New JetBlue aircraft feature upgraded seat fabric
JetBlue’s new A220 aircraft will feature seatback and headrest padding made from Ultraleather Promessa AV, which feels like leather and… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line Plans to Require Vaccinations for All Crew Members
Norwegian Cruise Line announced it would require that all crew members receive a COVID-19 vaccine treatment before the company begins… Read More »
Alaska Airlines takes first B737 MAX 9
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) became the first airline to take its maiden B737 MAX after the type’s ungrounding… Read More »
Lawyers advise Ethiopian not to settle with Boeing
Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa), which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a B737-8 in… Read More »
Irish judge extends Norwegian’s debt restructuring
An Irish High Court judge has extended by 30 days, until February 25, the examinership process currently underway to protect… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air in talks with OEMs over order deferrals
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing regarding the deferral of deliveries due over… Read More »
Alitalia must change brand, European Commission says
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) must be relaunched under another brand if the European Commission is to approve Italy’s plans to… Read More »
Canada’s West Wind, Transwest Air to merge, rebrand
West Wind Aviation (WEW, Saskatoon) and Transwest Air (4T, Prince Albert) have announced they will merge their operations under a… Read More »
Vaccine passports key for restart of travel, UNWTO says
Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, said vaccine passports should become essential travel documents to ensure… Read More »
Quito, Ecuador, offers culture, nature with easy entry
Ecuador’s capital, Quito, offers a getaway with opportunities to explore historic buildings and the Choco Andino de Pichincha Biosphere Reserve…. Read More »
Airlines work on securing tests as Mexico bookings drop
Americans have been canceling plans to travel to Mexico beach destinations and other Caribbean spots that have no COVID-19 testing… Read More »
Saga’s vaccine mandate gets mixed reviews
Saga Cruise became the first in the industry last week to mandate vaccinations for passengers, which was met with mixed… Read More »
$9M in trip tickets sold in 70 minutes
Interpark Tour, a South Korean travel agency, took to a home shopping channel to market a three-night Vietnam travel package… Read More »
Travelers are dreaming but few are booking
Travelers are dreaming about their next big trip to Paris or Hawaii, but most say they’re not going anywhere until… Read More »
Marriott hotel uses AI to improve HVAC efficiency
A Marriott hotel in Nova Scotia is using artificial intelligence to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through optimal HVAC… Read More »
Posh hotel may crown renewal of Colo. Springs district
Entrepreneur and downtown hotel owner Perry Sanders says he and his partners are nearing a deal with an unnamed “top… Read More »
$180M expansion coming to Full House Colo. hotel-casino
Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts has responded to a successful Colorado referendum by announcing a $180 million expansion of its… Read More »
Staying put in hotels may become mandated, Canada warns
Canada may require visitors to quarantine in hotels at their own expense as part of a government counter-attack against new… Read More »
Star-studded Standard hotel will end Hollywood career
The Standard hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., noted for celebrity guests and investors, will close after 22 years because of… Read More »
About-face by preservation board imperils hotel project
A building across from Seattle’s Pike Place Market entrance that developers hoped to raze to make way for a 14-story… Read More »
S. Fla. hotel growth puts recovery hopes into action
The pandemic-battered hotel industry in South Florida is banking on a future resurgence of tourism by opening dozens of new… Read More »
MFHA celebrates 25 years of D&I leadership
Join us for the first in a series of webinars that will chronicle the journey and progress of MFHA, its… Read More »
How to strengthen the weakest link
Keep lazy employees from sinking morale by assigning work fairly and clearly, entrepreneur John Rampton writes. Rampton details seven other… Read More »
Why it takes curiosity and support to innovate
Curiosity is the root of innovation, but collaboration and corporate support are necessary for ideas to become realities, writes Kristiina… Read More »
How to create autonomy that your team will embrace
Employees can be afraid to show initiative because of the culture, past bad experiences or a fear of failure, all… Read More »
Consumers prepared to support eateries prioritizing DEI
A recent study from Technomic reveals that consumers are ready to wield their purchasing power behind restaurants that align with… Read More »