JetBlue is willing to spend $3.6 billion on Spirit to compete against giant airlines
JetBlue Airways executives on Wednesday said acquiring Spirit Airlines is the airline’s ticket to growth and a shot at better… Read More »
Groups360 Raises $35M, Plans GroupSync Acceleration
Group travel booking platform Groups360 has completed a $35 million funding round, the company announced Wednesday. The round was led… Read More »
Amadeus, MeetingPackage Partner for Hotel Booking
Finland-based group booking provider MeetingPackage has partnered with Amadeus to enable online group and meeting booking for Amadeus’ hotel clients,… Read More »
Firm pays $248M for Naples, Fla., Grande Beach Resort
HP-SSP Naples Hotel and HP-SSP Naples Golf, possibly affiliates of Pennsylvania-based Aztec Group or London-based Henderson Park Capital Partners, have… Read More »
Arizona AG wins court round in university hotel fight
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovic’s lawsuit against the state’s public university board over a hotel development deal is alive again…. Read More »
Omni CEO: Inflation can’t deflate lodging bounce-back
Omni Hotels & Resorts President Peter Strebel is waxing bullish on hospitality’s prospects in the face of rising inflation, which… Read More »
Spain-based hotel software firm Amenitiz raises $30M
Lodging software supplier Amenitiz has closed on $30 million in Series A financing within a few months of unveiling a… Read More »
H Hotel W39 reaching into the sky in Midtown
The H Hotel W39 on West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan continues to climb toward the sky, with the 28… Read More »
Futuristic Sonder takes fresh look at tried and true
Sonder Corp. is reinforcing its hotel innovation strategy with a conventional approach of wooing groups through negotiated rates for corporations…. Read More »
American resumes service between London, Phoenix
American Airlines resumed direct service between Phoenix and London after a two-year hiatus. The first flight left on April 5.
Delta adds service from Milwaukee to NYC
Delta Air Lines is adding a new route between Milwaukee, Wis., and New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport…. Read More »
Preferred’s Beyond Green forms platform with &Beyond
Preferred Hotel Group’s luxury independent hotel and resort collection, Beyond Green, is partnering with upscale travel company &Beyond on a… Read More »
Delta program widens access to career opportunities
Delta Air Lines is employing a “skills-based” approach that fosters diversity and greater opportunity by eliminating a college degree requirement… Read More »
Wash. airport concourse expansion to kick off next year
Major construction is expected to begin in mid-2023 on the expansion of Concourse C at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington,… Read More »
Amerijet leases three Boeing 757-200SF freighters from Titan
Amerijet has leased three Boeing 757-200SF freighter aircraft from Titan Aircraft as part of its recent fleet expansion. The US… Read More »
Boeing 737-10 Max could face costly delays as key lawmaker opposes waiver
Boeing shares slide after the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he opposes giving more time to… Read More »
Freighter lessor Bluebird Nordic appoints new CEO
Freighter lessor Bluebird Nordic has appointed Audrone Keinyte as chief executive. Keinyte is taking over the role from Siggi Agustsson,… Read More »
Antonov Airlines updates on fleet as it gains access to Hostomel
Antonov Airlines has provided an update on its fleet after it gained access to Hostomel Airport following the withdrawal of… Read More »
RGA-Black Stone Airlines takes off in Indonesia
RGA-Black Stone Airlines has become the latest freighter operator within the Indonesian air cargo market on domestic routes and is… Read More »
U.S. Air Force needs 1,650 pilots
The shortage of fighter pilots has prompted the service to staff operational units with field grade officers, a service official… Read More »
Tourism Begins to Bounce Back in Africa
Signs of life are beginning to show in the travel industry as visitor numbers to destinations begin to rise. ForwardKeys… Read More »
CDC Lowers Jamaica Travel Advisory to Level 1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered its travel advisory for Jamaica. The country is now at… Read More »