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Silicon Valley and Tokyo Top List of Most Expensive Cities for Business Travel
Many seasoned business travelers anecdotally know that Tokyo is the most expensive city but now there’s hard evidence to provide it. Concur Technologies, a company that offers travel and expense management solutions, analyzed over half a billion individual purchases made by business travelers in 2011 totaling over $50 billion.
These expenses included hotels, meals, and entertainment and were submitted by 15 million road warriors employed by roughly 15,000 companies across the …
Tryp by Wyndham Opens in New York City
Wyndham has opened its first Tryp by Wyndham hotel in the U.S., the 173-room Tryp New York City Times Square South, on West 35th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
The hotel offers signature guest rooms including Family, Samsung Experience, and Fitness. The Samsung Experience rooms feature amenities including 55-inch flat-screen TVs, 3-D glasses, Nintendo Wii systems, Blu Ray players, and iPod docking stations.
Family rooms can accommodate six to eight people …
GlobeRunner: Cynthia Fareed, Attorney
Although attorney Cynthia Fareed has lived in cities including Amman, Jordan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and New York City, she says that her most interesting travel experiences have always been to the West Bank, where her family hails from, and, in particular, Jerusalem.
An American, born in Oklahoma to Palestinian immigrants, Fareed was raised in New York City and Long Island, but traveled extensively with her family throughout the Middle East and …
Delta Shuttle First Class New York LGA Washington DCA – Review
The Marine Air Terminal at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport is the only air terminal in operation that dates back to the days of the flying boat, seaplanes that were the mainstay of aviation in the late Thirties and early Forties.
The terminal itself eventually fell into disrepair and was renovated twice, first in the Sixties to be used for private aviation and then in anticipation of the 1985 launch of …
JetBlue, US Airways Add New D.C. Flights
JetBlue and US Airways are launching new Washington, D.C. routes, and JetBlue is also increasing frequencies of some existing flights, and adding a seasonal daily nonstop between Boston and Nantucket.
On May 2, 2012, US Airways’ subsidiary PSA Airlines will begin nonstop service between Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport. US Airways Express carrier Republic Airlines will also begin service between Des Moines, Iowa and Reagan National on May …
Virgin Atlantic Announces New Upper Class Cabin with $158 Million Investment
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will invest more than $158 million to upgrade its Upper Class offering.
The new Upper Class will feature amenities including an improved seat, bar, and fine dining service and will be launched on Virgin Atlantic’s new A330-300 aircraft due for delivery in the spring.
The new Upper Class is to begin on the London Heathrow to New York JFK morning flight and to continue its rollout …
