UPS to make drone deliveries, join Verizon’s 5G partnership
UPS Flight Forward and Verizon’s Skyward are planning to enable deliveries via drone in a Florida retirement community. UPS and… Read More »
Delta Posts Multi-Billion Dollar Loss in 2020, Eyes Recovery in 2021
Delta Air Lines is thrilled to have its “toughest year” ever in the rearview and is optimistic about forging a recovery in… Read More »
Delta deploys cleanliness “ambassadors”
Delta Air Lines’ Global Cleanliness division is deploying a team of “clean ambassadors” who will audit cleaning processes and procedures… Read More »
FAA orders “zero tolerance” for disruptive air passengers
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Steve Dickson has ordered the agency to take a “zero tolerance policy” against passengers disrupting airline… Read More »
Where in the US to honeymoon
The pandemic has played havoc with many a wedding but the honeymoon must go on, and Travel & Leisure has… Read More »
Ahead of Inauguration, Amtrak CEO Issues Statement on Safety and Security
Anticipating further pro-Trump protests and upheaval on Inauguration day—akin to January 6’s deadly incursion of the U.S. Capitol—Amtrak is asking for… Read More »
Credit card issuers rethink rewards amid pandemic
Credit card issuers are shifting their rewards programs away from air travel-related incentives as the coronavirus pandemic has hindered travel…. Read More »
American, JetBlue partnership will move ahead
The partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways will move forward following regulatory review, as the airlines agreed to slot… Read More »
Caribbean Resorts and Destinations Address New CDC COVID-19 Protocols
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s new protocols requiring travelers returning to the U.S. to present proof of a negative… Read More »
US to require negative tests for international fliers
The Centers for Disease Control said that travelers entering the US on international flights will be required to present a… Read More »
AMResorts Introduces Onsite Testing, Extended Stays and Increased Flexibility
AMResorts has introduced CleanComplete+. The enhanced program now offers onsite Covid-19 antigen testing, extended quarantine stay accommodations and increased booking flexibility… Read More »
Alaska Airlines plans N.Y.-San Diego service
Alaska Airlines will add nonstop service between New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and San Diego. The route… Read More »
Sandals and Beaches Resorts To Offer Free COVID Testing
In light of the U.S. requirement for arriving travelers from abroad to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, Sandals… Read More »
CNN to cut airport network, citing drop in travel
CNN will shut down its airport network March 31, citing “the steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled… Read More »
Palladium Unveils Onsite COVID-19 Testing at Its Resorts
Palladium Hotel is making COVID-19 PCR tests available to its hotel guests in the wake of the Centers for Disease… Read More »
AIC Hotel Group Offering Free COVID-19 Testing, Medical Assistance
All-inclusive Hard Rock Hotels throughout Mexico and the Caribbean, including UNICO 20 87 Hotel Riviera Maya and Nobu Hotel Los Cabos… Read More »
25% of business travelers balk at COVID-19 vaccine
One-quarter of business travelers are not interested in taking the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available and 36% do not… Read More »
Aurora Expedition Opens Pre-Registration for 2022-23 Antarctic Voyages
Aurora Expeditions, which received record bookings for its 2022 Arctic and global season, has opened pre-registration for its Antarctic 2022-23… Read More »
Oceania Cruises Unveils Another 180-Day World Voyage
Oceania Cruises, which pioneered six-month-long World Cruises in 2015, is offering another one in 2023. Sales open Jan. 27, 2021. The “Around… Read More »
Cruise Lines Waiting on Additional Guidance From CDC to Begin Test Sailings
Nearly three months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allowed its no-sail order to expire in favor of a… Read More »
Silversea’s New Silver Dawn Floats Out in Italy
Silversea Cruises’ new ship Silver Dawn touched water for the first time during a float-out ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard… Read More »
Royal Caribbean To Operate Homeport in Barbados for First Time
Royal Caribbean International will operate cruises from Barbados for the first time starting in December 2021. The Grandeur of the Seas… Read More »
American Queen Steamboat Company and Victory Cruise Lines Announce New Offer
American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC) and Victory Cruise Lines (VCL), part of the Hornblower Group, just launched both lines’ 2021… Read More »
Silversea Cruises Offers $200 Bonus Commission Through Feb. 28
Silversea Cruises is offering $200 bonus commissions for new bookings made by Feb. 28 on any voyage departing from July 1… Read More »
Carnival Celebrates First Steel Cut for New Excel-Class Ship
Carnival Cruise Line celebrated the start of construction of its new Excel-class ship, Carnival Celebration, with the first steel-cutting at the Meyer… Read More »
PPP changes include more eligible expenses
Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program that reopens today include an eight- to 24-week window to use funds and a… Read More »