Vacationing Americans packing European hotspots
Boosted by a strong dollar and in some cases pandemic savings, Americans are so eager to explore again that they’re undaunted by higher airfares and hotel costs.
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Lagging business travel delays adding international flights at IND
Indianapolis Airport Authority officials are looking to 2023 and 2024, with a focus on renewing the nonstop flight to Paris and possibly other international destinations.
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Wait for passports creating travel purgatory, snarling summer plans
People who thought they were renewing or applying for new passports in plenty of time for their summer trips have flooded what the State Department says is a system still short-staffed from cuts during the pandemic.
U.S. lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel
A senior administration official said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every 90 days and that it could be reinstated if a troubling new variant emerges.
British Airways scraps proposed London-to-Indianapolis flight for 2022
The airline had eyed a slot at London’s Heathrow Airport for a flight to Indianapolis, but routes to Pittsburgh and Portland, Oregon, were the only two ultimately awarded.
China says U.S. must cut tariffs in trade deal
The United States must roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if the two sides reach a trade deal, China said Thursday, indicating Beijing is sticking to its position ahead of another possible Dec. 15 duty increase.
Former study-abroad program to relaunch as Indianapolis high school
Thrival Academy, a program that took a year-long “pause” to overhaul its approach—will reopen as a four-year high school with a first-year enrollment of about 75 ninth graders who will prepare to study abroad as juniors.
MATTHEW NEFF: When doing business overseas, watch out for the ‘red envelope’
U.S. companies operating in foreign lands are still bound by U.S. laws, and U.S. laws can create a significant competitive disadvantage in certain circumstances.
International Center to hold business-etiquette workshops
The International Center in Indianapolis is offering a series of workshops, “The World in Transition,” that will provide participants with an overview of the culture, protocol and business etiquette in the United Kingdom, China and Russia.
Indianapolis airport tries ‘long-term strategy’ to land nonstop London flights
An Indianapolis Airport Authority official told board members Friday that the airport is working to land nonstop London service, but its efforts could take years to see results.
Markets plunge as Britain decides to exit European Union
The vote in favor of a “Brexit” has shocked investors and sent stock markets plummeting around the world. Years of financial uncertainty lay ahead on a global scale as the U.K. and EU find their footing.
BASILE: Glad to say goodbye to Kaliningrad
Two Russian policemen approached me and asked to see my “papers.” After a cursory look, they escorted me into a small cinder block “interrogation” room, which could barely contain the three of us and my backpack.
Airport execs’ globetrotting sparks scrutiny
Indianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark and two key officers spent more than $67,000 last year on travel that included extended business trips to Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Morocco and Switzerland.
TRAVEL: Heading south of the border again and again
Katrina and I have made more trips (10) to Mexico and traveled to more cities and towns there (35) than we have to any other foreign country in the last 12 years.
BASILE: Three lessons from a harrowing trip to Paraguay
Our trip to Uruguay and Paraguay did not get off to a good start. And it went downhill from there.
Mayor’s European mission focusing on motorsports industry
A delegation of business and community leaders led by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard departed for Europe Nov. 14 on a nine-day
economic
development mission to help grow the city’s motorsports industry.
BASILE: When cruising Antarctica, comfort isn’t first priority
There are cruises to the Antarctic in large luxury ships that go near the islands—close enough to afford
magnificent views. But those ships are too big to get close enough to go ashore.
MAURER: Perhaps nuclear weapons in Iran finally will unite the Middle East
President Obama was in Egypt last month to see the Sphinx, the Pyramids and other relics of a bygone age but, more important,
to set the tone for a new age—according to Obama, “a new beginning” in relations between the United States
and the Muslim world.
BASILE: Following in the footsteps of Darwin in the Galapagos
There’s nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin’s own footsteps, which I had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
Iran: A peaceful sojourn into the ‘Axis of Evil’
Iran is a magnificent and historically important country. It contains nine World Historical Sites as designated by UNESCO. Only 20 countriesâ??including Greece, China and Italyâ??have more.
Traveling abroad for business can be tricky
Familiarity with a foreign culture and its traditions can mean the difference between success and failure, or at least avoiding embarrassment.