Harriet Baskas

4 days ago | nbcnews.com | Harriet Baskas

Business travel’s four-year crawl out the pandemic was on track to continue this year, but the U.S. trade war has scrambled that outlook. “The big word is uncertainty,” said Suzanne Neufang, CEO of the Global Business Travel Association, which had forecast worldwide spending to surge to $1.64 trillion in 2025, up from an expected $1.48 trillion in 2024. Last year’s estimated total, if preliminary data bears out, would mark the first time the sector surpassed its pre-Covid levels.

5 days ago | stuckattheairport.com | Harriet Baskas

They’re not flying horses. But if you’re flying through Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) you can take a selfie with a horse. The 150th Preakness Stakes – the second race in the Triple Crown series of thoroughbred horse races – takes place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, May 17. To celebrate the Preakness Stakes race and the accompanying Preakness Festival, two large models of thoroughbred horses are now on display at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

1 week ago | stuckattheairport.com | Harriet Baskas

Star Wars fans celebrated the unofficial holiday of Star Wars Day on May 4th and airports worldwide got into the spirit with fun in-terminal events and online posts. Here’s a round-up of some of the posts we spotted, including one from the National Air & Space Museum reminding us that one of the 400 mailboxes the US Postal Service cleverly turned into R2-D2 look-alikes back in 2007 is on view at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport.

1 week ago | thepointsguy.com | Harriet Baskas

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1 week ago | flipboard.com | Harriet Baskas

2 hours agoDesign Your Own Lightsaber And Discover Your True Place In The Star Wars GalaxyYou’re not just choosing a color — you’re choosing destiny. Star Wars Day (May 4th) is right around the corner, and as a lifelong fan, I couldn’t let it pass without doing something a little extra. Because let’s be real — who hasn’t dreamed of owning a lightsaber?