Articles about Travel – Page 6 of 12

Working Geek: When Adobe Marketing Manager Dana McAlexander isn’t in the air, you’ll find her on horseback

Most new hires spend their first day learning software tools and hanging pictures. On Dana McAlexander’s first day with Adobe,… Read More

World View shows off its HQ and Stratollite platform for near-space balloon missions

World View Enterprises declared its Tucson headquarters and its hybrid balloon technology to be ready for prime time today, in… Read More

Totality-minus-6 months: Ten ways to get fired up for an all-American solar eclipse

BOSTON – Six months from today, millions of Americans will watch the sun darken during a rare coast-to-coast eclipse – and… Read More

Utrip raises $4M to build out artificial intelligence-based travel planning platform

Utrip, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help travelers plan their trips , just closed a $4 million… Read More

Think Seattle has the world’s worst traffic? Not even close, says new study

Seattle commuters might find this difficult to believe, but when it comes to traffic, it could be much worse. In fact,… Read More

Federal judge’s ruling doesn’t block this key part of Trump’s immigration order

Critics of President Trump’s immigration policy celebrated Washington state’s victory Friday, after a federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), immediately halting… Read More

Which U.S. airport has the fastest internet? Study rates Sea-Tac and more for travelers’ connections

Making a connecting flight at airports around the country is one thing, but what about connecting to the internet? The… Read More

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

From Seattle to L.A. to Havana with love: Alaska Air makes a historic flight to Cuba

For the first time in decades, passengers got on a jet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that could take them all the… Read More

Report: Airbnb ‘Flights’ service is about to take off, increasing competition with Expedia

Airbnb is planning to launch its flight reservation tool sometime in the next 18 months, according to a report from… Read More

Alaska Airlines breaks ties with Delta after hooking up with Virgin America

Breaking up with old flames is part of getting married, and that’s what Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines are doing… Read More

Expedia-owned hotel search site Trivago prices IPO at $11, below anticipated range

Trivago, the hotel search company owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, priced its IPO on Thursday at $11 per share with the… Read More

Blended branding for Alaska Airlines and Virgin America

Alaska Air makes its takeover of Virgin America official with a blue-red Boeing jet

Alaska Air Group completed its acquisition of Virgin America today, celebrating the rise of the nation’s No. 5 air carrier… Read More

Wynn Las Vegas to equip 4,748 hotel rooms with Amazon Echo: It’s ‘seamlessly delicious,’ Steve Wynn says

Alexa, open the curtains? You may soon be able to ask that question when traveling to the Wynn Las Vegas… Read More

Startup Spotlight: flightSpeak makes air travel easier with critical airport information

With the hoildays approaching, many travelers are bracing themselves for the headaches associated with the airport. FlightSpeak wants to take… Read More

Book a trip with your voice? Travel giant Expedia launches new Amazon Alexa skill

Today, Expedia is rolling out a new skill for Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices in advance of the busiest travel season of… Read More

Could Airbnb take on Expedia? New ‘Trips’ tool goes far beyond home-sharing, signaling big ambitions

Airbnb is undergoing a remodel. At the Airbnb Open in Los Angeles, CEO Brian Chesky announced Trips, which allows travelers… Read More

Expedia-owned Trivago files for IPO, looks to raise $400 million

Get ready for another IPO. Trivago, the German-based online travel giant that’s owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, filed for an initial… Read More

Travel planning startup Utrip raises more cash, adds ex-Expedia CFO to board

Utrip, a platform for creating personalized travel itineraries, is planning to scale up in a big way next year. A new… Read More

Startup Spotlight: How an ice cream operation led to international shipping marketplace Fleet

Like a true entrepreneur, Max Lock is always looking for the next big thing. He had his ear to the… Read More

Expedia founder Rich Barton says this Amazon product could transform travel

As the founder of Expedia, Rich Barton reshaped the travel business as we know it. So, what does the Seattle… Read More

Lawmakers and community groups call for federal action against Airbnb and HomeAway

In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, lawmakers and community groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate how… Read More

Expedia’s CEO on virtual reality travel: ‘I hope it fails miserably’

In March, Expedia live-streamed 360-degree virtual adventures to four children too sick to leave the hospital, causing speculation that the… Read More

‘Google Trips’ is a slick new travel app, made possible by products you already use

Today Google released a new travel app on iOS and Android the leverages the tech titan’s vast library of data… Read More

Concur buys travel search engine Hipmunk, a leader in AI-powered travel bots

Looking to expand its footprint in the online travel business, Bellevue-based Concur today announced that it has acquired Hipmunk, a… Read More

Seattle woman sues HomeAway for racial discrimination after agent allegedly refuses to book ‘her kind’

Yvette Hobzek, a Seattle-area real estate broker, filed suit against vacation rental company HomeAway on Monday, alleging racial discrimination. Hobzek, a… Read More

Airlines crack down on ‘exploding’ Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with verbal warnings

Flight crews on several airlines are warning passengers not to use or charge the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 because the… Read More

Airbnb’s answer to #AirbnbWhileBlack: New anti-discrimination rules and ‘Open Door’ policy

Airbnb is finally responding to months of discrimination complaints from people of color. Over the past year, users have been sharing… Read More

Feds clear Alaska Airlines for flights to Cuba as JetBlue ends 55-year travel gap

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines today won the federal government’s formal approval to fly between Los Angeles and Havana, on the same… Read More

One year before total solar eclipse, viewing spots are filling up fast

It’s exactly one year before the “Great American Eclipse” sweeps across the continent, but depending on where you want to… Read More