Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended his use of a costly government jet to make the short journey from New York City to Washington D.C. following an August meeting in Trump Tower. When asked about the travel by co-anchor Martha Raddatz …

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Yet the damage in other places was so extensive that despite the projected loss of crucial revenue, government officials this week were not focused on tourism; they were still struggling to ensure people’s health and safety. Puerto Rico, for instance, …

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Cruise line president Kent Zhu Fuming can hardly be blamed for not wanting to talk about typhoons. He was still reeling from an usually powerful typhoon season in Hong Kong that cost his industry millions of dollars of loss. “Don’t …

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Unlike her predecessors, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos does not fly commercial airlines when she travels on the job. Instead, she takes her own private plane – and never bills the government, according to a spokeswoman. “Secretary DeVos travels on personally owned …

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Marriott International said six of its luxury and upper-upscale resorts in the Caribbean are closed “until further notice” because of damage from hurricanes Irma and Maria. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Marriott has shuttered Frenchman’s Reef Morning Star Marriott Beach …

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Shortly after Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles agent Josh Flagg married Bobby Boyd, the newlyweds headed to the Tahitian island of Bora Bora, for honeymoon in paradise — and of course, in sheer luxury. Jet Set caught up with the pair at the Four Seasons Bora Bora to …

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Maria Blackman, a spokeswoman for the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, said that many hotels were closed during the off-season in September anyway, a common time for annual renovations. The cruise ports and airport remain open. “On Antigua, we opened …

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Hurricane Maria has impacted travel throughout the Caribbean. Now that Maria is gone, airlines are working hard to restore travel operations, despite difficult conditions in areas like Puerto Rico, where the entire island is currently without power. American Airlines says …

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Mnuchin used an Air Force C-37 jet to travel from Trump Tower in Manhattan to the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 15 after attending President Donald Trump’s news conference in which the president made controversial comments on the violence in Charlottesville, …

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