10 Trends That Will Shape the Hospitality Industry in 2021
Trends That Will Define 2021 The hospitality industry will continue to face an unprecedented level of challenges amid the coronavirus… Read More »
AmaWaterways Unveils List of Hosts for 2021 Celebration of Wine River Cruises in Europe
AmaWaterways today announced the return of several popular wine hosts – as well as a few new surprises – for its… Read More »
MSC Cruises Offers Up to $400 Spending Credit for Wave Season
MSC Cruises USA’s “Your Cruise, Your Choice” promotion for Wave Season offers up to $400 spending credit per stateroom on… Read More »
Nudist Cruise Announced for Carnival Ship
The cruise industry is working diligently to safely return to service, but some travelers are already booking voyages, including a… Read More »
Muscat to dissolve the Oman Aviation Group
Oman’s government has announced the dissolution of the Oman Aviation Group (OAG) with its assets and tasks to be redistributed… Read More »
Qatari embargo set to end amid detente with Saudi bloc
The blockade of Qatar is set to end after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) all… Read More »
British Airways set to secure £2.0bn UKEF-backed loan
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has secured a GBP2 billion pound (USD2.74 billion) loan partially guaranteed by the United Kingdom’s… Read More »
JetBlue Airways adds first A220
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) wrapped up 2020 with the delivery of its first A220-300 on December 31. N3008J… Read More »
Lao Airlines suspends international charters to stem COVID
Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) has suspended all international charter flights to reduce the risk of a second wave of COVID-19… Read More »
Interups, employees tweak their Air India bid
Interups, which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has withdrawn its Expression of Interest for Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l),… Read More »
Emirates now expecting B777X induction in 2023
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) says it does not expect to take delivery of its first B777-9 earlier than 2023, three… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice… Read More »
Delta gives back throughout tough 2020
Delta employees maintained a spirit of giving throughout 2020, including donating 10,000 pints of blood and one million pounds of… Read More »
Tenn. facility benefits from Southwest workers’ charity
Southwest Airlines employees in Nashville recently “adopted” 180 residents of an area assisted living facility, creating a wish list tree… Read More »
Holiday TSA screening remain 50% lower than in 2019
The Transportation Security Administration screened about 10.2 million people at airport checkpoints between Dec. 18 and Dec. 28, the highest… Read More »
Southwest, United prepare for 737 Max return to service
Southwest and United are preparing to return the Boeing 737 Max to service, and American Airlines has already resumed flights… Read More »
Airlines continue to add routes but capacity remains down
Airlines continue to add routes where they see demand, such as United increasing service to Grand Junction, Colo., and Hawaiian… Read More »
US considers, Canada requires passenger testing
“Efforts are currently ongoing in the US to assess the risk reduction associated with testing and other recommended preventative measures,… Read More »
Federal aid provides relief for US airline employees
Southwest Airlines announced it will not be forced to implement furloughs or pay cuts and American and United are bringing… Read More »
US airlines look toward recovery in 2021
US airlines lost an estimated $35 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking ahead to what Delta CEO… Read More »
Passenger, cargo airlines coordinate vaccine distribution
CNBC and Delta Air Lines highlighted the critical role US airlines, including American, United, Delta, UPS and FedEx, have in… Read More »
Baltimore extends hotel contracts for homeless
The city of Baltimore will cover hotel fees for local homeless residents through March 2021, by extending an arrangement between… Read More »
These hotel openings won’t lack for grandeur
Resorts World Las Vegas, touted as perhaps the costliest hotel-casino project in history, joins properties from Australia to Vietnam on… Read More »
Circa CEO: Vegas casinos will have “robust” 2021
Derek Stevens, CEO of Las Vegas’ D Casino and Hotel, Circa Resort and Casino and the Golden Gate Hotel and… Read More »
Pair wages national jobs crusade for ex-hotel staffers
Two laid-off hotel employees have started a campaign to alert other industries to the transferable skills of their peers and… Read More »
MGM Resorts gets cool response to $11B Entain bid
MGM Resorts International has made an $11 billion purchase offer for Entain PLC, owner of the British gaming company Ladbrokes…. Read More »