Hailey Waller, Bloomberg
It's a perfect storm, and we're not just talking about the snow. But Winter Storm Gia, along with pissed off U.S. Transportation Security Agency employees going without paychecks, hasn't made the friendly skies very amiable this weekend.
1 week ago
Alan Levin, Bloomberg
TSA officers didn't get paid this week, and it seems that some are choosing to simply not show up to work. The impact of the government shutdown on the air travel experience is just beginning.
1 week ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
In short: The data breach was not as bad as we originally thought, but it was still pretty bad, and fairly big.
2 weeks ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
The world is a dangerous place. As event planners are forced to manage and monitor risk, it's important to remember there are best practices for protecting your attendees.
2 weeks ago
Allan Leibowitz, Skift
Agencies and venues have stepped up to the plate to meet rising safety and security concerns among meetings organizers. The challenge is to fulfill duty of care obligations without impacting the delegate experience.
3 weeks ago
Justin Bachman, Kyunghee Park and Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
As we've remarked over the years, it's only a matter of time until a doofus with a drone knocks an airliner out of the sky and kills dozens or hundreds of people. In fact, it almost happened recently in Mexico.
1 month ago
Ismail Dilawar, Bloomberg
Militant violence across Pakistan has drastically declined, and British Airways has decided to return air service to the country, which is keen to lure foreign investment as its economy buckles.
1 month ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
It should come as no surprise that the government isn't following its own rules when it comes to securing the traveler data it seizes from personal devices. Another reminder to take precautions, even if your chance of getting searched is rather low.
1 month ago
Patrick Clark, Bloomberg
This hack is going to be extremely costly for Marriott, with costs inflated by whatever fines handed down by European regulators for privacy violations. One has to wonder whether an event like this was covered in Marriott's agreement to purchase Starwood, too.
2 months ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Starwood Preferred Guest elite members thought that not getting full stay credits would be the absolute worst of this mega-merger.
2 months ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
Women who travel for business need more resources and support from the companies that dispatch them around the world. Raising awareness of the issues they face can only do so much.
3 months ago
Alan Levin, Bloomberg
New airport scanners for carry-on bags use computed tomography X-rays, which give much better views of what's inside. But their cost is astronomical. Don't expect all of your local airport's scanners replaced anytime soon.
5 months ago