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Airlines unveil more affordable flights for fall
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementFall deals seem to have made travel more fun and affordable for Americans. Budget airline Frontier Airlines recently made quite a wave in this regard. It announced up to 90 percent off flights as a part of its Labor Day campaign. Other airlines came up with deals, too, but none as impressive as Frontier’s for domestic flights. Under this promotion, one could get one-way flights for as little as $20 and round-trip tickets for around $40. These are remarkably inexpensive fares for domestic travel.
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Travel2020: Top airport amenities fly beyond duty-free
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThink your airport is just a place to board planes? Think again. Airports, where the average traveler spends 137 minutes per trip lining up, sitting down, pacing, waiting … and waiting for their plane to start boarding, are now becoming destinations in their own right — hubs of shopping, stylish dining, entertainment, exercise, even pampering. According to Dolby & Holder consulting group, passengers are wasting 47 percent of this “dwell time,” resulting in some $6 billion in lost revenues for airports. Some airports are getting wise to ways of entertaining this captive audience.
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The benefits of VR are so broad, they’re beyond tangible
Joseph Zulick Science & TechnologyAmidst all the hype and wide-eyed growth predicted for virtual reality, it's often difficult for stakeholders to decide which of its two words to focus on. Will VR deliver only indirect, "virtual" benefits to businesses or direct, tangible benefits that become bottom-line reality? On this topic, today's hype will definitely become tomorrow's given. Even in these earliest days, VR is already a game-changer, and the future holds immense promise for almost every business vertical.
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Law enforcement agencies look to invest in pursuit management technology
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityRecent headlines related to police chases gone awry or near-misses are disturbing. But they also explain why law enforcement officials are looking at advanced police pursuit technologies. They want to do their jobs better and without any tragic consequences or risking officer safety. Police departments, such as ones in Massachusetts, have announced that they are looking for new methods of pursuit, ones that can help forgo such high-speed chases. Unfortunately, most of these new tech tools are too expensive for cash-strapped local departments.
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Natural disasters collide with airports in Japan
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIt’s been a challenging start to September for airport operators in Japan. The country has faced the effects of a typhoon and a 6.7 magnitude earthquake. Neither are unusual phenomena in the Land of the Rising Sun. However, in these particular instances, major airports and their travelers were severely impacted by the events. Typhoon Jebi hit the eastern part of the island nation on Sept. 4 and was the worst experienced in 25 years. It caused damage to buildings and infrastructure, loss of power supplies, and towering seas and storm surges along the shoreline.
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Puerto Rico’s rising Hurricane Maria death toll a political matter
Michelle R. Matisons Civil & GovernmentWhy do death tolls matter? Puerto Rico’s experience after Hurricane Maria reveals that deaths are deeply political — and financial. Just as we approach the one-year anniversary of Maria hitting the island, officials added 2,911 names to the list of the dead — from 64 to 2,975. What changed? More growing public frustration on an island already vulnerable to exploitation from its arguably antiquated status as a U.S. colony.
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The environmental rule changes that will impact us the most
Michelle R. Matisons Waste Management & EnvironmentalEven the most diligent climate change policy trackers are having a hard time keeping abreast of recent changes at the federal level. Apparently, the replacement of Scott Pruitt with former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yielded new results when it comes to the big environmental picture. So far, 46 environmental rules have been overturned by the Trump administration, with another 30 proposed rollbacks waiting in the wings. The EPA itself is responsible for one-third of these changes.
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Colorado gets its first spaceport
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA seven-year wait has paid off for a general aviation airport near Denver, as it has received approval to become only the 11th commercial spaceport in the country. However, not all parties are as pleased with the news and its potential impact. Front Range Airport, less than 8 miles from Denver International Airport, is a two-runway general aviation field with no airline service but a number of based aircraft and private operators. The airport has now been renamed Colorado Air and Space Port following approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, which spent 180 days reviewing the application.
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8 great American air and space museums
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureAs the very birthplace of flight — and as the world leader in aviation development and space exploration — the United States is quite naturally home to the world’s biggest and best aviation and aerospace museums. These museums showcase everything from the Wright Brothers’ 1903 Flyer to NASA’s recently retired space shuttles. Those famous shuttles — Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise — are on display, or soon will be, at museums across the country. Read on to learn more about eight of America’s finest aviation and aerospace museums.
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How IoT will play a role in the future of travel
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe Internet of Things (IoT) is disrupting the travel industry. In this era of personalization, IoT is paving the way for brands to effectively connect with customers. Hospitality and travel realize this more than other industries, and they are using big data analysis to achieve this goal. IoT solutions also autonomously reduce time lags and streamline resources. They take care of trivial tasks and help automate amenities that can be handled without human intervention. In turn, staffs are left with more time to serve customers.
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