Is Business Travel Poised for Early Return?
Business travel, arguably the group most affected by the coronavirus pandemic over the last 18 months, could be poised for… Read More »
Venice’s Ban on Large Cruise Ships in Its Lagoon Begins Today
Today, Venice enacts its recently announced ban on ships and cruise liners weighing over 25,000 tons, or measuring over 180 meters (590 feet) long,… Read More »
Princess Cruises Completes Its First Voyage Following Pandemic Pause
Princess Cruises’ Majestic Princess returned today to Seattle, having successfully concluded the first among a partial season of seven-day Alaska sailings,… Read More »
Ex-IndiGo, Jet Airways chiefs join ‘Indian Ryanair’ start-up
Aditya Ghosh, president of IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) for ten years from August 2008 to July 2018 and known… Read More »
American Airlines eyes minority stake in Chile’s JetSMART
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced a new partnership with JetSMART (JA, Santiago de Chile Int’l) entailing both an… Read More »
Airbus launches A350 freighter
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) has formally confirmed it will proceed with the construction of an A350 freighter variant with a… Read More »
L3Harris Technologies relaunches US pilot pathway scholarships
L3Harris Technologies is relaunching its Pilot Pathway Scholarship program, which started in July, to help ensure training is accessible to… Read More »
Deutsche Aircraft selects Garmin for its D328eco
Deutsche Aircraft has announced that it has selected Garmin G5000 avionics to be fitted into the newly designed CompanionTM flight… Read More »
Vaccination Rates Rise in Puerto Vallarta as New COVID-19 Protocols Are Enacted
Puerto Vallarta continues to welcome travelers from the United States as local vaccination efforts steadily increase. Approximately two-thirds of local… Read More »
Analysis Shows Las Vegas Lost $34 Billion From the Pandemic
Las Vegas, the ultimate city of numbers, is looking at a staggering figure for losses due to the pandemic last… Read More »
Start-up Avelo Airlines Adding Four New Routes from LA
While its fellow low-budget start-up carrier Breeze Airways has had to already trim its flight schedule, Avelo Airlines said this week… Read More »
Spirit CEO Wants Employees Vaccinated, But Won’t Mandate It
Amidst the backdrop of a national debate of mandating the COVID-19 vaccines, Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie said Friday he… Read More »
Southwest Files Suit Against Flight Search Site Skiplagged
Southwest Airlines has filed a lawsuit in Texas against online travel agency Skiplagged.com, saying the flight-search site does not have… Read More »
Signature Tranquility Collection Arrives at Sandals Royal Barbados’ South Seas Village
The highly anticipated, all-new Signature Tranquility Collection is now open at the luxurious Sandals Royal Barbados. It brings 66 brand-new Club… Read More »
Indian billionaire’s new airline may give Boeing a chance to regain lost ground
Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s plan to launch an ultra-low-cost airline, could give planemaker Boeing a chance to regain lost ground… Read More »
Conrad Spa taps into indigenous traditions
The Conrad Spa at Mexico’s Punta de Mita resort offer treatments that builds indigenous wellness practices, including hand-woven massage cocoons.
CapitalOne to open its first airport lounge in Dallas
CapitalOne plans to open a lounge at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport this fall and additional branches in 2022 in Denver… Read More »
Face mask requirements reinstated at Disney theme parks
Regardless of vaccination status, guests at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the Disneyland Resort in California will be… Read More »
NYC led Q2 count of hotel construction projects
New York City led the way among cities with planned hotel construction in the second quarter, according to a report… Read More »
Travel tech companies join forces
Two travel tech companies, Revinate and Navis, have merged, but details of the deal were not disclosed. The merger will… Read More »
Report: Microsoft eyes buying into India’s Oyo
Microsoft reportedly is negotiating to invest in Indian hotel startup Oyo, whose leaders say they’re aiming toward a public listing…. Read More »
RLJ Lodging Trust to acquire Atlanta hotel for $58M
RLJ Lodging Trust is acquiring the Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Midtown in a $58 million deal. “Midtown Atlanta is… Read More »