Dubai Tourism Mandates Hotels Commit To Sustainability
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has mandated that all hotels join Dubai Sustainable Tourism’s (DST) Sustainability… Read More »
Hilton Announces 11 New Lifestyle Brand Hotels
Hilton has officially announced that Tempo by Hilton and Motto by Hilton, two of the company’s lifestyle brands, will grow… Read More »
US House Passes Bill To Allow Cruising in Alaska
The U.S. House on May 20 passed a bill that could help restore an abbreviated cruise season this year. The… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Receives Over 21,000 Entries for Free Cruise Offer
Royal Caribbean International received over 21,000 entries after offering 999 free cruises for residents of the United Kingdom working in the… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to raise $4.7bn after worst year ever
Singapore Airlines Group has announced that it will raise a further SGD6.2 billion Singaporean dollars (USD4.7 billion) from its shareholders… Read More »
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana to re-register aircraft in Ireland
Air Astana (KC, Nur-Sultan Nazarbayev) is set to re-register all of its Aruba-registered aircraft in Ireland over the remainder of… Read More »
Attestor Capital acquires majority stake in Germany’s Condor
English private equity fund Attestor Capital LLP has acquired a 51% stake in Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l). The German leisure… Read More »
US’s JetBlue Airways confirms inc’l debut in mid-3Q21
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) has outlined the details of its long-awaited transatlantic debut and is now set to… Read More »
Australia’s brad pitches for crowd-funding
Australia may have a new domestic airline called “brad” in 2022 – that is, if its founders can raise at… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY unveils initial network plans for S21
PLAY (FPY, Reykjavik Keflavik) has unveiled its initial network plans covering a range of destinations in Europe, with the first… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Cargo Air adds first B737-800(SF)
Cargo Air (CGF, Sofia) took delivery of its first B737-800(SF) on May 18, 2021, shortly after the European Union Aviation… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirBlue banned from Peshawar ops due to fake PCRs
The Pakistani Civil Aviation Authority (PkCAA) has banned AirBlue (PA, Karachi Int’l) from flying to Peshawar after, on two occasions,… Read More »
LATAM Airlines orders six more B767-300(ERBCF)s
LATAM Airlines Group has announced that it firmed options for four P2F-converted B767-300(ERBCF)s and ordered a further two units of… Read More »
SAA to restart latest by mid-3Q21 says CEO
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will take to the skies again in July or at the latest early… Read More »
Apollo to cut stake in Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines
Just two months after going public, Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) announced in a May 17 statement a proposed… Read More »
Aer Lingus to close Shannon base amid restructuring plan
As feared, Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) outlined in a statement on May 18 plans to close its base at… Read More »
London City Airport receives CAA and Public Health England accreditation for new health measures
As international travel ramps up from UK airports ahead of the summer, the health and safety measures in place at… Read More »
Boeing resumes 737 MAX deliveries
Boeing resumed deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX on Wednesday, following approval of a fix for an electrical grounding issue… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X posts record quarterly loss
Malaysian long-haul budget airline AirAsia X Bhd reported a record loss for the first three months of the year and… Read More »
Singapore Airlines posts record $3.2 bln annual loss
Singapore Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore December 8, 2020. Photo: Reuters Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) on… Read More »
Tips to nurture workers’ mental health at small firms
Weekly check-ins and up-to-date information on company mental health resources can encourage small-business employees to seek help, human resources expert… Read More »
Listening to your customers is critical
Customer experiences won’t always go according to plan, but Neil Peretz, co-founder of Proxifile, notes that entrepreneurs can learn valuable… Read More »
What to do if a PPP loan was pending when funds ran out
Millions of applications were in lenders’ pipelines when funding ran out for the Paycheck Protection Program. One option that remains… Read More »
How subscription models can normalize revenue
Subscription business models generate predictable revenue streams by focusing on clients’ success, so everyone in a company must put client… Read More »
EU eases travel restrictions for summer
The 27 countries of the European Union have approved easing restrictions and allowing fully vaccinated travelers from outside Europe to… Read More »
Sleep pods unveiled at British Airways’ first-class lounges
Weary first-class travelers looking to take a quick snooze at British Airways’ New York JFK or London Heathrow airport lounges… Read More »