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New York City rolled out the One Metro New York contactless payment system five years ago, but thanks to a slew of issues, less than half of subway riders currently use OMNY. For example, passengers who are entitled to discounted fares (like students) can't use it if they expect to get a cheaper ride, and people living in the greater New York transit system are also unable to take advantage of the system.

Southwest Airlines and Omni Hotels & Resorts are teaming up to offer a special "Solarbration" sweepstakes ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.The sweepstakes—which can be entered now through March 11—will reward two lucky winners with a prize package that includes air travel on a flight predicted to be in the direct path of the eclipse.The flight options include Southwest Flight 1252, which departs Dallas (Love Field) at 12:40 p.m. CT for Pittsburgh, and Southwest Flight 1721, which departs Austin at 12:55 p.m. CT for Indianapolis.Omni will do its part by putting the winners up in custom-designed guest rooms inspired by the celestial event. The special accommodations will be located at Omni Hotels in the departure cities of Dallas and Austin and the arrival cities of Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.In addition to roundtrip flights and accommodations for two nights, winners will receive exclusive solar eclipse viewing glasses and fun inflight experiences aboard their eclipse flights.

It’s the sheer brightness that strikes you at first. From the moment you step into the Great Hall with its sixteen soaring Corinthian columns, a fresh white on white courses throughout—on through the shopping arcade, from one lounge, café and dining space after another, and all the way up to 483 rooms. As you explore the vast wings and far-flung outer houses of Virginia’s monumental Omni Homestead Resort in the Allegheny Mountains, you quickly realize what stunning results a $155 million rehabilitation can have on a National Historic Landmark.

Omni Hotels & Resorts isn’t your father’s hospitality group — literally and figuratively speaking.

India-headquartered travel tech firm RateGain has set its sights on expanding in the Americas, and to spearhead this effort, it has appointed Peter Strebel as President for the Americas region, Skift has confirmed.

At first glance, Omni has the odds stacked against it.