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Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic

GeekWire

Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect. Cabana bills itself as a “luxe mobile hotel company” at a time when traditional hotels and travel companies are taking a financial hit due to the pandemic. Consumers are responding positively,” Kubly told GeekWire. Cabana Photo).

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Expedia Group rolls out new travel loyalty program that includes Vrbo, Hotels.com — here’s how it works

GeekWire

(Expedia Group Image) Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group this week debuted its new unified loyalty program that rewards customers for using its flagship Expedia.com platform, as well as its Hotels.com and Vrbo brands. The program is live in the U.S. There are four tiers; each provides different discounts and other perks.

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Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.

Vox

For one thing, traveling is stressful. The timing is perfect: The TSA recorded an all-time record day for air travel on June 23, with nearly 3 million people screened at the country’s airports as summer vacation season picked up. The implications go way beyond air travel. Many times. There are lots of reasons for that.

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Self-driving wheelchairs at Sea-Tac Airport whisk mobility challenged travelers to their gates

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo / Holly Grambihler) Mobility challenged travelers at the Sea-Tac International Airport have a high-tech new option for getting to their gates: self-driving, electric wheelchairs. “We are pleased with how the program is progressing. Alaska Airlines is testing 10 of the mobility devices at the Seattle-area airport.

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Expedia returns to Super Bowl advertising in sign of optimism for COVID-weary travelers

GeekWire

The Seattle-based online travel giant confirmed Friday morning that it plans to advertise for its Expedia.com and Vrbo brands during the broadcast for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Feb. Expedia Group is coming back to the Super Bowl, offering hope to those who yearn to be back on the beach.

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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

GeekWire

Cabana Photo) Cabana , the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions stalled the company’s ability to raise more funding and scale. Cabana founder Scott Kubly. million in 2023.

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Who’s an astronaut? FAA weighs in on a murky issue for suborbital space travelers

GeekWire

The answer appears to be no, if you go by the Federal Aviation Administration’s newly issued guidelines for its commercial space astronaut wings program. But will they all get astronaut wings? Wally Funk gets her astronaut pin pic.twitter.com/piE4MHKXwi. — Alan Boyle (@b0yle) July 20, 2021.

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