2021 Travel Restrictions: The Latest Restart Dates for Every Major Cruise Line
Cruising’s Long-Awaited Return It’s been an entire year since cruise lines were forced to suspend operations due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic but many… Read More »
Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, Israel reopens after rocket fire
Israel’s Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport has re-opened to traffic with a number of flights taking off on Wednesday morning…. Read More »
New Mexico’s Taos Air to resume flights
Taos Air (Taos) has announced it will resume flights between Taos, a town in northern New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo… Read More »
Kenya Airways calls for loan term extensions
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is in talks with its lenders to extend moratoria on the repayment of its… Read More »
Budapest partners Zhengzhou to bolster China-EU cargo growth
Budapest Airport Ltd., the operator of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, has signed an expanded cooperation agreement with the Henan… Read More »
Croatia Airlines hires post-Covid strategy consultants
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) has hired Boston Consulting Group to develop and implement a strategy for the post-Covid market environment,… Read More »
Australian regulator launches capacity dumping inquest
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is being dragged into a continuing war of words between Rex – Regional… Read More »
Finnair announces new €400mn bond
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has issued a senior unsecured bond of EUR400 million euros (USD486 million), it announced in a… Read More »
Kenya bans flights from Somalia in new diplomatic row
Kenya has banned all commercial and cargo flights to and from Somalia until August, despite the two countries agreeing to… Read More »
Shares in travel-and-tourism giant Tui sink
Tui reported a $1.8 billion loss in the six months to the end of March, as the continuation of travel… Read More »
Visiting family top reason for travel in 2021
While 42% of those surveyed by travel tech firm Impala expect to make travel plans this year, 27% will wait… Read More »
Reclassifying employees carries risks
Travel agencies who are thinking of cutting the budget by converting employees to independent contractors need to do their homework,… Read More »
DiamondRock sells Virgin Islands hotel for $35M
DiamondRock Hospitality has sold the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef on St. Thomas, the US Virgin Islands’ largest hotel, for $35 million…. Read More »
IHG forecasts travel demand to rebound in US
InterContinental Hotels Group predicts a busy summer of travel in the US as continued COVID-19 vaccinations and easing restrictions boost… Read More »
What lies ahead for hotels this year?
Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Property Trust says it’s going to take “a while” for convention travel to return, whereas leisure… Read More »
Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca, Calif., to debut June 29
Great Wolf Lodge water park resort in Manteca, Calif., will host a sneak peek event June 15-28 before officially opening… Read More »
Star woos Crown with $6.6B bid, eyes $9.4B empire
The Star Entertainment Group has placed an $6.6 billion value on rival Crown Resorts in a merger proposal aimed at… Read More »
Severe Q1 hit, uneven rebound disclosed by Marriott
Marriott International reported a first-quarter net loss of $11 million after reaping a $31 million profit in the same period… Read More »
China’s Atour chain reportedly seeks $2B US listing
Shanghai-based Atour is responding to the tourism rebound in China by exploring an initial public offering in the US that… Read More »
Fine-tune critical thinking for better leadership
For leaders to improve and develop their problem-solving skills, there are five key areas that should be focused on, writes… Read More »
Is your workforce culturally intelligent?
Cultivate a corporate culture that embraces diversity and inclusion by sharing cultural intelligence, embedding cultural ambassadors within decision-making and policymaking… Read More »
Companies find DE&I efforts will take time
Some companies are frustrated about their pace of progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, but they should learn from mistakes,… Read More »
Kroger rolls out supplier diversity guide
Kroger’s latest diversity effort includes a downloadable blueprint designed to help diverse businesses connect with the grocer and develop stronger… Read More »
Loans aim to aid firms owned by people of color, women
American Express contributed $40 million to the Accion Opportunity Fund, which has started issuing loans of up to $100,000 with… Read More »
Opinion: Barbecue storytelling needs to be more inclusive
Adrian Miller, author of “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue,” assesses how Black barbecuers have been… Read More »
Ill. mandate calls for reporting of corporate board diversity
A new controversial Illinois mandate requiring corporations to report their board members’ gender, race and ethnicity is producing detailed responses… Read More »