Maritime travel a lucrative niche for agencies
As business and leisure travel lags, travel agencies are finding a lucrative niche — maritime travel, helping workers to far-flung… Read More »
Southwest plans service to 3 new cities
Southwest Airlines is launching three more cities to its route map: Bellingham, Wash.; Eugene, Ore.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Adding New Flights for 2021
Southwest Airlines announced plans to add service to three new airports in 2021. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly revealed the carrier would… Read More »
Etihad Airways Extends Global COVID-19 Insurance
Etihad Airways has announced that it’s extending its COVID-19 global wellness insurance to cover passengers until October 1, 2021. The Abu Dhabi-based… Read More »
Qantas Offers Travelers Mystery Flights To Unknown Destinations
Australian airline Qantas announced plans to operate three domestic mystery flights that explore the country while international borders remain closed. The three… Read More »
Chinese Airline Suspends Pilot, Flight Attendant for Mid-Air Fight
You’ve heard of passengers gone naughty on airline flights. Now they’ve been joined by naughty crew. China’s Donghai Airlines has suspended a… Read More »
Disruptive Airline Passenger Strikes Attendant, Attacks Cockpit Door
An Air France flight was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday after a passenger allegedly attacked an attendant… Read More »
Enterprise Helping Local Restaurant Industry With Employee Bonus
Enterprise Holdings, which owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, gifted all 80,000 of its employees… Read More »
Fairmont El San Juan Hotel Offers New Bleisure Package
The Fairmont El San Juan Hotel is now offering the new Bleisure in Style package, which blends business and leisure travel… Read More »
What’s Next for Airlines, Tourism After Relief Bill Passes Senate?
The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, the third stimulus package in the last year,… Read More »
Millions Affected by Global Airline Data Breach
American, United, Lufthansa, Singapore and FinnAir are among several airlines whose frequent flyer information might have been compromised in a… Read More »
American 737 MAX Makes Emergency Landing
Ten weeks after American Airlines became the first commercial airliner to put the Boeing 737 MAX back in use, the… Read More »
How Grand Palladium Jamaica Is Keeping Health and Safety Top of Mind
Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa Located on the northeast coast of Jamaica, the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa… Read More »
United Engine Failure Reportedly Came After Pilots Increased Speed
The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday said the engine that caught fire and failed last month on United Flight… Read More »
Study finds low particulate levels onboard aircraft
Commercial aircraft cabins at altitude had the lowest levels of aerosol particulates in the air compared to restaurants, stores, homes,… Read More »
Japan to decide this month about Olympics’ tourists
Japan says it will decide by the end of the month whether to ban international tourists from attending the Olympics…. Read More »
New factor in hotel choice: Sustainability
Sustainability can join the selling points for hotel selection thanks to a formula developed by the corporate lodging platform HRS…. Read More »
JetBlue is expanding into travel tech
JetBlue is trying to expand into a travel tech company to create more stability, says Eash Sundaram, JetBlue’s chief digital… Read More »
Partnership between Loews, Omni reflects new normal
A new partnership between Loews Hotels & Co. and Omni Hotels & Resorts will promote collaboration and cross-marketing with focus… Read More »
Lag in business travel may become permanent
The effect of the pandemic on the business travel industry has been 10 times more serious than both the Sept…. Read More »
Vaccinations put seniors in the mood — to travel
Some travel advisors are seeing an uptick in bookings with more than half coming from seniors who are vaccinated or… Read More »
Southwest extends Colo. service past the ski season
Southwest Airlines has extended through June 5 service from Denver to Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden, Colo., and Montrose… Read More »