How much will it cost to visit a museum, zoo or aquarium this summer? The answer, increasingly, is: It depends. John Linehan can rattle off almost two dozen factors that Zoo New England’s dynamic pricing contractor, Digonex, uses to recommend what to charge guests. “It’s complicated,” said Linehan, president and …
Read More »What we know after Air India plane crashes with 242 people onboard near Ahmedabad airport
Rescue workers were searching for survivors Thursday after an Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in the Indian city of Ahmedabad into a building where medical students were sitting down to lunch. While the city’s police commissioner said none of the …
Read More »Rail access arrives at Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles took a huge step toward linking airplanes to trains on Friday, as the nation’s fifth busiest hub joined the modern travel world and offered car-loving Southern Californians an off-ramp from traffic-clogged freeways. The first trains from LAX/Metro Transit Center rolled out during the early evening rush, connecting travelers …
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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that nationals from 12 countries would be banned from entering the United States starting on Monday. Trump said that the ban, which primarily targets countries in Africa and the Middle East, was necessary to preserve national security and prevent terrorism in the U.S. “As …
Read More »Newark Airport to open its shuttered runway Monday, 13 days ahead of schedule
Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday will reopen a closed runway that has contributed to weeks of delays and chaos at the travel hub. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will lead a news conference from the airport Monday to mark the runway’s reopening. Runway 4L-22R — which is 11,000 feet long …
Read More »Some global LGBTQ travelers are skipping America this Pride season
For many European gays, the festive Eurovision Song Contest each May marks the unofficial kickoff to the global Pride season. As usual, there were soaring highlights and scandalous lowlights among the competing Eurovision nations at the 2025 edition of the contest in Basel, Switzerland, this month. But another country was …
Read More »Memorial Day storms cause travel delays as millions prepare to head home
A series of destructive storms across parts of the south and central United States could wash out Memorial Day plans and snarl millions of Americans’ return trek home. As of Monday afternoon, hundreds of flights had been delayed in the U.S., with dozens of others canceled, according to data on …
Read More »Road trips rev up as summer travelers hunt for cheaper vacations
Consumers aren’t ready to ditch their travel plans despite growing economic gloom. But they are hunting for bargains — and hoping to find them on the open road. Some 53% of U.S. consumers are planning vacations this season, up from 48% a year ago, Deloitte researchers reported Tuesday. There’s especially …
Read More »Memorial Day weekend on track to break travel records
Summer’s unofficial kickoff is here and Americans are wasting no time getting out of town. From crowded airports to congested highways, Memorial Day travel is heating up, thanks in part to a dip in gas prices. A record 45.1 million people are expected to travel between Thursday May 22 and …
Read More »Fewer people are flying out of Newark airport than this time last year
For some travelers, Newark Liberty International Airport has become a no-fly zone. With passengers spooked by reports of harried air traffic controllers’ losing radio and radar contact with planes and dismayed by the resulting massive flight delays, the average daily number of travelers flying out of Newark, New Jersey, has …
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