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Business Insider | June 26, 2018

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, in a 5-4 decision that split the justices along partisan lines. The travel ban was Trump's third attempt at restricting travel from certain majority-Muslim countries after federal courts blocked the previous two. The third ban imposed restrictions on travelers coming to the US from Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, North Korea, and Venezuela. Chad was also originally listed in the ban, but the...

Asian Correspondent | June 20, 2018

Traveling as part of your job is a big perk, but frequent trips are actually shockingly bad for your health. According to a study conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York, people who travel for business more than three weeks per month are more likely to become obese, compared to those who travel just one to six nights per month. This is due to unhealthy or few food options and the lack of time or facility t...

Travel Trends Today | January 16, 2020

EbixCash, a fully owned subsidiary of Ebix, announced a strategic travel technology partnership with Amadeus to grow its footprint across the Asia Pacific region and UAE and become a one-stop shop for travel. The partnership will provide EbixCash’s online websites, travel agents and corporations in Asia Pacific and UAE with greater access to the unrivalled breadth of content offered by the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling EbixCash to better serve its customers. Built on fully open systems...

Travel Weekly | January 14, 2020

Direct Travel , a roll-up of travel management companies based in the Denver area, has acquired Professional Travel of Cleveland (No. 31 on the Power List). Terms of the acquisition, Direct Travel’s largest in the U.S. to date, were not disclosed. According to Direct Travel, Professional Travel has more than 175 employees with sales of $448 million. Professional Travel’s leadership team will remain in place following the acquisition. “We’re enthusiastic to begin this new ...