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Thanks, Mother Nature.  Happy Holidays to you, too.

Pardon us for the moment of sarcasm, but the current insanity that’s happening at Heathrow — at last check, the airport has announced that fully less than 1/3 of its flights (both inbound and outbound) will be operating until after Christmas — is just one more major upheaval in a string of weather-related travel nightmares.  The 2010 Holiday Travel Season is upon us, and since Thanksgiving, the traveling public has been peppered with gloomy announcements of delays and cancellations, all courtesy of what meteorologists the world over are euphemistically calling “events.”  Yes, Mr. Weatherman, it’s pretty eventful out there. Continue reading “The Ripple Effect of Heathrow and Others” »

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From my office in the front hallway of the InsureMyTrip building, I most often hear my coworkers before I see them.  Sometimes I hear their voices engaging in animated conversation as they walk past; at other times, I hear doors opening and closing, computer keys clicking, chairs rolling.  Shoes on the tile floor.  It’s getting so I can identify many people by their footsteps alone, and there is one particular set of footsteps — rapid, purposeful, padded by the rubber soles of a ubiquitous pair of sneakers — that I’ve noticed has been making more and more rounds lately.  The steps belong to our I.T. Manager, Dennis, who has recently taken ownership of more than just his energetic journeys around the office hallways. Continue reading “IT and QA — InsureMyTrip Talks About Acronyms” »

You may have heard about the unprecedented flooding this week in southern New England, and in our home state of Rhode Island in particular. While many InsureMyTrip employees were personally affected by the swelling waters, it was business as usual with our customers.

Continue reading “Flooding Hits Home” »