Improved business travel on horizon, Hilton CEO says
Hilton Hotels CEO Christopher Nassetta countered gloomier forecasts at the Skift Global Forum Wednesday by predicting business travel volume will… Read More »
4 competing for casino license in Terre Haute, Ind.
Four companies — Churchill Downs, Full House Resorts, Hard Rock and Premier Gaming Group — have applied to build a… Read More »
African venture joins Atlanta, Kenya hospitality companies
Atlanta management firm Valor Hospitality Partners is entering the African market via a joint venture with hotel chain CityBlue Hotels,… Read More »
MGM wins OK for $2.1B CityCenter deal, plans $3.89B sale
MGM Resorts International won Nevada Gaming Commission approval Thursday to buy out its United Arab Emirates partner in the development… Read More »
New API Data Angel Seeks to Give Meetings Data Wings
One challenge meeting managers often face is ensuring data accuracy within their meetings reports. A new application programming interface, dubbed… Read More »
Amadeus: Bundles, Adoption Propelling NDC Progress
Amadeus this month published a report dubbing 2021 as “the year of scaling” for the International Air Transport Association’s New… Read More »
Crystal Cruises Becomes First Line To Resume Sailing From New York
Crystal Cruises today becomes the first in the industry to return to sailing from New York City since the pandemic… Read More »
Views From a Danube River Cruise
Emerald Cruises’ Danube River Cruise My recent voyage with Emerald Cruises on the Danube River took us through big cities… Read More »
Carnival Corp. Outlines Positives in Gradual Return to Service
Despite an adjusted net loss of $2 billion in the third quarter, Carnival Corp. detailed positive developments as eight of… Read More »
Volaris El Salvador begins commercial flight operations
Volaris El Salvador (VOS, San Salvador Int’l) launched commercial flight operations on September 15, 2021, using its first A320-200N transferred… Read More »
Expensify Touts Carbon Neutrality in 2021, Eyes Net-Zero by 2030
Corporate payments and expense management provider Expensify has achieved carbon neutrality for 2021 and plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas… Read More »
Bangladesh’s Fly Dhaka, Air Astra begin certification
Fly Dhaka, a Bangladeshi start-up, applied for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh as it… Read More »
Cambodia’s Sky Angkor readies to resume int’l flights
Sky Angkor Airlines (ZA, Phnom Penh) is ready to transport South Korean and Chinese tourists to the Kingdom once the… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings to open Canary Islands base
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has secured charter contracts for the Winter 2021/22 season for services connecting Las Palmas… Read More »
Haji-Ioannou snubs easyJet rights issue
The biggest shareholder of easyJet (U2, London Luton), the family of founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has decided not to participate in… Read More »
El Al fires back at gov’t, demands $100mn compensation
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has responded to the letter Israel’s Ministry of Finance sent to… Read More »
Pakistan CAA threatens PIA over $758mn in unpaid debts
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has issued a notice to flag carrier PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad… Read More »
Thai Lion Air resurrects A330neo operational plans
Thai Lion Air (SL, Bangkok Don Mueang) has again taken delivery of an A330-900, indicating its plan to resume the… Read More »
US’s Northern Pacific Airways secures first six B757-200s
FLOAT Alaska LLC has secured its first six B757-200s for its forthcoming long-haul division Northern Pacific Airways and hopes to… Read More »
British Airways Abandons Short Haul Hopes at London Gatwick
Common Sense Prevails in London…at Last! No, not the reopening of the US aviation market this week although that was… Read More »
Delta sees place for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet in its fleet
Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) sees a place for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane at the carrier as it looks to reshape… Read More »
Vaccine mandates for travel are legal in the U.S.
Vaccine mandates trickled into the U.S. travel sphere last winter, picked up steam in the spring and hit fever pitch… Read More »