Avalon To Offer More Active & Discovery Cruises in 2022
Avalon Waterways’ Active & Discovery cruises, which offer Avalon Choice excursions, will be more widely available in 2022, according to… Read More »
Azamara Announces Return to Sailing With New Greece Voyages
Azamara, the boutique cruise line specializing in Destination Immersion experiences, today announced that its return to the high seas will… Read More »
Wizz Air eyes India, Africa expansion after pandemic
Wizz Air Holdings is considering an expansion into India and Africa as pandemic-related travel restrictions continue in Europe, its chief… Read More »
Link PNG renews plans to acquire stake in PNG Air
Link PNG (Port Moresby) has renewed plans to acquire a minority shareholding in fellow Papuan domestic carrier PNG Air (CG,… Read More »
Russia’s Skol Aviakompania faces bankruptcy lawsuits
Skol Aviakompania (CDV, Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka) continues to owe billions of rubles to GTLK – State Transport Leasing through a number… Read More »
Utah’s SkyWest Airlines secures further $250mn payroll boost
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has entered into a Payroll Support Program 3 Agreement with the United States Department… Read More »
Kenya Airways, Congo Airways ink strategic partnership
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and Congo Airways (8Z, Kinshasa N’Djili) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for… Read More »
Hassan gov’t pledges to rescue Air Tanzania
Tanzania’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has pledged to rescue struggling state-owned Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam), which is… Read More »
TAP secures EC nod for €462mn in additional state aid
The European Commission has green-lighted another EUR462 million euros (USD556.6 million) in Portuguese state support for TAP Air Portugal (TP,… Read More »
A4A CEO voices support for extending mask mandate
Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas Calio voiced support for extending the federal mask mandate past May and for… Read More »
Tahiti reopening to US travelers May 1
Tahiti is welcoming US travelers who have been vaccinated and tested negative starting May 1. Unvaccinated tourists will have to… Read More »
Intrepid Travel features low-carbon travel alternatives
Intrepid Travel is offering more than 40 “decarbonized” tours for environmentally minded travelers. The excursions offer alternative transportation such as… Read More »
Online betting app yields jackpot for MGM Resorts
The online betting app BetMGM created by MGM Resorts in 2019 will raise $1 billion in net revenue by 2022… Read More »
Data suggest rebound in Hawaiian tourism
Several indicators suggest that Hawaiian tourism is recovering, with STR noting that hotel occupancy rose to 43% in March compared… Read More »
Investors are bullish on travel startups
Startup travel businesses are attracting investors, with carbon-free air travel company, Universal Hydrogen raising $20.5 million. HalalBooking got a $5… Read More »
Hotel hunting heats up with summer getaway fever
A new survey shows sharp increases in vacation plans and hotel shopping by Americans as summer approaches, with coronavirus concerns… Read More »
Travel advisors form leadership group
A new organization, the Travel A.L.L.I.E.S. Society, aims to improve leadership skills in travel advisors who have at least five… Read More »
Some Canadians are walking home
Canadians are using a pandemic loophole to avoid a three-day quarantine required of air travelers. They are flying into US… Read More »
Less space, more keys: New Homewood prototype in works
A new prototype for the extended-stay Homewood Suites by Hilton features reduced site size, increased room numbers and enhanced food… Read More »
Businesses in desperate search for seasonal workers
Restaurants, hotels and other popular tourist attractions are worried about the lack of workers this summer season due to coronavirus… Read More »
Entertainment center opens at Vietnam’s sole casino
A $2.8 billion entertainment complex from VinGroup has opened in a Phu Quoc, Vietnam, development that includes Corona Resort &… Read More »
Market woes slow ambitious Anchorage, Alaska, project
Developers plan a trio of new hotels for downtown Anchorage, Alaska, but a definite opening date has been set for… Read More »
Shanghai International Resort earned $6B-plus in 5 years
China’s Shanghai International Resort, anchored by Shanghai Disneyland, has collected about $6.16 billion in tourism revenue and has drawn more… Read More »
Automation greets hotel guests in coronavirus wake
Marriott International is leading a pandemic-spurred foray into machine-based check-ins on the part of the hospitality industry, meeting consumer demand… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines serenades passengers in Texas capital
Hawaiian Airlines imported a local musical group to serenade passengers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport as they boarded the carrier’s first… Read More »
Southwest Airlines, Phillips 66 partner on sustainable fuel
Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement with Phillips 66 to support the use of sustainable aviation fuel through research and… Read More »