Capella Hotels and Resorts Expands Into Japan
Opening in mid-2025, Capella Hotels and Resorts will be making its debut in Japan with Capella Kyoto. Designed by world-acclaimed… Read More »
Marriott Hotels and TED Partner to Debut First-Ever Immersive Guest Rooms
Marriott Hotels and TED are launching a first-ever immersive guest room experience starting July 15 at the San Francisco Marriott… Read More »
Flying Anywhere This Summer? Plan for a Full Day at the Airport
It used to be that you could get to the airport about 90 minutes before your flight left, find a… Read More »
Spirit Airlines Awarded Additional Slots at Newark
The Department of Transportation has awarded 16 departure and landing slots at Newark-Liberty International Airport in New Jersey Spirit Airlines,… Read More »
Flight Delays, Cancellations Lessen but Frustrations Grow
A little more than 2,400 domestic flights were canceled during the long Fourth of July Holiday Weekend from Friday, July… Read More »
Embraer’s executive jets are in extremely high demand
Embraer’s executive jets are in extremely high demand, accounting for 26% of sales in 2021. Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer saw… Read More »
Air France-KLM orders 200 LEAP-1A engines for its new fleet of Airbus A320neo and A321neo jets
Air France-KLM announces Jul. 5 the signing of an agreement with CFM International for the acquisition of 200 LEAP-1A engines… Read More »
Blackstone grows leisure footprint with purchase of Crown Resorts
In June, Blackstone closed on a deal for Australia’s Crown Resorts worth $6.3 billion. Australian resorts have been slower to… Read More »
New structure coming to Accor’s 5K-plus stable
Accor, Europe’s largest hotel chain, will reorganize its global portfolio of 4,816 properties as of Oct. 1, designating two divisions… Read More »
Gun ban by NYC hotels touted as economic boost
Firearms will be forbidden at approximately three of every four hotel rooms in New York City under an agreement between… Read More »
Trouble grows for Brooklyn’s contested Tillary Hotel
The owner of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Tillary Hotel, which is under bankruptcy protection and operating as a homeless shelter, is fighting… Read More »
John Lewis debuts culinary apprenticeship program
John Lewis Partnership has created an apprenticeship program aimed at growing the number of qualified chefs in Britain. The Chef… Read More »
Best boost in hotel occupancy claimed by Dallas in STR data
Dallas led the nation in hotel occupancy improvement as gauged against 2019, STR reports. Occupancy of 74.1% for June 19… Read More »
World’s tallest hempcrete construction to include hotel
Hemporium and Afrimat Hemp are embarking on a project that will result in the world’s tallest building to be constructed… Read More »
Southwest pilot duo enjoys Father’s Day flight
A father and son who are both Southwest Airlines pilots enjoyed their first flight together in the flight deck on… Read More »
Australia removes pandemic travel restrictions
Australia has lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions as of July 6. “Removing these requirements will not only reduce delays in our… Read More »
Vaccine transport has permanently impacted UPS’ operations
Demand for COVID-19 vaccines, many of which demand cold-chain storage, have lifted the fortunes of UPS’ health care operations, which… Read More »
Renowned wine consultant joins American Airlines
Wine journalist and consultant Julia Coney, founder of Black Wine Professionals, is now curating wine pairings for American Airlines’ flight… Read More »
What are your passenger rights amid the air travel chaos?
Air travellers have endured weeks of disruption caused by strikes, staff shortages and more. But unfortunately for those jetting off… Read More »
Stark succeeds Bussmann as chairman of Lufthansa Technik
Sören Stark (55) has taken over as chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik, succeeding Dr Johannes Bussmann, who… Read More »
SWISS prepares to lift Covid crisis response measures
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has announced is preparing to gradually lift its Covid-19 crisis response measures from 1 January… Read More »
IATA urges measures for safer transport of lithium batteries
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments around the world to further support the safe air carriage… Read More »