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The horses, lizards and Onassis heirs that make Lufthansa a pet flying expert
TransportAristotle Onassis’s only surviving descendant is providing a boost to Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s cargo unit with a regular contract to transport dozens of show jumping horses to Brazil at a cost of as much as $1.3 million. Athina Onassis de Miranda, the main heir to her shipping magnate grandfather, funds the transfer of horses to [...]
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Los Angeles Airport’s new doggy loan program targets stressed-out travelers
TransportJackie is a dog. A Doberman to be specific. He likes eating carrots, barking at squirrels and lounging in human laps. He is also key to an ambitious plan to turn around an airport that historically receives some of the worst marks in passenger satisfaction surveys. (Travel + Leisure magazine called it America’s second-worst airport in [...]
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Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $7 million and launches video service
DigitalRover, a Seattle-based startup that provides an ‘Airbnb’ for dog sitting, has raised $7 million in Series B funding led by Foundry Group with existing investor Madrona Venture Group participating. This brings the company’s total funding to over $10 million. Rover.com also announced today that it is rolling out an exclusive, personalized video service from [...]
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DogVacay, the Airbnb for dog sitting, just raised another $6 million to expand operations
DigitalThe sharing economy trend continues with the “Airbnb for Dogs,” Santa Monica-based DogVacay, which helps dog owners to find a home for their pets while they’re away. The company announced today that it has secured $6 million in Series A funding from Benchmark Capital. DogVacay was co-founded by Aaron Hirschorn and his wife, who hosted [...]
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What it will be like for a pet to fly this holiday season
DestinationsTravel for humans during holidays is tough enough: Long lines, crowds everywhere, extra bags full of presents. Throw a pet in the mix, and it’s a recipe for disaster. But Sheron Long, a frequent traveler and author of “Dog Trots Globe — To Paris and Provence,” say it’s worth the trouble. “Every trip was better [...]
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Supermodel blames United Airlines for her golden retriever’s death
TransportMaggie Rizer’s dog died on a flight and she blames the airline for it. Rizer’s golden retriever, Beatrice, passed away in the hold on a United Airlines flight from New York to San Francisco two weeks ago. The supermodel, 34, who had been holidaying with her husband and son, vented on her blog yesterday, blaming [...]
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Bow-wow! JetBlue launches unlimited flight travel package for non-human animals
TransportHere’s a deal that might make your travel companion howl, bark or purr. JetBlue Airways Corp. recently unveiled a package that lets pets travel an unlimited number of times for three months for $299. It’s called the All Your Pet Can Jet deal and was unleashed at about the same time that JetBlue launched the [...]
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Shipping animals as cargo is safer than the stories make it sound
TransportA dog named Cup Cake was flying American Airlines from New Jersey to Florida via Texas when it ended up dead on an airport runway. Shipped as cargo Jan. 17 from Newark to Orlando with a transfer in Dallas, the pet was in a snap-together kennel, contrary to American Airlines policy, according to a report [...]
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More outsourcing from United Airlines: This time it’s pets
TransportFor Rachael Estes, the worst part of a two-day ordeal flying home to North Carolina from military service in Korea was being separated from her beloved dog, Livi, as it died of heat stroke in Houston. “My dog had to have been so scared, and I wasn’t there to hold her little paw,” said the [...]
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Tourism going to the dogs? U.S. travelers just can’t seem to get enough of pet travel
SkiftXAs Americans, we love our pets and we love to travel. How much? Given the chance, 51% of U.S. pet owners said they would bring their pets on every trip they took, according to a new survey by the American Automobile Assn. and Best Western International Inc., one of the world’s largest hotel chains. Among [...]
