Venice, Florence Push Back Against Airbnb, Short-Term Rentals
Officials in Venice and Florence, Italy want to see Airbnb hosts and short-term rental properties play by the same rules… Read More »
AMResorts To Open Mazatlan Dreams Property in December 2022
AMResorts will debut Dreams Estrella del Mar Mazatlan – its 35th property in Mexico – in December 2022. Construction on the… Read More »
Cruise Lines Battling for High Seas Return
Desperate to embark from U.S. ports after more than a year of inactivity, cruise lines were once again disappointed this… Read More »
New Parlor Suites Now Available at Trump International Beach Resort
The independently owned and operated Trump International Beach Resort, situated on South Florida’s Sunny Isles Beach, has introduced a new… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Plans Greek Isles Cruises From Cyprus
Royal Caribbean International will operate new seven-night cruises to Greece and Cyprus on the Jewel of the Seas starting July 10…. Read More »
American Cruise Lines Introduces Last-Minute COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
American Cruise Lines is requiring all passengers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to board its initial sailings this spring. The last-minute… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Sets Summer Debut in Greece for Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Cruises will resume cruising in Europe this summer with the brand-new, 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex, the second ship in the ground-breaking… Read More »
Kenya Airways panhandles for $91mn more state aid
On the same day that Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) announced a pre-tax loss of KES36.57 billion shillings (USD333… Read More »
Colorado’s Frontier Airlines hopes to raise $276mn in IPO
Having filed a registration statement outlining its intention to pursue an Initial Public Offering (IPO), Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l)… Read More »
Volotea, Air Nostrum ask for €42mn to fund electric aircraft
Volotea (V7, Asturias) has elaborated that one of the three projects it has applied for to obtain around EUR70 million… Read More »
Shareholders back capital raise at Greece’s Aegean Airlines
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has confirmed the terms of its upcoming private investor share capital increase of at least… Read More »
Thai disputes $7.3bn in lessor, Rolls-Royce claims
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has challenged THB225 billion baht (USD7.26 billion) in claims filed by a total of… Read More »
Korean LCC debt soars; Asiana hands funding to LCC units
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) has provided funding to its low-cost subsidiaries Air Busan (BX, Busan) and Air Seoul (RS,… Read More »
ConocoPhillips Aviation ends Bartlesville, OK operations
ConocoPhillips Aviation (Houston Intc’l) terminated its corporate shuttle that connects Bartlesville, OK, with Houston Intc’l, Midland Int’l, TX, Carlsbad, NM,… Read More »
Windstar provides free marketing tools for travel advisors
Windstar Cruises now offers MailPound and BranchUp to help travel advisors share videos for the cruise company at no cost… Read More »
Destinations clients are interested in
An informal survey of our readers found that advisors are starting to see increased interest in travel, with clients looking… Read More »
United boosts planned Hawaii service
United Airlines is increasing the frequency of planned Hawaii flights from its hubs in Chicago, Denver and Newark, N.J., this… Read More »
Mexico’s hotels feel shot in arm from COVID progress
Mexican tourist destinations are heating up dramatically after months of pandemic-related chill as vaccine availability lifts visitor confidence. Recovery is… Read More »
Price of being post-pandemic: End to cut-rate travel
Hotel rates and airline ticket prices are rising as the coronavirus danger is fading, studies show, and the cheap rooms… Read More »
Phoenix wellness center combines spa, exercise offerings
The Village Health Clubs & Spas is seeing a surge in clients as people focus on wellness in response to… Read More »
How to engage Pinterest’s rising travel audience
Searches related to travel rose 60% on Pinterest during 2020, in comparison to 2019, and its audience for travel content… Read More »
These hotel spas keep women’s wellness in mind
Mandarin Oriental Boston’s urban spa, W Punta de Mita and The Retreat Costa Rica’s Vida Mia Spa are on Travel… Read More »