Survey: Travelers starting to rebook
A new survey by IHG Hotels & Resorts finds people are preparing to travel this year, rebooking trips canceled in… Read More »
Hotel market aided by available capital
There is available capital in the hotel market, which is helping hotels to hold their value. “I’ve been very surprised… Read More »
Fund drive seeks historic Black-founded hotel’s revival
One of the first African-American hotels in Thomasville, Ga., closed for half a century, may live again as an Airbnb… Read More »
Land under Ace Hotel New York sold for $45M
Safehold, the real estate investment trust managed by iStar Financial, has purchased the ground beneath the 285-room Ace Hotel New… Read More »
New Calif. hotel drawing lofty bids from potential buyers
A new 85-room Four Seasons hotel in Napa Valley in California is reportedly receiving bids worth more than $170 million… Read More »
Hotels to NYC mayor: Lift tax penalty, save our future
Major brands have joined with smaller properties in beseeching Mayor Bill de Blasio to relieve the devastated New York City… Read More »
Presidents Day Weekend Prompts Another Holiday Travel Surge
It seems that Americans are eager to take advantage of the President’s Day long weekend, as over a million people… Read More »
Delta Expands Service To Latin America With New Routes
Starting today, Delta Air Lines is resuming passenger flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Guarulhos International Airport… Read More »
Airlines Add Service To the Mexican Caribbean
The Mexican Caribbean continues to expand its reach with new flights to Cozumel and Cancun. American Airlines is offering weekly service to… Read More »
Alaska Airlines 30 Percent Off Sale for Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts
If your idea of the perfect Valentine’s Day gift is a romantic getaway, but you haven’t quite hammered out the details yet,… Read More »
United Airlines Announces New Service Between Honolulu, Orange County
United Airlines announced Friday it would offer the only nonstop flights between Orange County, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii, this summer. Tickets… Read More »
CDC providing guidance on COVID-19 testing for air travel
US policymakers are in “active conversation” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding a coronavirus testing program for… Read More »
Safari operators preparing for uptick in travel
Safari tour operators are optimistic that business will pick up quickly as soon as vaccinations start to change the pandemic… Read More »
Collaborative to create standards for health passports
The Good Health Pass Collaborative has been organized by 25 companies to help develop interactive system for the more than… 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 »
ASTA survey reveals grim picture for agencies
As it lobbies Washington for more financial assistance, the American Society of Travel Advisers says a new survey finds that… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines CEO “cautiously optimistic”
Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram said he is “cautiously optimistic” as the airline has reopened all its mainland… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet confirms addition of B777-300 freighters
Having raised CAD350,156,500 Canadian dollars (USD275.9 million) through a share offering with the aim of funding an expansion of its… Read More »
Houthi drone strike damages Saudi A320
An A320-200 operated by Saudi Arabia’s low-cost carrier flyadeal (F3, Jeddah) was damaged in a drone attack conducted by Yemen’s… Read More »
Cathay Pacific secures most Cathay Dragon mainland rights
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has awarded Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) traffic rights to 15 routes… Read More »
Namibia confirms liquidation of flag carrier
The Namibian government has confirmed it has decided to liquidate Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) as it can no longer… Read More »
Etihad’s focus on smaller aircraft puts fleet plans in limbo
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) will focus on rebuilding its operations as a medium-size carrier with smaller twin-aisle B787s… Read More »
United to invest in eVTOL start-up, eyes 200-unit order
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has announced an agreement with California’s Archer Aviation, a start-up developing electric vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL)… Read More »
House committee backs extended airline payroll support
The House Financial Services Committee approved $14 billion in payroll support for airlines and $1 billion for aviation contractors as… Read More »
Research concludes airports’ anti-virus efforts significantly reduce risk
Airports have done a good job of putting in place layers of measures recommended by public health experts to mitigate… Read More »
US sanctions Mahan Air’s Chinese cargo GSA
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Shanghai Saint Logistics Limited to… Read More »