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Anti-abortion & anti-LBGTQ laws are complicating business travel

10/24/23

(This is an abbreviated version of a story we reported for NBC News) First came COVID. Now abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ laws are complicating business travel. Business travel is clawing its way back to 2019 levels as COVID-19 concerns largely recede. But as tighter abortion restrictions and anti-LGBTQ laws proliferate, some employers and event organizers are weighing →

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Travel Tidbits from Here and There

08/03/20

As another month of being grounded kicks in, here are some travel tidbits that got our attention. Delta Air Lines’ “No Mask- No Fly” list is growing If the rule is “Wear a mask when you’re on the plan,” then we’re all for passengers being put on no-fly lists if they don’t comply. Delta Air →

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Cities strive to out-sanitize each other in a bid for tourist dollars

07/09/20

(This is an ever so slightly different version of my story that posted on NBC News). Would a “clean city” pledge get you to plan a trip? We’re into what by all rights should be a busy summer travel season. But many states are hitting the breaks on reopening plans due to record spikes in →

Extra time in Seattle? Where to go, what to do.

01/27/20

This is an ever-so-slightly version of the Seattle guide for business travelers we put together for CNBC. Starbucks, Amazon, Costco Wholesale, Microsoft and many other major companies call the greater Seattle-area home. So it’s no surprise that Visit Seattle reports that at times 25% of the city’s more than 14,000 downtown hotel rooms are filled →

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Happy with all that business travel? Most say they are.

03/23/18

Do you tell your co-workers, or your boss, how much fun you had while on that business trip? A new survey from National Car Rental says many business travelers don't feel comfortable sharing that - and some other - information when they get home. →