DRCT to Add United Airlines NDC Content for Travel Sellers

Travel technology provider and International Air Transport Association-certified New Distribution Capability aggregator DRCT is launching United Airlines NDC content for… Read More »
Amtrak Announces $100 Off USA Rail Pass Sale

Amtrak announced its USA Rail Pass would be on sale through March 29 for $399, a savings of $100 off… Read More »
A Guide to Entry Requirements in Central America

Travelers are getting adventurous this year as more countries loosen international entry restrictions. Read on to see a list of… Read More »
Live Aqua Urban Resort San Miguel de Allende Accepted Into Virtuoso

Live Aqua Urban Resort San Miguel de Allende has been accepted into Virtuoso’s exclusive portfolio of luxury travel partners, comprising… Read More »
Cruise Lines Are Finally Returning to the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands resumed cruise ship calls this week following a two-year pandemic-driven pause with the March 21 visit of… Read More »
Philippines lifts foreign ownership cap on airlines

The Philippines government has lifted foreign ownership restrictions on airlines and other key sectors to attract foreign investment and kickstart… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet exits restructuring, to resume ops

Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) has emerged from its court-supervised restructuring process more than a year after it secured creditor… Read More »
Ukraine Int’l Airlines seeks ACMI placements for fleet

Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has proffered its aircraft to the ACMI and charter market to secure some cash… Read More »
Castell Project Merges with AHLA Foundation

The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the AHLA Foundation and the Castell Project today announced a merger in which Castell… Read More »
Echo to Be Wyndham’s First Economy Extended Stay

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts today announced it had awarded contracts to develop 50 properties for its new economy extended-stay hotel… Read More »
How airlines are flying polar “Cold War” routes to Asia again

The closure of Russian airspace to some international carriers, including many in Europe, has forced airlines to seek alternate routes…. Read More »
Boeing 737 Max test pilot on trial for misleading regulators

A federal prosecutor said Friday Mar. 18 that a former Boeing test pilot lied to regulators about changes to a… Read More »
Wynn earns accolades for sustainability practices

Wynn Resorts has earned the “Global Vision Award” from Travel + Leisure for its environmental efforts, which include launching a… Read More »
Pay, hours, caring: Upscale hoteliers address labor gap

Higher pay and more flexible hours rank highest among staff shortage remedies presented by luxury hoteliers in a recent survey,… Read More »
Hotel startup Oravel reportedly considers smaller IPO

Oravel Stays, which runs the India-based lodging startup Oyo, is reviewing the option of cutting its initial public offering, originally… Read More »
Signs of hospitality life sprout in Bay Area

Six hotels have opened recently or will open soon in San Francisco’s Bay Area, heralding a comeback from the pandemic-induced… Read More »
Las Vegas resort adds indoor grid team to partnerships

M Resort has signed a sponsorship deal with the Vegas Knight Hawks team in the fledgling Indoor Football League. The… Read More »
Shanghai Disney Resort in China closes temporarily

Shanghai Disney Resort has shut down Shanghai Disneyland, Disneytown and Wishing Star Park until further notice due to the rising… Read More »
STR: US lodging continues climb, tops some 2019 stats

February’s US hotel performance edged past January’s and managed to surpass that of February 2019 by some metrics, STR reports…. Read More »
Southwest highlights sales associate in video

Southwest Airlines continues its celebration of Women’s History Month with a video highlighting Monique Bolden, an inside sales associate for… Read More »
Alaska Airlines honors late Rep. Young with patriotic flight

Alaska Airlines provided a patriotic-themed aircraft to fly Rep. Don Young’s body back to Washington, D.C. When he died on… Read More »
FAA offers to assist in China Eastern Airlines investigation

The Federal Aviation Administration said it is “ready to assist in the investigation efforts if asked” after a China Eastern… Read More »