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Airports and airlines embrace facial recognition technology amid debate over privacy and bias

Technologists, travel executives, civil rights activists, and ethics experts met Tuesday in Seattle to debate expanding facial recognition technology at… Read More

Two airports fly higher than Sea-Tac, which falls to third in new analysis of best free Wi-Fi

You made it through airport security, now you want to make it onto the internet. A new Speedtest analysis by… Read More

Geek of the Week: Sandeep Nain walked away from tech and trekked into a passion for the outdoors

When he was working for the Indian technology company Infosys, back around 2005, Sandeep Nain was contemplating taking a year… Read More

What happened to Utrip? Abrupt end to Seattle travel startup blindsides investors and clients

When Gabrielle Andrews arrived for work at the ATL Airport District Convention & Visitors Bureau in Georgia on May 7,… Read More

Expedia settles Cuba travel allegations for $325k after informing U.S. government of violations

Expedia Group agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle allegations that it assisted more than 2,200 people with Cuba-related… Read More

Seattle travel planning startup Utrip will shut down after critical deal falls through

Utrip’s journey is over. The Seattle-based trip-planning startup is ceasing operations after a deal that would’ve kept the company afloat… Read More

Former BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield’s next trip will be by foot, as he plans big European trek

Two months after stepping down as the CEO of BMW ReachNow, the car-sharing service he helped grow from Seattle, Steve… Read More

Geek of the Week: Alaska Airlines CIO Charu Jain is leveraging tech to take the hassle out of travel

Charu Jain got her first exposure to technology as an intern at a company run by her father’s friend in… Read More

Now boarding: Everett’s Paine Field and Alaska Air celebrate first passenger flights

EVERETT, Wash. — Today marks a “first” for the new passenger airline terminal at Everett’s Paine Field, thanks to Alaska Airlines’… Read More

Marriott’s Starwood breach: What should you do? That depends on who, and why

It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with the Starwood breach announced by Marriott International on Friday —… Read More

United Airlines set to begin Denver and SF flights from Paine Field near Seattle in March 2019

United Airlines has become the second — and for now, final — airline to start selling tickets for commercial flights… Read More

My parents are wowed by Amazon, LimeBikes and more as longtime visitors return to big, new Seattle

Getting together with family during the holidays — especially with members who visit from across the country — is a… Read More

Expedia CEO: ‘We haven’t given up on China’

Expedia wants to be the world’s travel platform. China is standing in its way. Expedia faces fierce competition in the… Read More

End of the road for Wanderlust Society as travel startup created by Amazon vets is shutting down

It was an interesting trip but a relatively short one for the team of technology veterans who set out to… Read More

Lime pursues car sharing in Seattle, breaking new ground for the bike and scooter startup

Lime wants to add cars to its Seattle mobility fleet, expanding beyond the bright green, rentable bikes the company currently… Read More

Loge Camps taking hospitality for outdoors enthusiasts beyond Northwest as it raises $4.5M

Loge Camps, the hospitality startup that caters to outdoors lovers and adventure sports enthusiasts, is expanding beyond the Pacific Northwest… Read More

Expedia virtual reality project offers ‘try before you buy’ tour of cenote pools in Mexico

Expedia unveiled a new virtual reality experience today that takes viewers to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to see and swim in… Read More

Domicile raises $5M for business travel lodging from high-profile Seattle investors

Seattle startup Domicile raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by L.A. investment firm CrossCut Ventures. Big names… Read More

TLDR: How WNBA Star Sue Bird uses tech to beat her competition at 37 years old

Today’s featured stories Sue Bird’s secrets: How the WNBA star uses tech to beat her competition — at 37 years… Read More

Alaska Airlines adds nonstop flight from Seattle to Columbus, Ohio, fueling tech industry collaboration

Alaska Airlines is adding a daily nonstop flight from Seattle to Columbus, Ohio, starting March 7, 2019. It’s the first… Read More

Ex-Amazon employees venture out and start Wanderlust Society, a tool for planning better trips

A team of ex-Amazon employees, who honed their skills around recommendations on the tech giant’s personalization team, have set out… Read More

How Amazon could succeed in travel: Researchers issue a warning to the industry

When Amazon enters, or even thinks about entering, new markets, entire industries sit at the edge of their seats —… Read More

Tired of long airport lines? For biometric screening company Clear, frustration is a sales pitch

“Skip the lines! No wait times,” yelled the Clear salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport last week. The standard… Read More

Sea-Tac Airport speeds to the top of the list in Ookla’s ranking of best free Wi-Fi in North America

When it comes to flying these days, few things are free anymore. But free Wi-Fi is still a perk worth… Read More

Expedia beats first quarter estimates with $2.5B in revenue, shares up 10%

Expedia Group generated $2.5 billion in revenue in the first quarter across all of its brands, and $27.2 billion in… Read More

OceanGate’s Titan sub passes initial tests, gets set for Bahamas – then the Titanic

OceanGate has finished putting its Titan submersible through its first round of shallow-water tests in Puget Sound, and is packing it… Read More

Can you go paperless on an overseas trip? The Geek’s Guide to International Travel, 2018 Edition

It’s amazing the difference five years makes when traveling with tech. In April 2013, I felt as though I was… Read More

Southwest Airlines announces Everett flights, filling up Paine Field’s capacity

Southwest Airlines says it’ll add up to five flights to the daily departure schedule for the yet-to-be-completed passenger terminal at… Read More

Shortcut to Silicon Valley? Alaska Airlines will fly to 8 cities from Everett’s Paine Field

Alaska Airlines says it’ll offer daily nonstop flights to eight cities including San Jose, Calif., from Paine Field in Everett,… Read More

OceanGate and Everest Marine complete construction of Titanic sub’s launch pad

Construction work is complete for an essential part of the dive system that’s due to carry scientists and amateur adventurers… Read More