Legal issue slams brakes on NYC pandemic hotel closure
A court filing stopped New York City’s transfer of more than 8,000 homeless people from pandemic hotels to shelters as… Read More »
Air Canada helps children’s meals organization expand
Free travel and financial support from the Air Canada Foundation has helped Breakfast Club of Canada to expand its efforts… Read More »
Southwest partners with adaptive water sports organization
One of Southwest Airlines’ charitable partners is AccessSurf, a Hawaii-based organization that works to give people with disabilities access to… Read More »
Hawaii passengers can upload health data through Clear app
All Hawaii-bound passengers can participate in Hawaii’s Safe Travels Program through uploading vaccination or test data through Clear’s Health Pass… Read More »
Aviation leaders to highlight push toward sustainability
Executives from Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, GE Aviation, Safran, Rolls-Royce and Airbus are participating in a virtual round table this week… Read More »
United Airlines to add more warm-weather flights
United Airlines will add about 150 daily flights to sunny vacation destinations this winter, mostly from its hubs in New… Read More »
Delta adjusts winter schedule to western ski destinations
Delta Air Lines has adjusted its planned schedule of winter flights to ski destinations in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho…. Read More »
Alaska Airlines to focus on increasing frequency
After expanding its route map over the past two years, including six destinations added during the pandemic and new flights… Read More »
United CEO optimistic on continued travel recovery
While leisure travel continues to recover due to pent up demand, full recovery remains dependent on lifting international travel restrictions… Read More »
NYC’s $370M Margaritaville Resort makes debut
The $370 million Margaritaville Resort Times Square hotel has opened in Manhattan’s entertainment district, complete with the city’s only year-round… Read More »
Hard-pressed hotel workers suffer hard time from guests
The New England hospitality industry is making formal pleas for courtesy to the public and mapping coping strategies for personnel… Read More »
Daily housekeeping ended at most of Hilton’s US hotels
Housekeeping at Hilton hotels in the US will be done daily only at the request of guests, except for the… Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort hotels in Fla. to reopen soon
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., will reopen its Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort on July 19 following an extensive… Read More »
Pittsburgh pandemic hotel nears end of year-plus run
A county- and nonprofit-run hotel in Pittsburgh that’s been a free refuge from the pandemic for the vulnerable since April… Read More »
Serve yourself, buyer beware: Buffets back, carefully
The all-you-can eat buffet, once considered a permanent casualty of the pandemic, is re-emerging to a highly limited extent and… Read More »
RevPAR snapshot shows first pre-pandemic leap for hotels
Revenue per available room for US hotels rose 5.7% last week compared to the same period in 2019, according to… Read More »
Exec pioneered frequent-flyer programs at American
Thomas Plaskett, who died June 24 at the age of 77, created the first comprehensive frequent-flyer program as an executive… Read More »
Southwest exec: Pandemic altered plans, accelerated expansion
Southwest Airlines launched Hawaii service in 2019 with the intent to expand in 2020, but as a result of the… Read More »
A look inside New Orleans’ mostly abandoned airport
As the old New Orleans airport awaits a combination of demolition and repurposing, it maintains eerie signs of life with… Read More »
Alaska Airlines offers travel tips for vaccinated travelers returning to Hawaii
Alaska Airlines has some useful information for those planning a return to Hawaii after the state lifted travel restrictions for… Read More »
Air Canada exec lauds travel agent partners for pandemic dedication
Lucie Guillemette, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Air Canada, posted video messages thanking the airline’s travel agent… Read More »
Delta releases safety video featuring “Queer Eye” Fab Five
While a safety video that Delta Air Lines filmed with the “Fab Five” from “Queer Eye” was pre-empted because of… Read More »
Air freight demand stabilizing as capacity rebounds
Freight companies such as Atlas Air, FedEx and UPS continue to reap the benefits of high air cargo rates as… Read More »
American Airlines ships vaccines to Guatemala in global White House effort
As part of a White House initiative to share 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with underserved countries, American Airlines shipped… Read More »
Air travelers benefit from robust airline industry competition
Consumers can credit robust competition for driving the airline industry’s unprecedented levels of affordability and accessibility. Over the past decade,… Read More »
American Jazz Riverboat Stuck on Sandbar in Kentucky Lake
American Cruise Lines’ modern riverboat American Jazz ran aground on a sandbar on July 7 in Lake Barkley, Ky., during its July… Read More »