Accor enters lifestyle big leagues with Ennismore deal

Accor commands one of the world’s largest lifestyle portfolios with the closing of a transaction giving it a 66.67% share… Read More »
United poised to lay off nearly 600 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccine

United Airlines announced Tuesday it is poised to lay off nearly 600 employees who refused to get the company-mandated COVID-19… Read More »
Majestic Princess Celebrates Maiden Call at Los Angeles

Princess Cruises celebrated the arrival and return to service of Majestic Princess at the Port of Los Angeles on Oct…. Read More »
Oceania Cruises Opens 2023 Europe and North America Collection for Booking

Oceania Cruises opened its recently unveiled 2023 Europe and North America Collection of voyages for sale to the general public…. Read More »
Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady Departing on First Cruise From Miami

Virgin Voyages, the new lifestyle cruise brand, was scheduled to depart Oct. 6 on its first sailing from PortMiami –… Read More »
Explora Journeys Starts Construction of Second Luxury Ship

Explora Journeys, the newly launched luxury brand of the MSC Group, began construction on its second ship with a steel-cutting… Read More »
NASA moves two astronauts off delayed Boeing missions to SpaceX

NASA moved a pair of astronauts off Boeing’s first two crewed missions to a SpaceX mission next year, in a… Read More »
Taliban asks international airlines to return to Kabul Airport

The Taliban is asking commercial international airlines to return to Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, promising ‘full cooperation.’ According to a… Read More »
Italy’s Neos Airlines offers direct flights from NY JFK to Milan

Neos, Italy’s second-largest Italian airline, received official approval from the US Department of Transportation to operate scheduled passenger flights to… Read More »
ClearView provides an interactive global map

Argus International’s new ClearView provides an interactive map that can give a global look or be narrowed down to a… Read More »
American Airlines has a new codeshare with India’s IndiGo

American Airlines announced a new codeshare agreement with India’s leading carrier, IndiGo. Starting in October (pending government approval), the deal… Read More »
Preferred Office Network Partners with Hubli

The Preferred Office Network has partnered with Hubli, formerly MeetingsBooker.com, to launch an on-demand workspace and meetings reservations platform for… Read More »
AirAsia eyes all-A321neo fleet with order conversion

AirAsia Group has converted its thirteen remaining A320-200N orders into A321-200Ns as it looks to exclusively operate the latter type… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways volte-faces on B777 plans

Contrary to earlier indications that it would abandon the type, Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) is now contemplating reactivating some… Read More »
British Airways to second B777 pilots to Qatar Airways

British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has notified its B777-rated pilots of a secondment opportunity at Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad… Read More »
Tata to unite Air India, AirAsia India, Vistara – report

Budget airline AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) would be united with Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) as a single entity… Read More »
What To Consider When Booking Your Next Beach Vacation

As cooler temperatures begin to make their appearance in many areas around the United States, it doesn’t take long for… Read More »
Hotel Engine to Offer Sonder Inventory

Hotel Engine has added short-term rental provider Sonder’s inventory to its offerings, the companies announced Tuesday. The inventory will be… Read More »
Airlines warn erratic global COVID-19 rules could delay recovery at IATA’s annual meeting

Global airlines on Oct. 5 wrapped up their first meeting since COVID-19 brought their industry to its knees, voicing optimism… Read More »
Emirates President pressures Boeing over 777X jet delays

The head of Dubai airline Emirates piled pressure on planemaker Boeing (BA.N) on Oct. 5 over delays to its 777X… Read More »
Lufthansa buys former Philippine Airlines A350-900s

Lufthansa is continuing to modernize its fleet by opportunistically picking up planes when there’s a good deal. This has some… Read More »
Air Europa maintenance obtains FAA repair station certification

Air Europa Maintenance is now authorized to perform repairs such as periodic maintenance checks on commercial aircraft operating under U.S…. Read More »