$17K per night buys regal treatment in this Fla. suite
What is it about the 16th-floor Royal Suite at Florida’s Four Seasons Resort Orlando that enables it to command $17,000… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Breaks Down How Cruise Line Deals With Positive COVID Cases
Royal Caribbean International President Michael Bayley posted a message on Facebook breaking down how frequently the cruise line experiences positive COVID-19… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air to raise $180mn via stock offering
Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) will sell stocks to raise KRW210 billion won (USD180 million), it announced in a stock exchange… Read More »
Alaska’s Southeast Aviation suspends ops after crash
Three days after the crash of its DHC-2 Beaver in the Alaskan mountains on August 5, 2021, Southeast Aviation (Ketchikan… Read More »
Bulgaria’s GullivAir launches scheduled domestic flights
GullivAir (G2, Sofia) launched its first scheduled route on August 15, 2021, flying daily between Sofia and Burgas. Flightradar24 ADS-B… Read More »
Uganda Airlines bosses face criminal prosecution
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) former directors and executives have until this week to explain why they should not be prosecuted on allegations… Read More »
Panama’s Wingo secures AOC but silent about launch
Wingo (Panama) (Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Panamanian civil aviation authority (Autoridad Aeronáutica… Read More »
US’s Avelo Airlines begins B737-700 operations
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) began B737-700 operations on August 11, 2021, following the arrival of its first aircraft of the… Read More »
Condor battles against EW Leisure transatlantic codeshares
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) is continuing its battle in the United States against an application by Lufthansa Group leisure subsidiary… Read More »
Japan’s ANA reactivates A380s
ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) has returned its A380-800s to commercial service after being parked for nearly… Read More »
Air Austral, Corsair moot joint venture in light of Covid
Air Austral (UU, St. Denis de la Réunion) and Corsair International (SS, Paris Orly) have initiated discussions on a joint… Read More »
Virgin Australia stands down staff until early 4Q21
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l) has confirmed it has begun temporarily standing down a varying number of frontline employees until… Read More »
New gov’t may reconsider Samoa Airways’ B737 plans
The newly confirmed government of Samoa is not convinced that adding an in-house B737-800 for Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo),… Read More »
Miami is chosen for APOC’s new warehouse facility in the US
Alongside the recent announcement that APOC is trebling the size of its European facility to meet the expansion of its… Read More »
Report: Q2 U.S. Extended-Stay Demand at Record High
Second-quarter demand for U.S. extended-stay room nights reached record levels not only for the category as a whole but also… Read More »
Hyatt to Acquire Apple Leisure Group, Double Resort Footprint
Hyatt Hotels Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire Apple Leisure Group for $2.7 billion in cash, the company… Read More »
Texas city greenlights hotel/convention center project
City Council members in Abilene, Texas, have approved funding for an $82 million hotel project in the city’s downtown as… Read More »
$2.7B Apple Leisure buy will push Hyatt to luxury top
Hyatt Hotels Corp. is poised to command the world’s largest all-inclusive luxury report portfolio with its newly announced agreement to… Read More »
VICI “could not be more excited” about MGM Growth deal
VICI Properties CEO Edward Pitoniak says the REIT “could not be more excited” about the recent acquisition of MGM Growth… Read More »
Hotel workers, industry spar over pace of rehiring
As occupancy climbs from its pandemic trough, many employees and their union leaders accuse the hotel industry of undermining their… Read More »
Okla. casino-resort expands with hotel, gaming options
Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, Okla., has completed an expansion that includes a 21-story hotel, lounges and restaurants. The… Read More »
Hotel buyers must check out potential costs
Hotel investors hoping to snap up distressed properties in the pandemic’s wake face several caveats affecting the pocketbook, warns Richard… Read More »