Category: Travel

  • Top Missouri lawmaker repays travel reimbursements wrongly taken from state

    Top Missouri lawmaker repays travel reimbursements wrongly taken from state

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s House speaker has repaid more than $3,300 in taxpayer dollars that he inappropriately received as reimbursements for travel and other expenses dating back to 2018. Speaker Dean Plocher so far has repaid the state House $3,379, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday. The Missouri Independent on Monday first reported…

  • What to know about travel safety as the Israel-Hamas war continues

    What to know about travel safety as the Israel-Hamas war continues

    In general, travelers who booked to Israel on U.S. carriers on or before Oct. 6, the day before Hamas attacked Israel, are typically being offered the option to either cancel their trips and request refunds or to rebook in the same cabin and between the same cities on different dates with no change fees or…

  • Today in Fargo-Moorhead: Winter travel caution this week

    Today in Fargo-Moorhead: Winter travel caution this week

    Is this the end (of fall)? It seems so. A winter travel advisory will affect us Wednesday night into Friday. The National Weather Service says this season’s first snow accumulations are likely across parts of northwestern Minnesota and eastern Minnesota this week. A rainy-snowy mix could come Wednesday; accumulating snow might develop into Wednesday night…

  • Corporate Travel Management to Launch A$100 Mln On-Market Buyback

    Corporate Travel Management to Launch A$100 Mln On-Market Buyback

    By Stuart Condie SYDNEY–Australian travel-services company Corporate Travel Management said it will buy back up to 100 million Australian dollars (US $63.5 million) in shares. The ASX-listed company on Wednesday said that it planned to implement the on-market buyback from Nov. 15. It will purchase no more than 10% of shares on issue, it said.…

  • Flight cancellations down for August as global air travel reaches pre-pandemic levels

    Flight cancellations down for August as global air travel reaches pre-pandemic levels

    Oct. 24 (UPI) — Air travel cancellations dropped slightly for U.S. flights in August, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, as global air travel numbers reach their pre-pandemic levels. Global air travel increased by approximately 47% in 2022 compared to the previous year, with the United Nations predicting that flights would return to, or…

  • Delta to cancel additional flights between US and Tel Aviv

    Delta to cancel additional flights between US and Tel Aviv

    Delta is canceling additional flights between the U.S. and Tel Aviv because of ongoing conflict in the region.  Delta is continuously monitoring the security environment in Israel to inform cancellations to our flight schedule to and from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv (TLV). Our hearts are with all who are impacted as our people…

  • Why travel can make you exhausted just by sitting still

    Why travel can make you exhausted just by sitting still

    WTOP’s Mike Murillo describes the signs of being car sick (CNN) — Travel sickness isn’t just hearsay. Nearly a third of people experience motion sickness – and to this day we don’t exactly know what causes it. The prevailing theory suggests it is triggered by a poor perception of movement. Departure to and return from summer vacations seem…

  • Rossen Reports: Revealing our best personal travel tricks

    You’re gearing up for holiday vacations and we’re getting you ready by doing a whole week of stories on travel. The Rossen Reports team travels a lot. Each time we crisscross the country, we pick up new tricks that make traveling so much easier. So we (Jeff, Kelley and Sarah) are digging into our bag…

  • MSC SCONA Welcomes Former Astronauts To Discuss The Future Of Space Travel, Exploration

    MSC SCONA Welcomes Former Astronauts To Discuss The Future Of Space Travel, Exploration

    The Memorial Student Center Student Conference On National Affairs (MSC SCONA) welcomes three former astronauts, now current leaders in the private and commercial space industries for, “The Next Small Step: America’s New Space Age.” The program begins at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 in Rudder Auditorium on the Texas A&M University campus. Col. Mike Fossum…

  • Visa Narrowly Tops Earnings Estimates. Postpandemic Travel Boost Continues.

    Visa Narrowly Tops Earnings Estimates. Postpandemic Travel Boost Continues.

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