Air Canada gets approval to acquire Transat
The Canadian government has approved Air Canada’s plans to buy the airline Transat A.T. for $190 million, with Transport Minister… Read More »
Valentine’s Day flower deliveries are booming for UPS
This Valentine’s Day, UPS is adding 73 additional flights to help transport 91 million flowers — 21 million more than… Read More »
White House: “No decisions” on domestic travel restrictions
Ahead of a meeting with US airline executives, the Biden administration signaled that it has no current plans to require… Read More »
Royal Caribbean to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine for Crew Members
Royal Caribbean International has joined the list of cruise lines that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for crew members before sailings resume. As… Read More »
Riviera River Cruises Extends Flexible Policies and Onboard Credit Promotion
Riviera River Cruises has extended its flexible customer care policies and its onboard credit promotion through March 31, 2021, to… Read More »
Virgin Voyages Giving Away 2,021 Cruises in “Shipload of Love”
Virgin Voyages will give away 2,201 cruises as part of its new “Shipload of Love” promotion that will pay tribute to… Read More »
Toronto leases hotel to use as temporary shelter
Toronto has entered into an agreement with a local hotel to lease its space to serve as a temporary homeless… Read More »
Some hotels let guests rent the entire spa
Rush Creek Lodge in Groveland, Calif., La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio and Florida’s Eau Palm Beach are… Read More »
MSC Cruises Introduces Industry’s First Humanoid, Robotic Bartender
MSC Cruises revealed its newest flagship MSC Virtuosa would feature the industry’s first-ever humanoid, robotic bartender at sea. Debuting as part of… Read More »
Plans for Great Wolf Lodge in Perryville, Md., expand
Great Wolf Resorts is expanding its plans for a Great Wolf Lodge water park resort in Perryville, Md. The project… Read More »
Venue change nixed in Marriott Wardman Park bankruptcy
A court has turned down a request from Marriott International to move the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for a Washington,… Read More »
San Francisco hotel program for homeless may get boost
Five members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have proposed adding 500 hotel rooms to the 1,850 now available… Read More »
Amtrak Launches BOGO Valentine’s Day Sale
Amtrak is offering customers a special “Buy One Get One Free Sale” for Valentine’s Day. Starting today through February 16,… Read More »
Upscale Amarillo, Texas, hotel hearkens to Roaring ’20s
The first luxury hotel in Amarillo, Texas, set to open in April, dates to the 1920s and retains both the… Read More »
Delta adjusts schedule, adds five Minneapolis routes
Delta Air Lines is adding five routes from Minneapolis/St. Paul, to Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Portland, Maine; Providence, R.I.; Savannah, Ga.;… Read More »
Airlines shift from business to leisure routes
Airlines continue to bolster routes to leisure destinations to meet demand, including service to Latin America, Hawaii and Florida, which… Read More »
JetBlue Celebrates 21st Anniversary With New Flights To Florida
JetBlue celebrates its 21st anniversary today, February 11, announcing that it’s added two new flights to Miami and Key West,… Read More »
Facebook, Twitter and Clubhouse features to check out
Julia McCoy, CEO of Express Writers, explores seven features across Facebook, Twitter and Clubhouse that marketers can capitalize on to… Read More »
Tips for navigating taxes and self-employment
Self-employed workers whose net earning exceed $400 should report that income on tax returns, columnist Liz Weston of NerdWallet writes…. Read More »
Sustainable tourism is goal of Bandar Khamir
Bandar Khamir, a port city in southern Iran, is working to develop a sustainable tourism model as one of UNESCO’s… Read More »
Tough questions for travel advisors
Travel writer Steve Frankel says travel advisors are having to answer some tough questions about travel safety. They include how… Read More »
Empathy is the basis of good conversation
Conversations can be improved when you bring a mindset of empathy, both in how you listen and in the positive… Read More »
Making meetings work for all attendees
Meetings can be stressful for people who feel they don’t fit in for one reason or another. Here are five… Read More »
How a Harvard case study can help Black female CEOs
MetricStream’s struggles during the 2008 financial crisis have become a case study on how Black female CEOs, in particular, handle… Read More »
University officials part of travel diversity effort
Tourism Diversity Matters, an organization launched this month, is centered on apprenticeships, workforce development, diversity-equity-inclusion training and research in the… Read More »
Aunt Jemima becomes the Pearl Milling Company
Aunt Jemima has rebranded as the Pearl Milling Company with new packaging to hit stores in June, and the brand… Read More »