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United uses iPads, Local Chefs to Reinvent
Terminals at IAH
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Eight Ways to Cut The Airport's TSA Security
Line, for a Price
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Hotels Eliminate
Guestroom Desks
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Delta Expands Delta Shuttle Service to Seattle

Delta Air Lines is expanding its "Delta Shuttle" brand to Seattle, where it will operate the service on routes to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Beginning Wednesday, Delta will unveil a dedicated Delta Shuttle check-in area at Seattle-Tacoma International for its schedule of eight weekday round-trip flights to the two California cities. Delta says it will add two additional flights on the Seattle-L.A. route on May 23.

The "shuttle" routes have long been popular with business customers on the East Coast, where Delta and American each offer hourly or near-hourly weekday service on routes connecting New York LaGuardia to Washington Reagan National and Boston. American also offers Shuttle service between Washington National and Boston while Delta added LaGuardia-Chicago O'Hare to its shuttle schedule earlier this decade.

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How to Keep From Becoming a Security Statistic
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United Airlines Announces More Free Food
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Road Warriors Share Their Opinions on Favorite
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TSA to Hire Over 700 Agents to Help With Summer Screenings

Budgetary and strategic shortcomings have caused long lines in airport security across the country, Transportation Security Administration Administrator Peter Neffenger said Wednesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Neffenger, anticipating the fast-approaching summer travel season, told the House Homeland Security Committee that his administration may seek more money to address staffing shortfalls in airports that are worst at peak travel times.

He also detailed recent policies and actions taken by his administration to cut security clearance time, including bringing in dogs and getting airlines to pitch in with nonsecurity tasks like reminding passengers to remove shoes and belts. There are plans to add more than 700 agents to facilitate the screenings this summer, Neffenger added.

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What Stresses Out Business Travelers the Most?

Even under the best of circumstances, traveling is stressful. When traveling for work, that stress is multiplied.

Specifically, a recent Booking.com survey of more than 4,500 business travelers in eight different countries divulged the most stressful aspects of business travel, ranging from logistical mishaps like missing a flight to human errors such as lost luggage. Nearly all survey respondents -- 93 percent -- say they feel stressed at some point on their trip.

Check out the worst-case scenarios travelers fear below.

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