls itself “one happy island” and for good reason. The beaches are beautiful, the weather is always spectacular, its culture is vibrant and welcoming and it sits just off the South American coast, keeping it out of the path of most hurricanes. The island currently receives a
The credit cards that help fuel my luxury travel
Whenever I talk about trips I take, it may seem like I have an unlimited stash of points. Spoiler alert: I don’t. Instead, I make sure to use the right strategy to earn as many points and miles as I can every year. There’s no secret or hack. I just
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This $14 Pulse Oximeter Is Doctor-approved for Travel
My dad is a doctor who loves to dole out helpful medical advice to our family. He’s far from an alarmist, though, and only makes product recommendations sparingly, when he thinks a small investment can have a big payoff for our health and well-being. When I started traveling frequently again
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PhocusWire’s weekly travel tech news briefs: TourRadar, Spotnana, Mews and more…
Here’s our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. TourRadar’s updates Adventure travel platform TourRadar has introduced a series of innovations to help transform how travelers plan, book and experience multi-day adventures, as part of its Spring release. Highlights include a smarter mobile
How travel businesses choose the right AI model
It used to be so easy. If you were embedding artificial intelligence (AI) into your travel business back in 2023, the choice was almost binary: Use the newly announced ChatGPT large language model (LLM) from OpenAI or build it yourself. The AI world has changed dramatically since then. Anthropic introduced
Arolina’s Wrinkle-Proof Pants Are Perfect for Summer Travel
Stop what you’re doing and put down the sweatpants. If you’re anything like me, your travel outfits are comprised of bulky, frumpy bottoms that are frankly far from flattering. Or worse, you’re boarding the plane in stiff, uncomfortable denim (I’m cringing at the mere thought). Regardless of what your airport
What investors get wrong about travel startups
There are many quotations by Warren Buffett that you can live by as an investor. Perhaps one of the sagest pieces of advice is: “You only have to do a very few things right in your life, so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” That he said
Why the travel industry is hooked on Google Ads (and what to do about it)
Every year, almost $237 billion is spent on Google Ads worldwide, generating more than 75% of all Google’s income. By anyone’s measure, it is a pretty successful business. As print readership declined and search volumes via the internet grew in the early 2000s, an increasing number of businesses turned to the
