Travel Message: Stay Local and Spend Money
As lockdown restrictions ease, tourism agencies encourage day-trippers and local residents to kick-start the travel sector’s recovery.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Kim Moore
Oregon Business - Travel and Transportation
Hotels Innovate as Bookings Plummet
COVID-19 threatens disaster in the hospitality industry, but patrons and community leaders have been stepping up.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Green Vacation
How one retired veterinarian made a big bet on sustainability and tourism in Eastern Oregon.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Portland to Seattle in 35 Minutes
Charter jet service JSX will offer short flights from Portland to Seattle starting in April.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
When Time Off Work Is Good for Business
The state tourism agency wants businesses to encourage employees to plan for vacation.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Kim Moore
Buying Sex on Company Time
Businesses can play an important role in preventing sex trafficking, but they continue to facilitate the crime.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Kim Moore
Keep On Trucking
Jana Jarvis, president of the Oregon Trucking Associations, discusses why trucking jobs are not going away because of automation, and what the group is doing to attract young people to the profession.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Icelandic Hotel To Compete With Airbnb Market
With so many hotels being built in Portland, KEX hopes to defy the odds with a new model that can compete with short-term rental
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
On The Rails
Truck-to-rail intermodal facilities in Nyssa and Millersburg seek to boost Oregon agriculture.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow
The Truck Stops Here
Truckers got a win with the death of HB 2020, but as the hype around driverless trucks continues, environmental policy will be the least of their worries.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
- Written by Sander Gusinow