Air Canada partners with Airbus on carbon removal
Air Canada is among six airlines that are partnering with Airbus in purchasing carbon removal credits from 1PointFive, an Airbus… Read More »
Air Canada will relaunch Miami-Vancouver route
Air Canada will reconnect service in December between Miami and Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific coast. The airline has not flown… Read More »
Alaska plans to intro electronic luggage tags this year
Alaska Airlines will begin to offer passengers electronic luggage tags later in 2022 to help reduce the time spent dropping… Read More »
Aviation reiterates commitment to carbon neutrality
Sustainability is the headline topic at the Farnborough, England air show as aviation pursues a variety of emissions-cutting approaches, including… Read More »
Opinion: Hotelier wins in Boston convention center plan
Most local hotels figure to gain little benefit from the proposed $400 million expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition… Read More »
Wellness walks wild side in resort’s animal-aided amenity
The Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa in England’s Lake District is enlisting the animal kingdom as a stress relief regimen… Read More »
Inflation, interest rates cited as red flags for hotel buys
Rising inflation and interest rates are cooling the ardor of small-to-medium-size hotel investors despite the heat-up of leisure travel, a… Read More »
Hopes rise along with occupancy for Chicago Loop hotels
Hotel occupancy in the Chicago Loop has reached its highest level since the pandemic started, and a board member of… Read More »
MCR secures $420M in refinancing for 30 hotels
Four firms have combined to provide hotel owner-operator MCR with a $420 million refinancing package for 30 Marriott- and Hilton-affiliated… Read More »
Dallas’ NewcrestImage continues growth after sell-off year
Dallas-area chain NewcrestImage is expanding its portfolio by nearly 700 rooms with the purchase of four La Quinta-branded properties in… Read More »
Colo. community looks to hotels for transit worker housing
Transportation officials in Glenwood Springs, Colo., plan to acquire a hotel for conversion to housing for employees and may make… Read More »
Goh will leave CEO role at Star Alliance in 2022
Jeffrey Goh will step down from the CEO position at Star Alliance this year, leaving after five years at an… Read More »
Canada restarts random COVID-19 testing
Canada will resume random COVID-19 testing starting July 19 for passengers arriving at four major airports who are fully vaccinated,… Read More »
Fla. pilot joins in Ukrainian relief effort
Pilot John Bone of Apalachicola, Fla., is volunteering with Ukraine Air Rescue to bring Ukrainian refugees to safety in Germany… Read More »
Project to advance hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion
Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace have launched a hybrid-electric propulsion technology program, to be based at the Raytheon Technologies… Read More »
Delta plans service between New York and Berlin
Delta Air Lines will launch service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Berlin next May. The airline… Read More »
American confirms commitment to buy eVTOL aircraft
American Airlines has agreed to delivery slots and payment arrangements for 50 electric Vertical and Take Off Landing (eVTOL) aircraft…. Read More »
Kalahari Resort project in Thornburg, Va., approved
A rezoning request by Kalahari Resorts & Conventions to convert an almost 135-acre plot of agricultural land in Thornburg, Va.,… Read More »
MGM Resorts, others said to be courting Genting Singapore
MGM Resorts is among parties showing interest in one of Singapore’s two casino operators as tourism rebounds, insiders say. MGM… Read More »
Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong opening soon
Ocean Park is slated to open its new Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong on Monday. The hotel will… Read More »
Ore. airport prepares to install wooden roof
Portland International Airport is set to install a nine-acre wooden roof on its expanded passenger terminal. The Oregon airport is… Read More »
Delta employees set blood donation record
Delta Air Lines employees obtained a record 14,743 units of blood for the American Red Cross in fiscal year 2022… Read More »
TSA adds PreCheck gender option
The Transportation Security Administration will add a new gender option on its application process to the PreCheck program “to better… Read More »
Nevada hotel well-known to ghost buffs goes on block
The historic Goldfield Hotel, named for a small deser town that was the most populous in Nevada during gold rush… Read More »
JetBlue-backed hydrogen plane nearly ready for liftoff
Universal Hydrogen’s test aircraft, backed by JetBlue Technology Ventures, is almost ready to fly. The innovative engine will power an… Read More »
Hotels sweeten deals with free gas as inflation sours travel
Many hotels are offering free gas cards as perks this summer to counter higher fuel prices — and room rates… Read More »