Southwest spotlights citizenship, sustainability efforts
Southwest Airlines has added a channel to its inflight entertainment offerings celebrating its corporate citizenship initiatives. One of the videos… Read More »
United Airlines marks 96th birthday
United Airlines celebrated its 96th birthday on April 6. The carrier traces its origins back to Varney Air Lines, which… Read More »
Racial history lessons taught by former Ogden, Utah, hotel
The Royal Hotel in Ogden, Utah, now a sober living facility but for decades a haven for African-Americans amid racial… Read More »
2025 debut set for Waldorf Astoria in Sydney, Australia
Construction is proceeding on the first Australian edition of Hilton Hotels’ luxury Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand. The 28-floor,… Read More »
Southwest Airlines’ new fare class allows credit transfer
Southwest Airlines’ new fare class courts business travelers by allowing flight credits to transfer between customers. The Wanna GetAway Plus… Read More »
A4A chief economist talks air travel recovery
“The good news is I think we have a very tangible, palpable recovery under way,” A4A Chief Economist John Heimlich… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines offers matching carbon offsets
Hawaiian Airlines is offering passengers the opportunity to offset carbon emissions from their flights and will match contributions made in… Read More »
American adds wine, nutrition experts to culinary team
American Airlines has named Julia Coney as its latest wine consultant, the first Black woman to oversee wine selections to… Read More »
Firm pays $248M for Naples, Fla., Grande Beach Resort
HP-SSP Naples Hotel and HP-SSP Naples Golf, possibly affiliates of Pennsylvania-based Aztec Group or London-based Henderson Park Capital Partners, have… Read More »
Arizona AG wins court round in university hotel fight
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovic’s lawsuit against the state’s public university board over a hotel development deal is alive again…. Read More »
Omni CEO: Inflation can’t deflate lodging bounce-back
Omni Hotels & Resorts President Peter Strebel is waxing bullish on hospitality’s prospects in the face of rising inflation, which… Read More »
Spain-based hotel software firm Amenitiz raises $30M
Lodging software supplier Amenitiz has closed on $30 million in Series A financing within a few months of unveiling a… Read More »
H Hotel W39 reaching into the sky in Midtown
The H Hotel W39 on West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan continues to climb toward the sky, with the 28… Read More »
Futuristic Sonder takes fresh look at tried and true
Sonder Corp. is reinforcing its hotel innovation strategy with a conventional approach of wooing groups through negotiated rates for corporations…. Read More »
American resumes service between London, Phoenix
American Airlines resumed direct service between Phoenix and London after a two-year hiatus. The first flight left on April 5.
Delta adds service from Milwaukee to NYC
Delta Air Lines is adding a new route between Milwaukee, Wis., and New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport…. Read More »
Preferred’s Beyond Green forms platform with &Beyond
Preferred Hotel Group’s luxury independent hotel and resort collection, Beyond Green, is partnering with upscale travel company &Beyond on a… Read More »
Delta program widens access to career opportunities
Delta Air Lines is employing a “skills-based” approach that fosters diversity and greater opportunity by eliminating a college degree requirement… Read More »
Wash. airport concourse expansion to kick off next year
Major construction is expected to begin in mid-2023 on the expansion of Concourse C at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington,… Read More »
Hoteliers concerned with lack of transportation from airport
Aspen, Colo., hotels and other businesses are concerned about the labor shortage in ground transportation from the airport to the… Read More »
Seattle hotel dessert inspired by ghost story
In Seattle’s Hotel Sorrento, Carolynn Spence, the executive chef at Stella’s, shared that a ghost story about spirits wandering the… Read More »
Spanish hotel to open in June
Mercure Benidorm will open in June in Benidorm, Alicante, Spain, as its conversion from Benilux Park Hotel will be complete…. Read More »