New Flight Routes Taking Off This Holiday Season
New Flights Ahead of the New Year Airlines are building up their flight schedules in anticipation of booming travel demand… Read More »
Rising Fuel Prices Could Hamper Airline Recovery
Airline officials are expecting a robust holiday travel season after a dynamic spring and summer that saw pent-up demand from… Read More »
Delta Expands Facial Recognition to Domestic Flights in Atlanta
Delta Air Lines will expand its facial recognition program to domestic flights operating at its home hub at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson… Read More »
US Airlines Are Damaging Dozens of Wheelchairs a Month
Advocates for the disabled are asking U.S. airlines to treat wheelchairs as a part of the body – which they… Read More »
Iberostar Unveils ‘Weddings Reimagined’ Program
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is significantly enhancing its honeymoon and wedding experiences with the new “Weddings Reimagined” program, which, among… Read More »
New Hotels Planned for Turks and Caicos
The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board (TCTB) announced the debut of new resorts as the territory continues its post-pandemic reopening… Read More »
First-Ever Warner Bros. Hotel To Open in November
The Warner Bros. Abu Dhabi, the only hotel by Warner Brothers in the world, is set to officially open on… Read More »
St. Regis Adding New Resorts in Popular Travel Destinations
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts announced plans to debut eleven new resorts by 2025 in some of the world’s most… Read More »
The Rise in Contactless Amenities
Hotels across the globe have adapted the way they do everything because of the pandemic, from how they clean the… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X proposes paying 0.5% of $8.1 bln debt
AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) (AIRX.KL) is proposing to pay just 0.5% of debt owed to each of its creditors and… Read More »
This Wellness Cruise Bans Cell Phones
Cruise Croatia’s 7-Nights Luxury Digital Detox Wellness Cruise is the ultimate luxury and wellness cruise, taking guests on a journey… Read More »
Bulgari picks canyon for first L.A. resort
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts plans to build its first Los Angeles property in the Benedict Canyon, a posh residential area… Read More »
No quick end in sight for Hawaii visitor constraints
Hawaii’s policy of tightly restricting tourism is likely to remain in place through the holiday season as the state’s Safe… Read More »
Hot new concept: From fridge semi-trailer to hotel room
A Polish company is responding to consumer demand for innovative vacation experiences by repurposing refrigerated semi-trailers as mobile hotel rooms…. Read More »
Allegiant’s Fla. resort back on with $350M loan
The investment firm Castlelake has advanced a $350 million loan to the parent company of Allegiant Air to resume development… Read More »
Dual-branded hotel coming to Funplex in N.J.
The Funplex amusement park in Mount Laurel Township, N.J., is expected to open a dual-branded hotel in spring 2023, in… Read More »
Build for $850M Majestic Las Vegas hotel pushed to 2022
Building supply issues have delayed the groundbreaking of the $850 million Majestic Las Vegas hotel, but the project is still… Read More »
Upbeat Lodging Conference weighted by labor shortage
The mood was sunny but not without its clouds at The Lodging Conference held recently in Phoenix, with staffing issues… Read More »
FedEx celebrates all-Black female crewed flight
FedEx celebrated its first all-Black female flight crew to pilot a FedEx flight as Phoenix-based pilot Tahirah Brown and first… Read More »
United Airlines pilot inspires women pilots of color
Carole Hopson, a Black female United Airlines pilot, was inspired to seek a career in aviation by the story of… Read More »
United expansion includes remote island in Azores
The huge network expansion United Airlines recently announced includes an unusual new route between Newark, N.J., and Ponta Delgada –… Read More »
Washington Dulles discusses plans to replace interim terminal
United Airlines, which operates a hub at Washington Dulles International Airport, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority are discussing options… Read More »
Senator, airport officials tout sustainable fuels
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell appeared at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with airport and Alaska Airlines officials to encourage the development of… Read More »
Southwest sends vouchers to passengers
Southwest Airlines is sending passengers affected by recent flight cancellations vouchers worth up to $250, in addition to refunds for… Read More »
Delta employees give Atlanta schoolyard a makeover
Delta Air Lines recently helped revitalize the Sarah Smith Elementary School playground in Atlanta in partnership with the Trust for… Read More »
United offers bonus miles for hunger-relief donations
To mark World Food Day on Oct. 16, United Airlines frequent flyers who hold the MileagePlus Visa card will get… Read More »