Caribbean Airlines Launching Barbados Flights
Caribbean Airlines will launch non-stop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport… Read More »
Singapore Airlines To Test IATA Travel Pass
Singapore International Airlines (SIA) on Monday said it will be the world’s first airline to test the International Air Transport… Read More »
Airline Groups Pleading for Standardized COVID-19 Credentials System
Airline officials and other trade groups are looking to United States President Joe Biden and his administration to develop and… Read More »
Airlines Want CDC To Revise Guidance on Vaccinated Travelers
The airline industry, through its lobby group Airlines for America (A4A), is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More »
Couples Resorts Updates COVID-19 Refund Policy
Adults-only Jamaica all-inclusive operator Couples Resorts will honor refunds within 24 hours prior to arrival for all guests who report… Read More »
Kimpton Announces New Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced March 9, 2021, that it will open the Kimpton Goodland Hotel – Fort Lauderdale Beach in April…. Read More »
Three New Itineraries Await Guests Aboard Riviera River Cruises
Riviera River Cruises will debut three new itineraries when its ships resume cruises on the rivers of Europe. Travel the… Read More »
Princess, Holland America Line, Seabourn Cancel More Sailings
Carnival Corp. sister companies Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn canceled more cruises through June 30, 2021, or later. Princess canceled cruises from Los… Read More »
Royal Caribbean International Suspends Cruising Through May 31
Royal Caribbean International extended the suspension of cruising through May 31, 2021 – excluding sailings onboard Quantum, Spectrum, Voyager, and Odyssey… Read More »
Crystal River Cruises To Return Crystal Mozart To Service in 2022
Crystal River Cruises will redeploy the Crystal Mozart double-wide river ship in Europe in 2022. Crystal announced in 2019 that it was moving… Read More »
Colorado’s Frontier Airlines begins fresh go-around for IPO
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) parent Frontier Airlines Holdings has filed an S-1 registration statement outlining its interest in pursuing… Read More »
Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines launches IPO
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) has launched its initial public offering, hoping to raise up to USD240 million through… Read More »
Eurowings to open Berlin base in 2Q21
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is boosting its presence in the German capital with the opening on April 1 of a… Read More »
Boeing, Norwegian likely to clash in US courts – lawyer
As its examinership process presses forward in Dublin, Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has told Ireland’s High Court that it expects… Read More »
Cyprus’s Tus Airways gears up for restart with first A320
Tus Airways (U8, Larnaca) has taken delivery of its first A320-200 as it looks to restart operations albeit under a… Read More »
UK’s Royal Air Force to retire VIP BAe 146s
The Royal Air Force (RFR, Brize Norton) is planning to sell the four BAe Systems quadjets it uses as a… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to appeal De Havilland $43mn lawsuit win
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has said it will appeal against a ruling at the High Court of Justice in London,… Read More »
Transatlantic tariffs over Airbus/Boeing subsidies lifted
In separate trade accords, the United States has agreed with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to reciprocally suspend… Read More »
Employee consortium out of race to buy Air India – report
The employee consortium that expressed an interest in buying Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has not been shortlisted for the… Read More »
Need a refund? Create a paper trail
Travel advisors with clients who are having trouble getting a refund should tell them to create a paper trail, with… Read More »
Zanzibar is enforcing nudity ban with big fines
When visiting Zanzibar modesty is a must or be prepared to pay hefty fines, especially for public nudity, which can… Read More »
Dude Rancher portal is a horse lovers dream
The Dude Ranchers’ Association has launched a new platform to help travelers find the right ranch for a vacation. The… 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 »
Google it: Travel is much on consumers’ minds
Analysis of activity via Google, the world’s leading search engine, indicates that interest in travel coupled with optimism over vaccine… Read More »
Poll finds vast majority forgoing spring break travel
Only 12% of Americans plan spring break trips despite widening availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey by… Read More »
Meetings firm identifies cutting-edge tendencies
Vaccine availability has set the meetings business on the road to recovery, while regional gatherings reached by car remain ahead… Read More »