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Lyft agrees to revised $27 mln deal in driver lawsuit

by Dan Levine in Legal, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 12, 2016

Lyft has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by California drivers who claimed they should be deemed employees instead of independent contractors, after a U.S. judge rejected a previous $12.25 million deal as too small. Lyft and larger rival Uber are attempting to resolve lawsuits by drivers who contend ...

The Zika Virus – How Is It Impacting the Meetings and Travel Industry

by Helms Briscoe in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 2, 2016

Chances are if you’ve been on the internet or watched more than five minutes of TV, you’ve heard of the Zika virus. But how is it “impacting the meetings and travel industry?” With the continuing spread of the zika virus, “more than one-third of respondents had moved or canceled meeting that were scheduled to take ...

Detecting and Neutralizing Terrorist Plots in Europe Requires Greater Integration of Intel and Police Agencies

by Security Strategies Today in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 15, 2016

Europe suffered yet another horrific terrorist attack last month, this time in Belgium. ISIS-inspired, radicalized, young European men placed multiple explosive devices in a departure terminal of the Zaventem International Airport in Brussels, causing massive loss of life. They simultaneuosly blew up a commuter rail car packed with passengers. The attacks, coordinated among disenfranchised Belgian ...

Drone Safety and Airports

by Travel and Transport in Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted April 12, 2016

A Look at Drone Safety There has been a huge surge in consumer access to drones in the last year, and with this surge comes issues like drone safety. Combine this with an unknowing public and there are sure to be some complications. Typical drone pilots “don’t generally file flight plans ahead of their flights ...

Senators Propose More Security After Terror Attacks

by Travel Pulse in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 12, 2016

Because of the recent surge in terrorist attacks, Democratic senators propose more security at airports and other transportation hubs. According to Joan Lowy of The Associated Press, the proposal would include increasing government “viper teams” that are used to search suspicious passengers before screening. The goal in the new initiative would be to increase the ...

Uber vs. Uber

by Gray Robinson in Legal, Travel. Posted April 12, 2016

Uber in Gainesville? Not So Fast… For a brief summary of this uber filled case: “You live in Gainesville and need to book a party bus, or perhaps a non-party bus or a limo to take a number of people to an event. You run a Google search for ‘Gainesville party bus’ and, not satisfied ...

Personal Protective Measures for Today’s Global Citizens

by iJET International in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 8, 2016

Personal protective tips are a necessity for business travelers. From the Post Vietnam War era of kidnapping and ransom scenarios throughout South America to terror attacks against western cultures in Europe and the US, the number and types of threats faced by travelers continues to increase. Unfortunately, what we have yet to see is same ...

Employee Traveler Tracking

by Business Travel News in Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted April 6, 2016

Employee Traveler Tracking: Where Are Your Travelers Right Now? Corporate employee traveler tracking should be near the top of every global travel managers list. According to statistics, “71 percent track travelers using TMC itinerary data, 30 percent use credit card data, and 12 percent use GPS via tools that tap into travelers’ mobile devices”, and ...

Visiting Cuba: Tourists Lining Up to Visit Cuba, but Many Obstacles Remain

by iJET International in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 6, 2016

President Barack Obama’s mid-December 2014 announcement that the US would restore diplomatic relations and ease tensions with the Castro government ignited US travelers’ interest in visiting Cuba. In defiance of a continuing ban on tourism, in the first three months of 2015 more than 50,000 US citizens visited the island—a 36 percent increase from the ...

Why the U.S. Has Banned Vaping on Flights

by Fortune in Legal, Travel. Posted March 10, 2016

by Laura Lorenzetti The “no smoking” rule applies to e-cigarettes. The U.S. Department of Transportation has explicitly banned the use of electronic cigarettes, or vape pens, on commercial plane flights. The rule applies to all scheduled flights in, to, and from the U.S. “This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted ...

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