Allegiant Announces 23 New Nonstop Routes
Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air announced 23 new nonstop routes for fall vacation and winter holiday travel to destinations across the United… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Launches Independence Day Sale
Southwest Airlines is celebrating the Fourth of July with an “Independence Yay Sale” this summer. Now through Thursday, July 8,… Read More »
United Sends Messages With Biggest Plane Order in Company History
United Airlines this morning sent a message to the aviation industry – the pandemic is over. The Chicago-based carrier announced… Read More »
Plaza Hotel & Casino to Stage Three Nights of Fireworks
The Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the Independence Day holiday with fireworks staged from… Read More »
MGM Resorts Launches Solar Array in Las Vegas
MGM Resorts International today launched its 100-megawatt solar array, the hospitality industry’s largest directly sourced renewable electricity project worldwide, the company… Read More »
Uniworld’s Newest Super Ship Debuts in Portugal
Uniworld’s President and CEO Ellen Bettridge was onboard to christen the new ship with its Godmother Joke De Bruyn, Uniworld’s… Read More »
Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas to Sail the Med in 2022
Royal Caribbean has just released its new summer 2022 sailings for the Rhapsody of the Seas, with itineraries departing from Greece,… Read More »
Seabourn Expands Mobile App
Seabourn has updated the onboard experience with an expanded mobile app. Seabourn Source, which is available for download prior to sailing… Read More »
Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas Receives CDC Approval
Royal Caribbean International’s Freedom of the Seas received its conditional sailing certificate on June 29, officially allowing the ship to… Read More »
American Cruise Lines’ 2021 Alaska Season Is Underway
American Cruise Lines is back cruising in Alaska, and its American Constellation was the first cruise ship to dock in Haines… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Reveals Protocols for Unvaccinated Travelers
Royal Caribbean announced that unvaccinated passengers would be banned from several areas of the Freedom of the Seas ship when it… Read More »
What would global minimum tax mean for small business?
A global minimum tax, under consideration by leading industrialized nations, would create threats and opportunities for small companies, writes LJ… Read More »
Hawaii will drop testing for vaccinated visitors
Hawaii is dropping all COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated domestic and U.S. mainland visitors as of July… Read More »
85-week high recorded; hotel occupancy nears 2019 mark
US hotel occupancy reached 68% for the week of June 13-19, its best in 85 weeks and just 9.9% below… Read More »
Sleeper train network planned for Europe
Two French entrepreneurs are planning to launch an overnight train with service from Paris to 12 European destinations. They say… Read More »
Tripscout, TravelPulse form partnership
Trip planning app TripScout and TravelPulse, a source of news about travel, are joining forces. The partnership will provide more… Read More »
Senators eye aid to hotels via federal travel allowance
A bipartisan US Senate bill aims to boost the hospitality industry’s recovery by placing a two-year freeze on per diems… Read More »
Va. hotel’s $450K investment makes virtual personal
Virginia’s Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center has invested $450,000 to gear up for the new phenomenon of hybrid — face-to-face… Read More »
Accor, International LGBTQ+ Travel Association join forces
As part of its commitment to diversity and inclusion, Accor has partnered with the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association to promote… Read More »
Days Inn in Chattanooga, Tenn., sells for $10.75M
Kamalaamrut Hospitality Corp. has sold the Days Inn by Wyndham in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., for $10.75 million. Rivergate Hotel Property… Read More »
Plans for Blackpool Central in England include hotel
Nikal and Media Invest Entertainment has replaced the name of the 126,000-square-foot indoor theme park element of the Blackpool Central… Read More »
3 contenders vie to run casino-resort in Japan
The competition to operate an integrated casino-resort in Nagasaki, Japan, has been narrowed down to three candidates — Casinos Austria… Read More »
Hotels offer new allure to residential developers
The pandemic has generated bargains in the hotel sector that are shifting the attention of real estate developers who normally… Read More »
Airlines for America urges US to reopen to EU travelers
As EU countries reopen their borders to Americans, Airlines for America continues “to urge the federal government to adopt a… Read More »
United invests in supersonic aircraft
United Airlines says it will support Boom Supersonic as the company continues development of the Boom Overture supersonic passenger aircraft…. Read More »
Air Canada adds health documentation to mobile app
Air Canada is adding a feature to its mobile app that will allow passengers to upload digital proof of COVID-19… Read More »