Seabourn Honored With 29 Top Travel Awards
Luxury ocean and expedition cruise line Seabourn received 29 travel industry awards from major consumer and travel publications this year,… Read More »
Hilton Expands Waldorf Astoria Brand in Mexico
Hilton announced the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand’s third property in Mexico is scheduled to open in early 2025…. Read More »
Hong Kong Holds First FAM Trip, Launches Trio of Tourism Strategies
Hong Kong seems to have determined that it’s finally time to bring back foreign tourism, following nearly three years of… Read More »
Amtrak Unveils Renderings for Newest Trains
Amtrak revealed the first renderings of its newest trains, the Amtrak Airo series, which are scheduled to debut in 2026… Read More »
Visalia, California Becomes Country’s First Autism Certified Destination
The city of Visalia in Central California announced that it has become the first-ever certified Autism Destination in the U.S…. Read More »
Highgate Inks Agreement to Acquire Viceroy Hotels & Resorts
An affiliate of the principals of Highgate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, a… Read More »
AMR Collection Becomes Inclusive Collection, Adds European All-Inclusives to Portfolio
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has officially announced that the AMR Collection has changed to the Inclusive Collection, part of World of… Read More »
Passenger Dies After Falling Overboard Cruise Ship
A woman perished at sea early Thursday morning after falling overboard the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia while it was roughly… Read More »
NCLH Names New Leaders for Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced that Andrea DeMarco will become president of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Frank A…. Read More »
Silversea Cruises Names Barbara Muckermann President and CEO
Silversea Cruises Chief Commercial Officer Barbara Muckermann will become president and CEO of the ultra-luxury line on January 1 and… Read More »
Delta Air Lines says the travel boom isn’t over and forecasts revenues up 20% in 2023
Delta expects 2023 earnings to nearly double thanks to ‘robust’ travel demand. The airline expects its adjusted earnings to nearly… Read More »
Interactive Platform 22Miles, Zoom Partner on Mtg. Space Booking
Zoom Video Communications partnered with interactive SaaS platform 22Miles on a booking solution dubbed 22Miles Space Booking Marketplace, integrating an… Read More »
World’s best airlines and airports in AirHelp’s 2022 survey
Global airlines are rated based on claims processing, on-time performance and customer opinion, and airports are assessed by on-time performance,… Read More »
VisitBritain Projects Robust Recovery in International Visitor Spending
VisitBritain released a 2023 inbound tourism forecast projecting £29.5 billion ($36.67 billion) in international visitor spending, which represents a 4… Read More »
Mexico’s Tourism Revenue Continues Dramatic Growth
More than $22 billion will enter Mexico from international visitors from January to October 2022, 49.2 percent more than during… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Enters the Metaverse with New Digital Cruise Ship Experience
Celebrity Cruises is entering the metaverse, launching a virtual experience of its newest ship, the 3,260-passenger Celebrity Beyond. The digital… Read More »
Acquisition to Take Coupa Private Next Year
Business spend management provider Coupa Software plans to go private next year via an $8 billion acquisition by software investment… Read More »
FairFly Automates Change Order Processing for TMCs
FairFly has developed a tool to automate miscellaneous change order processing for travel management companies, the travel technology provider announced…. Read More »
Acquisition to Take Coupa Private Next Year
Business spend management provider Coupa Software plans to go private next year via an $8 billion acquisition by software investment… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Officially Names Wonder of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International has officially welcomed Wonder of the Seas into its family of award-winning cruise ships. The new vessel… Read More »
Chicago Travel Industry Golf Outing Raises $7,500 for Make-A-Wish
Organizers of the 2022 Chicagoland Travel Industry & Hospitality Golf Outing have donated $7,500 to Make-A-Wish Illinois, a non-profit charity… Read More »
Accommodation Platform AltoVita Appoints CTO
London-based serviced apartment platform AltoVita has appointed former TravelPerk executive Ivan Peralta as chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday…. Read More »
IHG Appoints Glover CFO
Michael Glover will take over as CFO for InterContinental Hotels Group, effective March 20, the company announced Tuesday. Glover will… Read More »
CBRE: U.S. Hotels’ F&B Revenue Trails Pre-Covid Levels
CBRE Hotels Research cites staffing shortages, cost control and straggling group travel through April 2022 among the top causes for… Read More »
The Best and Worst Airlines for Holiday Travel
How US Airlines Rank for Holiday Headaches Flying during the hectic holiday travel season can be challenging but some airlines… Read More »
Preferred Travel Group Signs Climate Action Declaration
Preferred Travel Group—parent company of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Beyond Green and Historic Hotels of America—announced that it has become… Read More »