Department of Homeland Security has clarified that from 2016, residents of four US states may soon need to show a valid passport in order to board a domestic flight. Travelers who live in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York are being urged to apply for a passport or secure another form of REAL ID-compliant identification now. For most travelers, applying for a passport book is the best idea, as it can be used for all international travel as well as domestic identification. Find out more about the REAL ID Act.
Department of Homeland Security has clarified that from 2016, residents of four US states may soon need to show a valid passport in order to board a domestic flight. Travelers who live in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York are being urged to apply for a passport or secure another form of REAL ID-compliant identification now. For most travelers, applying for a passport book is the best idea, as it can be used for all international travel as well as domestic identification. Find out more about the REAL ID Act.
Department of Homeland Security has clarified that from 2016, residents of four US states may soon need to show a valid passport in order to board a domestic flight. Travelers who live in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York are being urged to apply for a passport or secure another form of REAL ID-compliant identification now. For most travelers, applying for a passport book is the best idea, as it can be used for all international travel as well as domestic identification. Find out more about the REAL ID Act.
US State Department officially announced that as of December 31, 2015, they will no longer add pages to valid US passports. Starting on January 1, 2016, if you run out of blank passport pages, you will need to apply for renewal.
Rather going through that passport renewal process, you can hurry up and apply for additional pages now, and expedite passport process with a registered passport expeditor companies like RushMyPassport or G3Passport etc.
US State Department officially announced that as of December 31, 2015, they will no longer add pages to valid US passports. Starting on January 1, 2016, if you run out of blank passport pages, you will need to apply for renewal.
Rather going through that passport renewal process, you can hurry up and apply for additional pages now, and expedite passport process with a registered passport expeditor companies like RushMyPassport or G3Passport etc.
The US State Department has confirmed, passport applicants are not allowed to wear glasses in their passport photos from November 1, 2016. The major reasons to not have glasses in passport photos are because of tinted lenses (which make it hard to see the applicant's eyes) and biometrics. Biometric passports store basic data about the passport holder (name, birth date, passport number and photo) on a small computer chip embedded in the passport. A computer program can analyze a scan of applicant photo and take measurements. If applicant wears glasses in passport photo, it makes it more difficult for the computer program to take accurate measurements of passport holder's features.
According to the latest figures, the demand from passengers will increase smoothly and strongly. But the new route from Luton airport would cover the situation and meet the demands.
If you are in the market to buy or rent an apartment in Monaco, the recently released 2016 Monaco Census data offers a fantastic insight into the population of the Principality and more. http://ow.ly/oEcP30jPzDd
For those who will visit to Philippines, make sure you visit Boracay - one of the best white sand beaches. Here's my blog about it. Let me know if you have questions, I'd be glad to help!
Jobs Abroad, Work Abroad, International Jobs Online - A lot of people know about Microsoft. Are you familiar with Microsoft? Well, Microsoft is an American multinational technology company in Redmond, Washington. It develops, supports, licenses manufactures and sells consumer electronics, personal computers, and services as well. Most of its software products are Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Internet Explorers and Edge web browsers. As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.
Be rewarded for cycling? That sounds tempting, right? May 2016 sees the launch of the first test phase of Bike Benefit program in Vienna, Graz and Bremen - supported by the Integrated Applications Promotion programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The participants can cycle their way to great coupons and discounts from local businesses. With this project, Bike Citizens hopes to create incentives to help motivate more people to cycle in the city.
REVPAR FOR U.S extended-stay economy, mid-scale and upscale segments is recovering back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from consulting firm
The Highland Group. Total extended-stay hotel occupancy is very close to the first quarter levels reported in 2016 and 2017 but below its peak years since 2015.
"Overall, first quarter extended-stay hotel ADR was the highest ever reported in 2023 and all three segments have more than fully recovered their 2019 nominal ADR
values," the report said.
In its "2023 First Quarter U.S. Extended-Stay Hotels Report," Highland said the economy and mid-price extended-stay hotels made considerable gains in RevPAR relative
to corresponding classes of all hotels between 2019 and 2023.
Due to high concentration of rooms in urban markets, upscale extended-stay hotels have seen RevPAR decline slightly relative to all upscale class hotels. However, the
gap is expected to narrow as urban markets make a full recovery, the report noted.
"Rising interest rates and construction costs, as well as tightening loan underwriting, means extended-stay supply growth should be relatively low nationally for two
to three years. Assuming the overall hotel industry does not endure a correction, extended-stay hotels should set more new performance records during the near term at
least," says Mark Skinner, partner at The Highland Group.
THE REPRESENTATION OF Black and women members on hotel industry boards is on the rise, signaling progress in board diversity, according to recent
research commissioned by AHLA Foundation and conducted by Penn State's School of Hospitality Management. The surge surpasses the 2022 averages for firms in
the Russell 3000 Index, while indicating multiple gains for the industry.
The 2022 data analysis involved 230 board members from 28 companies spanning the years 2016 to 2022, the AHLA Foundation said.
Key findings from the report include:
In 2022, women held 31.3 percent of independent board seats on hotel public company boards, a notable surgefrom 22.5 percent in 2021. This surpasses the 2022
Russell 3000 Index average of 28.4 percent for women representation.