E-News On The Go | 05.31.23
NEWS
MLA Welcomes Guest Speakers at Lunch Meeting
On Tuesday, May 23, 25 members, vendors, and guests attended the Maryland Limousine Association (MLA) luncheon meeting held at ... READ MORE
GBTA Holds Successful Canadian Conference in Toronto
Nearly 700 travel buyers, suppliers, and attendees joined the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Canada Conference 2023 at the Metro ... READ MORE
Prevost Factory Training Program Returns
This spring, Prevost resumed its signature Factory Training Program and brought 44 attendees from the United States and Canada to its location ... READ MORE

USTA Releases Poll Data, Holds Packed IPW
With Memorial Day 2023 behind us, the unofficial start of summer is here, a time when more Americans firm up their travel plans for the ... READ MORE
ON THE WIRE
Memorial Day Weekend Travel Rush Hits Pre-Pandemic Levels
The unofficial start to summer has travelers crisscrossing the country, with more than 42 million Americans taking to the roads, skies and rails ... READ MORE
Gas Prices Increase as Millions of Travel for Memorial Day
Florida gas prices increased slightly last week as an estimated 2.1 million Floridians were forecast to take a road trip for Memorial Day weekend ... READ MORE
Why Airlines Are Turning to Bigger Planes to Beat Airport Congestion
On this episode of “Now Boarding” Leslie and Erin discuss how airlines are turning to bigger planes that fit more passengers to grow while ... READ MORE

Centennial Worldwide in Denver Launches New Green Fleet
Centennial Worldwide, a chauffeured transportation services provider based in Denver, has announced the launch of its Green Fleet which ... READ MORE
What the Future of Business Travel Will Look Like
After a long period of little-to-no travel, the world of hybrid working, combined with the arrival of ‘work from anywhere’ flexible policies ... READ MORE
Traveling? Install This Handy AI Chatbot Now
Traveling like a local is about to get a whole lot easier thanks to AI. “AI is going to be a massive tool for travel moving forward,” said travel influencer ... READ MORE

EVs Have an Efficiency Problem
Car batteries are like wine fridges: They're never big enough. That's a real problem for anybody who hopes that electric vehicles will help decarbonize ... READ MORE
Americans Are Holding on to Their Vehicles Longer
With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth says he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more ... READ MORE
Fully Self-Driving Cars Are Finally Available on Uber
Uber is teaming up with Waymo to offer rides in fully autonomous cars in Phoenix — launching a partnership that could be hugely beneficial ... READ MORE

TNC Drivers Say the Apps Discriminate on Wage
Two brothers who drive for Uber recently conducted an experiment. They opened their Uber apps while sitting in the same room, and tested which ... READ MORE
Buttigieg Warns Airlines Against Past Flight Chaos
With the upcoming Memorial Day weekend kicking off the summer travel season, DOT secretary Pete Buttigieg says the Department of Transportation is ready to hold airlines' feet to the fire if necessary ... READ MORE
The Four Main Obstacles Facing Electric Cars
The European Union, the U.S. and China are committed to putting tens of millions of EVs into circulation in the coming years, but there are serious ... READ MORE
EV Owners Frustrated by Lack of Public Charging Stations
Before Bernie Powell bought his blue Tesla Model Y, he biked to electric vehicle chargers around Chicago. He wanted to ask people about ... READ MORE

How AI Can Save Small Businesses Money
Regardless of the type of small business that you operate, artificial intelligence may be able to help you save both time and money. Rather than ... READ MORE
Car Rental Vs. Chauffeured Transportation Recovery
I wrote an opinion piece in BTN on Jan. 28, 2022, titled “Where Have All the Fleets Gone?” I just re-read it and thought, “It’s been over a year ... READ MORE