On a day when all of the airports are closed in the Washington, DC area, OpenSkies announced it’s inaugurating service between Dulles Airport and Orly Airport in Paris. It’s safe to assume that before May 3rd, the snow-covered runways in our Nation’s Capital will have been cleared.
This past weekend, Washington, DC, celebrated their Cherry Blossom Festival with parades, fairs and just plain old family fun. This is a big time for the District. Many vendors say this is the biggest festival of the year, after inaugurations, which only come every four years.
After years of delay and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) opened last December. There have been the expected grumblings about the costs and the building, but now Congress itself is beginning to grumble about the new controls and what some members see as a rewriting of history.
The tourism organizations of Kenya, Chicago, Hawaii and DC are taking notice of the rock-star popularity of the new President of the United States. They are beginning to milk the Obama connection for all the tourism it’s worth.
Is President-elect Obama building the economy already -– just by virtue of his inauguration? It seems so.
The media loves a good party. Almost as much as they love a good story. But the story on Barack Obama’s inauguration is already a mass of doom and gloom travel predictions for Washington.
Airlines are raising prices of on-board snacks. Passengers already can’t bring their own liquids from home and tighter enforcement of carry-on rules may make bringing food on the plane more difficult. Now Rome is banning snacks on the Spanish Steps. What’s next?
Making headlines for a norovirus breakout and sightings of mice in guestrooms isn’t exactly how you want to open a new resort hotel.
If I wrote this, I’d be labeled as crazy. But, the Washington Post unearthing these satanic symbols hidden in the street layout of our Nation’s Capital is another thing. The devil is in the details.
Security lines, delays and the end of the guaranteed-seat policy have undermined the shuttle services from New York to Boston and Washington, D.C., reports The New York Times.