Three NCLH Cruise Brands Scheduled To Restart Operations Outside the US
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will resume operations overseas with all three of its brands this summer. Oceania Cruises will… Read More »
Airports Company SA pulls plug on Mango
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) was grounded on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, after the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)… Read More »
Finnair ups savings target to €170mn on €149mn 1Q21 loss
As it posted another steep quarterly operating loss, EUR149.1 million euros (USD180.1 million) for the first quarter of 2021, Finnair… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways boosts A220 order book – report
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) has reportedly ordered twenty incremental A220-300s increasing its total order for the type to… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) took delivery of its first A320-200N on April 26, 2021, the first of three it… Read More »
American Airlines joins Summer 2021 leisure wave
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has followed its rivals in announcing a panoply of new domestic leisure routes to cater… Read More »
Alitalia and successor ITA face “tragic” situation – CEO
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) faces a “tragic” situation as it cannot pay salaries to its employees for April until emergency… Read More »
Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas takes delivery of first A220
Air Manas (MBB, Bishkek) took delivery of its first A220-300 on April 26, 2021, with plans to add another later… Read More »
N.Y. tour operator uses VR to market Italy
Perillo Tours, a New York tour operator, is using video and virtual reality to market its tours to Italy. One… Read More »
Survey: Travel advisors say summer bookings are up
In its latest Need to Know survey, TravelAge West found that 76% of the nearly 400 travel advisors who responded… Read More »
Md. Marriott teams up with doggie beer garden
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel has partnered with a dog park/beer garden that offers brews and treats for pooches and their… Read More »
Auction, foreclosure for 2 Calif. hotels seen as omen
A public auction and foreclosure are in the works for two hotels in California’s Silicon Valley whose owners defaulted on… Read More »
Corporate trip directors to hotels: How green are you?
Corporations making travel plans have dramatically increased their requests for sustainability data from hotels, according to various hospitality companies. The… Read More »
Oakland A’s to fund stadium portion of project with hotel
The Oakland A’s have pledged $1 billion to build a 35,000-seat stadium as the centerpiece of a $12 billion project… Read More »
Media push woos guests to Las Vegas hotel-casinos
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority kicked off a tourism ad campaign this week in anticipation of the return… Read More »
AF Academy Visitor’s Center with hotel nears reality
A nonprofit hotel and conference center will be part of a new Air Force Academy Visitor’s Center in Colorado Springs… Read More »
City experts see disaster in NYC hotel review plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to require City Council approval for all new hotel projects could cost New York City… Read More »
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Are you doing enough to stop gender inequality at work?
HR leaders from SABIC, VF Corp. and other companies share how they’ve worked to reduce gender inequity at their businesses…. Read More »
Experts: Firms must identify, eliminate bias in recruiting
Diversity initiatives in the insurance industry need to include efforts to broaden the scope of recruiting and identify and eliminate… Read More »
Senate passes bill on hate crimes against Asian Americans
The Senate voted 94-1 to approve a bill intended to heighten law enforcement tracking of hate crimes against Asian Americans… Read More »
Walmart bolsters diversity in leadership roles
Walmart’s latest update to its ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts show 25% of its key leadership roles are now held… Read More »
Restaurants’ futures depend on diversity, immigrant hires
As the restaurant industry is largely dependent on immigrant workers, issues around deportation and diversity, and how it will affect… Read More »
Heinz pledges up to $1.2M to Black-owned restaurants
Heinz is teaming with The LEE Initiative and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice to give up to $20,000 to 60… Read More »
Okinawa all-villa resort will mark Rosewood Japan debut
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts plans to open an all-villa resort in 2024 in Okinawa, Japan, an area of subtropical islands… Read More »
United Airlines upgrades health data app
United Airlines has upgraded its “Travel-Ready Center,” the app that allows passengers to upload COVID-19 test data and access destination… Read More »