Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic historic flight opens space tourism
With company owner and uber-adventurer Sir Richard Branson on board, Virgin Galactic today announced that VSS Unity successfully reached space,… Read More »
Woman Gets Duct-Taped To Her Seat After Attempting To Open Airplane Door
On July 6, an unnamed passenger aboard a late-night flight found herself duct-taped to her seat after allegedly going ballistic… Read More »
Great European rail journeys
Europe’s Remarkable Railways While you can go on a great train trip in many places around the world (including right… Read More »
What it’s like cruising the Greek Isles right now
I’m a worrier by nature, so although I was very much looking forward to a Greek Isles sailing aboard Celestyal Cruises’ Celestyal… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Puts Top Executives To Work – Moving Baggage
Like its brethren in the industry, Alaska Airlines has been caught up in the perfect storm hitting aviation at the… Read More »
Extreme Vegas Heat Forces Southwest to Cancel Some Flights
Just as with other extreme weather phenomena – snowstorms, thunder and lightning, hail and ice – it turns out that… Read More »
Biden Administration Goes After Airlines With Executive Order
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a sweeping Executive Order aimed at reeling in corporate powers, including cracking down on… Read More »
Daily housekeeping ended at most of Hilton’s US hotels
Housekeeping at Hilton hotels in the US will be done daily only at the request of guests, except for the… Read More »
Pittsburgh pandemic hotel nears end of year-plus run
A county- and nonprofit-run hotel in Pittsburgh that’s been a free refuge from the pandemic for the vulnerable since April… Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort hotels in Fla. to reopen soon
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., will reopen its Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort on July 19 following an extensive… Read More »
Serve yourself, buyer beware: Buffets back, carefully
The all-you-can eat buffet, once considered a permanent casualty of the pandemic, is re-emerging to a highly limited extent and… Read More »
Exec pioneered frequent-flyer programs at American
Thomas Plaskett, who died June 24 at the age of 77, created the first comprehensive frequent-flyer program as an executive… Read More »
Alaska Airlines offers travel tips for vaccinated travelers returning to Hawaii
Alaska Airlines has some useful information for those planning a return to Hawaii after the state lifted travel restrictions for… Read More »
Delta releases safety video featuring “Queer Eye” Fab Five
While a safety video that Delta Air Lines filmed with the “Fab Five” from “Queer Eye” was pre-empted because of… Read More »
American Airlines ships vaccines to Guatemala in global White House effort
As part of a White House initiative to share 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with underserved countries, American Airlines shipped… Read More »
Air travelers benefit from robust airline industry competition
Consumers can credit robust competition for driving the airline industry’s unprecedented levels of affordability and accessibility. Over the past decade,… Read More »
Discover Pavia in the Lombardy Region
From the courtyard of its University have passed great minds like Ugo Foscolo and Alessandro Volta. On the roads of… Read More »
Large Cruise Ships Return to Alaska
Alaska welcomed its first large cruise ship of the season. Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas called in Ketchikan, marking nearly… Read More »
The Latest Trends as Cruising Resumes
Summer Cruise Trends Online cruise marketplace CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends report for July 2021, shedding new light on the… Read More »
Costa Rica Prepares To Welcome Cruise Ships Back
Starting Sept. 1, Costa Rica will reactivate the cruise tourism for the 2021-22 season to stimulate tourism and employment in… Read More »
Moon Palace Cancun To Host Hootie & The Blowfish Vacation Concert
The Moon Palace Cancun resort announced it will host Hootie & the Blowfish’s first destination concert vacation event, a 4-day rock concert… Read More »
Spirit Airlines To Add Domestic, Resume All International Routes From Orlando
Based in South Florida, ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is spearheading air traffic’s recovery at Orlando International Airport (MCO), with plans to provide more than… Read More »