For the other half of the year, the Last Frontier is not first on many travel lists. Despite a trending increase in cold-weather travel, braving an Alaskan winter does not hold the same mass appeal as sailing its sunny glaciers.
With 500 miles of tracks and copious cruise packages, the Alaska Railroad is a popular option for sightseeing. However, its year-round operation is underutilized. 
Travelers looking to experience Alaska dont have to limit themselves to a five-month window. If you have clients considering a trip to the 49th State, they might want to consider a trip on one of Alaskas five major train lines -- in all types of weather.

Flyers should plan to book, complete check-in, or make trip changes either before or after those hours, a banner on the United.com website reads. 
"Weve removed all departures from the schedule during those early morning hours to create the right conditions to complete the upgrade as seamlessly as possible for our customers," the airline said in a statement. 
The system to be updated, called Shares, is a mainframe reservation system that United inherited from Continental at the time of their merger in 2012. 

Most recently, Burgess was general manager of commercial aviation for Jeppesen ForeFlight, a former Boeing company, where he led a global business line. Prior to that position, he was the companys chief product officer, according to ATPCO. He also spent more than five years with Sabre, with his last position there as SVP of product management, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Burgess succeeds Alex Zoghlin, who departed ATPCO in June 2025 and joined hospitality industry revenue management technology firm Duetto as CEO thereafter. ATPCO CFO Vince Palmiere had been interim CEO during the boards search for a new leader.

After more than two decades leading the metasearch engine, Hafner will become Kayaks executive chairman and take on a new leadership role at Booking Holdings, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.
"Steve pioneered the metasearch category with the launch of Kayak and delivered industry-leading results for Kayak for many years, since our acquisition of the brand in 2013," said Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel.