American Airlines Launching New Five Star Essentials Service
American Airlines announced the launch of its new Five Star Essentials service, designed to simplify the airport experience. Travelers will soon… Read More »
Breeze Airways Joins TSA PreCheck
Brand new U.S. airline Breeze Airways has joined the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck expedited screening program ahead of its debut on… Read More »
Guatemala Luxury Resort Villa Bokéh Set for June Debut
Villa Bokéh, a seven-room deluxe hacienda resort in historic Antigua, Guatemala, will open June 10 as the country’s second Relais & Chateaux property…. Read More »
Belmond Introduces New Experiences at European Properties
Europe is reopening, and travelers can take advantage of exciting new offerings. Belmond will introduce a series of new cultural, culinary… Read More »
How Hawaii Hotels Performed in April 2021
Hawaii is reporting some relatively good news on the hotel front. Statewide, its hotels reported significantly higher revenue per available room… Read More »
Marriott Announces Opening of First AC Hotels Brand in Hawaii
Marriott International announced the opening of AC Hotel by Marriott Maui Wailea, the first property in the Hawaiian Islands for the… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air pushes back Airbus, Boeing deliveries
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) has agreed with both Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries of unspecified aircraft originally due… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera shareholders okay $66.4mn capital increase
Shareholders of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) have approved a 10% capital increase from KWD20 million dinars (USD66.4 million) to… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Electra Airways returns last B737-400
Electra Airways (EAF, Sofia) has returned its only, and long inactive, B737-400, Skyliner Aviation has reported. LZ-EBA (msn 28723) was… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX signs for five A321(P2F)s
GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ST Engineering and its in-house leasing arm Aviation… Read More »
European court rules rescue of Spain’s Air Europa was legal
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the EUR475 million euros (USD578.8 million) in Spanish government loans… Read More »
Qantas sheds hundreds more jobs to cut costs
Qantas Group will retrench several hundred more employees in addition to 8,500 jobs already axed as the airline targets to… Read More »
Wizz Air UK takes off again from Gatwick
Wizz Air UK, has announced it has restarted flights from Gatwick Airport, following the UK Government’s lifting of the ban… Read More »
Spain to lift restrictions for UK and Japanese travellers
Spain has said it is officially lifting restrictions for UK travellers from Monday, when a decree takes effect. The government… Read More »
Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for toilet break
The incident took place on the Tokaido Shinkansen railway line. A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left… Read More »
Carnival’s new Mardi Gras ship leaving for Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras ship will arrive at Port Canaveral in Florida on June 4 and await approval… Read More »
Choosing a specialty
This week, we continue with why you chose your specialties. Several respondents noted that they saw a void and decided… Read More »
Younger travelers are turning to travel advisors
The travel industry has been pummeled by the pandemic, but it has created a new appreciation for travel advisors especially… Read More »
Planned luxury hotel touted as first for Wilmington, Del.
A development team says it will open the first luxury boutique hotel in Wilmington, Del., early next year in a… Read More »
Startup focuses on modular rooms for hotels, apartments
MiTek, a startup owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has entered a modular building partnership with Danny Forster & Architecture that will… Read More »
Agencies vie for chance to revive Las Vegas tourism
As Las Vegas begins to see in uptick in guests at casinos and hotels, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors… Read More »
Hotel operations site MyDigitalOffice buys Broadvine
MyDigitalOffice, a hotel performance management platform, hopes to enhance its services with the purchase of budgeting and forecasting software provider… Read More »
Shell company in Accor’s plans for expansion
France-based Accor, Europe’s largest hotel company, says it will launch a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to raise about $365… Read More »
Mich. tribe earns federal approval on casino-hotel project
A $180 million project to build a casino and hotel in Fruitport Township, Mich., may finally come to fruition for… Read More »
Hotel tax lifted for NYC’s summer tourist season
New York City will attempt to revive its devastated tourism trade by suspending its hotel tax for three months as… Read More »
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