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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Midweek Update – News That Matters: Sun Belt Now Iced, Bishop Confronts Trump at Inaugural Prayer Service, Goodbye Red Dye, Severe Cold Weather to Continue, Trump to Withdraw U.S. From WHO
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.
@WEATHER AND TRAVEL
Sun Belt Now Iced: Severe Winter Storm in the South Unleashes Extreme Weather From Texas to Florida
A deadly winter storm stretching …
Trump, on Day 1, Eliminates Imaginary EV ‘Mandate,’ Ends Federal Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure
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 …
Weekend Update – News that Matters: Severe Winter Weather Hits 75% of U.S., TikTok Shuts Down… and Returns, Capital One Outage, Biden’s Pardons, Nazi Collaborators, Siri Was Eavesdropping
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.
@WEATHER AND TRAVEL
Arctic Blast and Severe Winter Storm in the South to Unleash Extreme Weather Over 75% of U.S., Travelers See Thousands of Delayed …
Winter Chill: An Inaugural Day Tradition as Severe Weather Moves Monday’s Festivities Indoors
“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 Rare Overlap, Monday is Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2025: Here’s What’s Open and What’s Closed
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 …
Friday Update – News That Matters: It’s Going to Feel Like -40°, Schoenberg Fire, President Biden’s Busy Final Days, Starbucks Says No, Anti-Aging Pioneer Says Drug Aged Him
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.
@WEATHER
Coat? Scarf? Hat? Gloves? Think About How Cold It Is Outside? Start Taking Off Coat and Hat.
The National Weather Service said that Arctic …
Breach at Data Broker Gravy Analytics Exposes Location Data for Millions, Raising Privacy Concerns. Here’s What You Can Do
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 …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
In Flight »
What Does Ryanair Know That Other Airlines Don’t?
Some passengers checking in for flights on Irish ultra-low-cost carrier Ryanair have access to a state-of-the-art identification system to validate their identity to the airline. It’s still a work in progress but the underlying tech, sourced from Checkin.com’s GetID unit, may serve as a harbinger of the type of technology travelers will encounter in a variety of circumstances.
In 2008, Ryanair became the first airline to ask passengers to check in …
Checking In »
It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
In Flight »
What Does Ryanair Know That Other Airlines Don’t?
Some passengers checking in for flights on Irish ultra-low-cost carrier Ryanair have access to a state-of-the-art identification system to validate their identity to the airline. It’s still a work in progress but the underlying tech, sourced from Checkin.com’s GetID unit, may serve as a harbinger of the type of technology travelers will encounter in a variety of circumstances.
In 2008, Ryanair became the first airline to ask passengers to check in …
