Norwegian Cruise Line Launches Month-Long Women’s Empowerment Program
Norwegian Cruise Line announced the launch of a month-long effort encouraging team members to honor the 110th anniversary of International Women’s… Read More »
Sail Safely and Close To Home With American Queen Steamboat Company
American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC) is setting a high bar for safety when it resumes operations. AQSC is devoted to the… Read More »
FedEx, Sikorsky trial single-pilot ATR flights – report
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is working with Sikorsky Aircraft (Bridgeport) to trial single-pilot Avions de Transport Régional cargo operations,… Read More »
Tanzania’s Grumeti Air to start international ops in 2Q21
Tanzanian safari air transfer specialist Grumeti Air (Arusha), on June 2, 2021, launches scheduled cross-border flights between the Serengeti and… Read More »
Italy’s Neos plans scheduled US flights
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) has applied for exemption authority to amend its US Foreign Air Carrier permit to conduct foreign… Read More »
Mexico’s TUM Aerocarga expands internationally
Mexican cargo specialist TUM AeroCarga (MCS, México City Int’l) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit and exemption… Read More »
Omani CAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a safety circular permitting Oman Air (WY, Muscat) and all foreign carriers to… Read More »
Volga-Dnepr to build Leipzig humanitarian aid hub
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the operator of Leipzig/Halle to set up… Read More »
Ukraine abrogates CIS airspace and civil aviation agreements
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decree No. 70/2021 on the country’s “withdrawal from international treaties concluded within the framework… Read More »
Amazon nabs minority stake in ATSG for $132mn
Amazon.com intends to acquire a minority stake in Air Transport Services Group, one of its cargo transport partners, exercising previously-obtained… Read More »
Thailand lowers quarantine period for travelers
Thailand is loosening restrictions on foreign travelers next month, reducing from 14 to seven the number of quarantine days for… Read More »
Valle de Guadalupe is for wine lovers
Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California is just 45 minutes south of the US border and is a destination for… Read More »
COVID-19 travel insurance becoming a necessity
COVID-19 insurance policies are becoming a standard part of travel and is mandatory in some countries. Coverage usually includes testing,… Read More »
Basketball tourney gives bounce to Indy hotel trade
Next week’s Big 10 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are giving the struggling downtown hotel business in Indianapolis a shot… Read More »
IHG’s Meet with Confidence program meets new normal
IHG Hotels & Resorts is expanding its meetings menu to take advantage of growing confidence in travel, with emphasis on… Read More »
EU reviewing airlines’ handling of cancellations
Passenger rights is one of the issues under review by the European Commission, which is looking to how air carriers… Read More »
How to prepare for the return of travel
Travel advisors need to prepare now for the return of traveling clients. The to-do list should include a strong social… Read More »
Hyatt Place OK in Portland, Ore., will be appealed
Opponents say they’ll appeal the Portland, Ore., City Council’s approval of a proposed 23-story Hyatt Place Hotel in the city’s… Read More »
Down the tubes? Not for hotels that join TV Land
The show has gone on, literally, for some hotels with pandemic-shrunken bookings, as they’ve transformed themselves into sets for television… Read More »
2024 pegged as full rebound point for hotel values
Distressed hotel assets will take until 2023 to surpass 50% of their recent value and until 2024 to reach full… Read More »
Bankruptcy ushers out guests of San Jose, Calif., hotel
The San Jose, Calif., Fairmont hotel closed without warning Friday after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but a spokesman voiced… Read More »
Foreclosure looms for Times Square upscale hotel
Foreclosure on a complex that includes the 42-story Times Square Edition hotel and retail property, once valued at $2 billion,… Read More »
Travel is becoming more vegan friendly
The increasing popularity of veganism is creating an opportunity for travel advisors to help vegan travelers find hotels and restaurants…. Read More »
67% of hotel leaders facing panic button mandates want this
Hotel panic buttons are a must-have for worker safety. While some brands and management companies have started mandating them, a… Read More »
Google unveils free booking links, enhanced options
Google is removing fees from its hotel booking links as of today in a shift that includes expanding choices for… Read More »
MFHA presents the Seva Global cultural competency workshop
MFHA invites you to join us on March 30, 2 p.m. ET, for the Growing Business Through Understanding Cultures webinar…. Read More »