Santa Barbara, Calif., housing chief seeks hotel tax share
The surging hotel industry in Santa Barbara, Calif., has brought calls from the city’s housing authority director to steer some… Read More »
Commentary: Human touch will lessen in limited-service
Labor costs, technology and the influence of the vacation rental model may conspire to make limited-service hotels resemble vending machines… Read More »
HotStats: Inflation fails to deflate hotel profitability
US hotel profit remained healthy through April in the face of soaring prices for gasoline and airfares, but labor cost… Read More »
Four Seasons moves on from work-vacation dichotomy
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts has embraced “bleisure” travel as a morale booster that answers the growing demand for vacation… Read More »
Glittering past guest list touted by several European hotels
Several luxury European resort hotels treat guests to trips through history, conjuring figures ranging from movie stars to heads of… Read More »
Delta celebrates completion of LaGuardia terminal in NYC
After six years of work and $8 billion, New York City’s LaGuardia airport has been upgraded and redeveloped and Delta… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines focuses on electric planes, sustainable fuel
Hawaiian Airlines is investing in electric aircraft for interisland flights, as well as sustainable aviation fuel and emerging technologies to… Read More »
JetBlue postpones Boston to London service start
Instead of debuting Boston to London Gatwick Airport service in July, JetBlue will launch the route to Aug. 4, 2022,… Read More »
United Airlines invests $100M in pilot training center expansion
United Airlines is planning a $100 million expansion of its training center in Denver as the airline works to hire… Read More »
Air Canada resumes flights to Atlanta, Conn.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport held a “welcome back” ceremony June 1 as Air Canada resumed service from Montreal. The airline… Read More »
Southwest celebrates Pride Month with employee stories
Southwest Airlines will celebrate Pride Month with a series of videos highlighting the stories of LGBTQ+ employees. The first video… Read More »
Airlines see travel recovery continuing
The CEOs of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines expect demand for travel to continue as returning leisure and business… Read More »
United Airlines donates flights to “Operation Fly Formula”
United Airlines has joined the Fly Formula effort, volunteering to fly baby formula from London to several US airports in… Read More »
Mitch Patel plans hotel company expansion
Mitch Patel says his company, Vision Hospitality Group, plans to add 15 hotels in the next three years to its… Read More »
Hotels seek to ease traveler stress upon arrival
Hotels are focusing on how to help travelers minimize stressors as people make what can sometimes be a long trek… Read More »
Mexico City has new mansion-turned-hotel
A new boutique hotel in Mexico was borne out of a 1940s mansion, and developers plan to open the lush… Read More »
Marbella debut restarts Spain growth for Club Med
The opening this month of a resort in Marbella heralds Club Med’s return to Spain after a 20-year hiatus. Club… Read More »
Wall Street Hotel embraces history of Financial District
The Paspaley family of Australia is opening the 180-room high-end Wall Street Hotel in Lower Manhattan to reflect the financial… Read More »
Would-be hotel buyer cancels Cleveland hotel deal
VM Hotel Acquisition Corp recently backed out of a deal that would have resulted in the purchase of the Renaissance… Read More »
American employee creates portraits of fallen soldiers
Donald Jeremiah, an American Airlines fleet service clerk at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, is also the artist behind “Portraits of… Read More »
Alaska Airlines employees discuss the importance of diversity with lawmakers
A group of Alaska Airlines employees met with lawmakers about issues important to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders…. Read More »
FedEx invests in digital freight marketplace
FedEx is one of the major investors in Freightos, a digital freight marketplace. FedEx Logistics CEO Udo Lange will serve… Read More »
JFK Airport offers reservation times for security screening
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has become the seventh airport to implement Clear Secure’s virtual queue program allowing… Read More »
Airlines push White House to end pre-departure testing
White House officials met May 31 with representatives from Airlines for America and the US Travel Association, who urged the… Read More »
Tribe eyes 2023 opening for new Ind. casino-hotel
A 23-story hotel being built alongside the Four Winds Casino in South Bend, Ind., is due to open early next… Read More »
Commentary: Hospitality’s future may lie with rich, poor
Changes in the economy may well push lodging into a “barbell evolution” led by economy and limited-service growth on the… Read More »