Hygiene, kid-friendly rank high in Expedia traveler study
Cleanliness is the number one criterion for booking lodgings and “room for improvement in ‘kid-friendly’ hotels” is cited by seven… Read More »
Southwest employees pitch in for National Volunteer Month
As Southwest Airlines celebrated National Volunteer Month in April, crew members pitched in to plant trees, create cards for terminally… Read More »
American, JetBlue to stream NBA games
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways will soon stream National Basketball Association games live on international flights equipped with Viasat high-speed… Read More »
Southwest Airlines resumes alcohol and coffee service
Southwest Airlines is bringing back alcoholic beverage options, starting with beer and red wine, on flights to and from Hawaii… Read More »
United resumes service to two northeast cities
United Airlines will resume service in June from Washington Dulles to Ithaca, N.Y., and Manchester, N.H. “As travel continues to… Read More »
Alaska begins Seattle to Cincinnati-area service
Alaska Airlines has begun service between Seattle and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport with an eye toward business travelers. “The No…. Read More »
Delta CEO to host video interview series
Delta Air Lines has debuted Gaining Altitude, a video series in which CEO Ed Bastian will discuss “conversations with insightful… Read More »
Alaska Airlines leisure travel nearly at pre-pandemic level
Alaska Airlines’ leisure travel bookings are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, said CEO Ben Minicucci, estimating that business travel will… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Restarts In-Flight Food and Drink Service
The post-pandemic travel experience is beginning to materialize, and we’re starting to see signs of a return to relative normalcy…. Read More »
American Airlines Launching New Five Star Essentials Service
American Airlines announced the launch of its new Five Star Essentials service, designed to simplify the airport experience. Travelers will soon… Read More »
Breeze Airways Joins TSA PreCheck
Brand new U.S. airline Breeze Airways has joined the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck expedited screening program ahead of its debut on… Read More »
Guatemala Luxury Resort Villa Bokéh Set for June Debut
Villa Bokéh, a seven-room deluxe hacienda resort in historic Antigua, Guatemala, will open June 10 as the country’s second Relais & Chateaux property…. Read More »
Belmond Introduces New Experiences at European Properties
Europe is reopening, and travelers can take advantage of exciting new offerings. Belmond will introduce a series of new cultural, culinary… Read More »
How Hawaii Hotels Performed in April 2021
Hawaii is reporting some relatively good news on the hotel front. Statewide, its hotels reported significantly higher revenue per available room… Read More »
Marriott Announces Opening of First AC Hotels Brand in Hawaii
Marriott International announced the opening of AC Hotel by Marriott Maui Wailea, the first property in the Hawaiian Islands for the… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Sets Return to Alaska With Two Ships
Royal Caribbean International plans to launch its Alaska season with seven-night cruises roundtrip from Seattle on Serenade and Ovation of the… Read More »
Windstar Completes Lengthening of Second Motor Yacht
Windstar Cruises officially welcomed Star Legend back into the fleet after undergoing a major renovation at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo,… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Sets Sail For Alaska Beginning July 23
Celebrity Cruises will start cruising in Alaska on July 23 on the 2,218-passenger Celebrity Summit. The 90,940-ton Celebrity Summit will sail… Read More »
AmaWaterways To Resume River Cruising in Europe in July
AmaWaterways plans to restart rivers cruising in Europe on select ships, starting July 3 in Portugal. “We are so excited to… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air pushes back Airbus, Boeing deliveries
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) has agreed with both Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries of unspecified aircraft originally due… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera shareholders okay $66.4mn capital increase
Shareholders of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) have approved a 10% capital increase from KWD20 million dinars (USD66.4 million) to… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Electra Airways returns last B737-400
Electra Airways (EAF, Sofia) has returned its only, and long inactive, B737-400, Skyliner Aviation has reported. LZ-EBA (msn 28723) was… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX signs for five A321(P2F)s
GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ST Engineering and its in-house leasing arm Aviation… Read More »
European court rules rescue of Spain’s Air Europa was legal
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the EUR475 million euros (USD578.8 million) in Spanish government loans… Read More »
Qantas sheds hundreds more jobs to cut costs
Qantas Group will retrench several hundred more employees in addition to 8,500 jobs already axed as the airline targets to… Read More »
Carnival’s new Mardi Gras ship leaving for Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras ship will arrive at Port Canaveral in Florida on June 4 and await approval… Read More »