On the road: Intelligence to Help You Travel Smarter

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By Joe Brancatelli The Canada Line has opened and slashed mass-transit travel time between Vancouver Airport 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. Mexicana has shifted its check-in operations at Los Angeles International Airport to the upper/departure level of the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Hertz has signed up Andrews Car Rental, an agency in Sri Lanka , as its franchisee in the island’s…


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