New United Airlines and CLEAR Partnership Announced

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For those not familiar, CLEAR uses fingerprint and iris I.D. technology to expedite the document check portion of the TSA security process. CLEAR members verify their identity in the dedicated CLEAR lane and then enter either TSA PreCheck or general screening depending on their status, reducing the overall amount of time spent at security. CLEAR has…

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IHG Eliminating Miniatures – Is This The Future For Hotels?

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IHG has announced that they will eliminate miniature bottles of bathroom amenities like shampoo and conditioner and move to a bulk-sized amenity. This effort is a move towards reducing plastic waste which is noble. However, I would imagine that there will be some opponents to the idea. What do you think? Is this the future for…

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Southwest Leaving Newark, Grand Hyatt Vail Opens, Delta JFK-Amsterdam Flight Review

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Martini Review of the Week:  It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Southwest Airlines has made two major announcements today as they’ve reported their second quarter earnings. The first is that the airline will be leaving Newark Liberty International…

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Transitioning Brands: Sheraton Park City (Previously Marriott)

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Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest officially merged last August into the new Marriott Bonvoy program. As a result there are over 30 brands including some very similar ones, which leads to the question on hotel branding. We haven’t really seen many hotels changing brands, however I came across the Sheraton Park City, which was…

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United Airlines Adds 5th Daily Flight from Newark to London

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United Airlines announced they’ll be increasing service between Newark and London Heathrow (LHR) by adding a 5th daily flight between the two cities. United will also deploy their retrofitted Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on this route which features 46 United Polaris business class seats, indicating that United feels strongly they can sell more premium seats in…

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Southwest Airlines Leaving Newark, Hawaii Expansion

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Southwest Airlines has made two major announcements today as they’ve reported their second quarter earnings. The first is that the airline will be leaving Newark Liberty International Airport effective November 3, 2019. The airline is blaming poor financial results at EWR, and they’ve determined they can more effectively serve New York through one airport. Southwest currently…

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