It may be the tail end of the holiday period, but every day is a great day to buy something splurge-worthy… and we have all of the best ideas for doing just that. This Holiday Gift Guide has been a tradition at Frequent Business Traveler and The Travelist since 2012, a tradition almost as old as our annual report on the New Year’s Eve cult classic, “Dinner for One.”
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Part of our “News That Matters” Series, “Midweek Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you might have missed in the period January 20 through January 22, 2025.
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Sun Belt Now Iced: Severe Winter Storm in the South Unleashes Extreme Weather From Texas to Florida
A deadly winter storm stretching …
Just hours after taking the oath of office, in a flurry of activity, President Donald Trump signed hundreds of executive orders and proclamations, including some on matters that over which he has no legal authority.
In January, at a press conference at the hotel he lives at in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, he declared without any prior mention that he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of …
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the period January 18 through January 20, 2025.
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Arctic Blast and Severe Winter Storm in the South to Unleash Extreme Weather Over 75% of U.S., Travelers See Thousands of Delayed …
“Oh, the weather outside is frightful” goes the opening of the song “Let It Snow!” by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne, words more typically associated with Christmas than inauguration day in Washington, D.C. but it appears that they are equally apt in both circumstances.
Indeed, it seems that presidential inaugurations and dangerously cold weather are just part of a grand tradition that has seen inaugurations themselves held somewhere on …
In a rare overlap, this coming Monday is both Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is just the third time a president will take the oath of office on the day dedicated to honoring the late civil rights leader. This occurred with the second inaugurations of both former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, in 1997 and 2013, respectively.
To paint a picture …
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Friday Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the period January 15 through January 17, 2025.
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Coat? Scarf? Hat? Gloves? Think About How Cold It Is Outside? Start Taking Off Coat and Hat.
The National Weather Service said that Arctic …
Gravy Analytics is hardly a household brand but it is on the minds of many after the company, which that tracks and sells Americans’ location data, was hacked. Russian cybercriminals hacked Gravy, one of the largest companies of its kind, in exchange for ransom, according to two cybersecurity researchers, a person who several days ago posted a virtual treasure trove of the purportedly hacked files, and a notice the company …