East Coast Hyperloop One Step Closer to Reality Travel Pulse Elon Musk took to Twitter Thursday confirming that his Boring Company has reached a verbal agreement with government officials to construct … Read More

Avis to enable voice reservations on Amazon Alexa Travel Weekly Avis next month will become the first car rental company to allow customers to make voice reservations through Amazon’s Alexa. … Read More

Christ the Redeemer Trail Closes Amid Robberies Travel Pulse Officials in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have closed a popular hiking trail that leads to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue … Read More

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Robots to aid tourists, clean floors at South Korean airport ABC News Robots will start roaming South Korea’s largest airport this summer, helping travelers find their boarding gates and keep … Read More

Airline Capacity is Fueling Mexico’s Meetings Boom Travel Pulse When the world’s top aviation officials met during the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting in early June, the … Read More

British Airways rents Qatar Air jets to help it through cabin crew strike USA Today British Airways has leased nine jets and crews from a Middle Eastern airline so it … Read More

AAA Predicting Record Fourth Of July Weekend Travel CBS New York With July 4 falling on a Tuesday this year, millions are hitting the roads and the skies Friday … Read More

Southwest unveils shark-themed Boeing 737 for Shark Week USA Today Shark Week has become a TV staple since it first debuted in the 1980s. Now it’s making an encore at … Read More

Travel is Plateauing for Everyone but Millennials Travel Pulse Following a record-breaking year for leisure travel in 2016, vacation spending during the year ahead will be flat, according to MMGY … Read More

InterContinental hotel opens in L.A.’s tallest skyscraper Travel Weekly The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, occupying part of the tallest U.S. building on the West Coast, is now open. The 73-story … Read More

House bill would allow airlines to exclude taxes from fare ads USA TODAY Airlines would no longer have to include taxes when initially advertising their fares, under House legislation a committee … Read More

Ships filling up fast as Alaska anticipates a record year Travel Weekly Since cruise passengers have clearly been enamored with Alaska for the past year, the state expects record tourism … Read More

Airbnb testing premium listings Travel Weekly Airbnb has begun a pilot program in which the peer-to-peer accommodations service will certify larger residences with more amenities in an effort to lure … Read More

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to expand to Japan this year AP The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame plans to expand — into the House of the … Read More

Baby Born on a Flight Gets Free Travel for the Rest of His Life Travel+Leisure A newborn baby boy was gifted free flights for his entire life after he came … Read More

Delta starts selling new biz class, premium economy Travel Weekly Delta has begun selling tickets for its first flights that will feature the new Delta One suites in business class … Read More