{"id":2280,"date":"2009-11-04T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T19:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2016-12-17T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T06:45:07","slug":"on-the-road-intelligence-to-help-you-travel-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/on-the-road-intelligence-to-help-you-travel-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"On the road: Intelligence to Help You Travel Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"business_travel1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/business_travel1.jpg\" alt=\"business_travel1\" width=\"250\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li> <strong>The Canada Line<\/strong> has opened and slashed mass-transit travel time between <strong>Vancouver Airport<\/strong> and downtown Vancouver to 25 minutes. The airport station is in the Link Building between the domestic and international terminals. The train serves nine stops in Vancouver and four in suburban Richmond.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Mexicana <\/strong>has shifted its check-in operations at <strong>Los Angeles International Airport <\/strong>to the upper\/departure level of the Tom Bradley International Terminal.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Hertz <\/strong>has signed up Andrews Car Rental, an agency in <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>, as its franchisee in the island&#8217;s capital of Colombo.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li> <strong>Avis <\/strong>and <strong>Budget<\/strong> may now <strong>ban smoking <\/strong>in all rental vehicles.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>British Airways<\/strong> flyers take note: BA says it&#8217;ll move its Bangkok, Singapore and Sydney flights into Terminal 3 at <strong>Heathrow Airport<\/strong> on October 29. Qantas is also moving its London-Sydney flights to Terminal 3 on the same day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business travel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Airline tickets, Cheap airfare on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Airline tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Orbitz Hotels, Motels and Hotel Reservations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/ViewHotelSearch\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. 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