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Expedia CEO: ‘We haven’t given up on China’

Expedia wants to be the world’s travel platform. China is standing in its way. Expedia faces fierce competition in the… Read More

End of the road for Wanderlust Society as travel startup created by Amazon vets is shutting down

It was an interesting trip but a relatively short one for the team of technology veterans who set out to… Read More

Lime pursues car sharing in Seattle, breaking new ground for the bike and scooter startup

Lime wants to add cars to its Seattle mobility fleet, expanding beyond the bright green, rentable bikes the company currently… Read More

Loge Camps taking hospitality for outdoors enthusiasts beyond Northwest as it raises $4.5M

Loge Camps, the hospitality startup that caters to outdoors lovers and adventure sports enthusiasts, is expanding beyond the Pacific Northwest… Read More

Expedia virtual reality project offers ‘try before you buy’ tour of cenote pools in Mexico

Expedia unveiled a new virtual reality experience today that takes viewers to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to see and swim in… Read More

Domicile raises $5M for business travel lodging from high-profile Seattle investors

Seattle startup Domicile raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by L.A. investment firm CrossCut Ventures. Big names… Read More

TLDR: How WNBA Star Sue Bird uses tech to beat her competition at 37 years old

Today’s featured stories Sue Bird’s secrets: How the WNBA star uses tech to beat her competition — at 37 years… Read More

Alaska Airlines adds nonstop flight from Seattle to Columbus, Ohio, fueling tech industry collaboration

Alaska Airlines is adding a daily nonstop flight from Seattle to Columbus, Ohio, starting March 7, 2019. It’s the first… Read More

Ex-Amazon employees venture out and start Wanderlust Society, a tool for planning better trips

A team of ex-Amazon employees, who honed their skills around recommendations on the tech giant’s personalization team, have set out… Read More

How Amazon could succeed in travel: Researchers issue a warning to the industry

When Amazon enters, or even thinks about entering, new markets, entire industries sit at the edge of their seats —… Read More

Tired of long airport lines? For biometric screening company Clear, frustration is a sales pitch

“Skip the lines! No wait times,” yelled the Clear salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport last week. The standard… Read More

Sea-Tac Airport speeds to the top of the list in Ookla’s ranking of best free Wi-Fi in North America

When it comes to flying these days, few things are free anymore. But free Wi-Fi is still a perk worth… Read More

Expedia beats first quarter estimates with $2.5B in revenue, shares up 10%

Expedia Group generated $2.5 billion in revenue in the first quarter across all of its brands, and $27.2 billion in… Read More

OceanGate’s Titan sub passes initial tests, gets set for Bahamas – then the Titanic

OceanGate has finished putting its Titan submersible through its first round of shallow-water tests in Puget Sound, and is packing it… Read More

Can you go paperless on an overseas trip? The Geek’s Guide to International Travel, 2018 Edition

It’s amazing the difference five years makes when traveling with tech. In April 2013, I felt as though I was… Read More

Southwest Airlines announces Everett flights, filling up Paine Field’s capacity

Southwest Airlines says it’ll add up to five flights to the daily departure schedule for the yet-to-be-completed passenger terminal at… Read More

Shortcut to Silicon Valley? Alaska Airlines will fly to 8 cities from Everett’s Paine Field

Alaska Airlines says it’ll offer daily nonstop flights to eight cities including San Jose, Calif., from Paine Field in Everett,… Read More

OceanGate and Everest Marine complete construction of Titanic sub’s launch pad

Construction work is complete for an essential part of the dive system that’s due to carry scientists and amateur adventurers… Read More

Recommended safety technology was not engaged on derailed Washington train

The derailed train making its inaugural trip from Seattle to Portland Monday was not using a recommended technology system designed to… Read More

Surely you can’t be serious: System glitch gave too many American Airlines pilots a Christmas vacation

If getting over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house involves flying on American Airlines this holiday season,… Read More

Alaska Air to offer nonstop flight from Seattle to Pittsburgh — ‘great news’ for UW … and Amazon?

Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday morning that it will begin offering daily, nonstop service between Seattle and Pittsburgh — further connecting… Read More

Alaska Airlines will end flights to Cuba, due to policy changes and fading demand

Less than a year after Alaska Airlines began daily flights to Cuba amid a burst of red-white-and-blue fanfare, the Seattle-based… Read More

Expedia posts 15% Q3 revenue increase in first quarter since CEO departed for Uber

Expedia posted $2.97 billion in revenue, a 15 percent increase over the same time last year in its third-quarter earnings report… Read More

Big names in outdoor recreation back Loge Co. motel and camping chain for surfers, skiers and adventurers

When Cale Genenbacher worked at Microsoft, he used to like to get away from his desk and walk the trails… Read More

Delta Sky Club at Sea-Tac Airport takes off with new addition of Microsoft devices and technology

Travelers with access to the Delta Sky Club at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s Concourse S will now also have access to information… Read More

New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on the online travel giant’s tech and business strategy

Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That… Read More

Seattle startup Emerald promises charter flights on 737 jets at $15K an hour, but details are up in the air

Seattle-based Emerald Corporate Jets is taking the wraps off a charter jet service that offers flights on 737 jets, priced… Read More

Uber pick Dara Khosrowshahi was once highest-paid CEO on S&P 500

Uber’s pick for CEO doesn’t come cheap. In 2015, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was the highest-paid CEO in the S&P… Read More

Total eclipse dims the sun over the U.S., bringing delicious darkness

MADRAS, Ore. – The spectacle that skywatchers made years’ worth of plans to see finally happened today, darkening the sky… Read More

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Don’t panic, but be ready: Last-minute guide to the all-American solar eclipse

It’s prime time at last for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, America’s first coast-to-coast dose of totality in 99… Read More