The next time you find yourself exchanging words with some travel-site entity, ASTA thinks you should know with certainty whether you’re talking to a human being or a machine powered by artificial intelligence (AI).“I firmly believe that when you’re talking…
Princess Cruises has partnered with Bon Appetit magazine to assemble a series of culinary shore excursions. Guests will be able to choose from 30 excursions beginning this year.Princess said the tours fall in two categories: Exclusive Tours, which are small-group…
Boeing’s new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight earlier.The plane remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019.“Everything we saw during today’s flight shows that the MAX 7…
Lufthansa Group customers in April will begin getting a 5 euro discount for long-haul reservations made through its own website and via direct connects.The so-called “basic fares” won’t be available in GDSs.The direct-booking discount is a new step in Lufthansa’s…
Roadies, a new Los Angeles-based travel company, launched Monday as a road trip-style tour concept whereby passengers overnight in a luxury motorcoach outfitted with sleeping quarters.The Roadies motorcoaches are equipped with 11 sleep pods, a bathroom and shower, flat screens…
Sun Country Airlines will launch five seasonal routes this summer that don’t touch its hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.The move is in keeping with Sun Country’s plan to diversify its network with point-to-point routes as it morphs into an ultra-low-cost…
A Trump administration proposal to divest of the country’s only two federally owned airports, Washington Dulles and Washington Reagan National, turned a few heads when the White House unveiled its $200 billion infrastructure plan last month.But the administration’s broader strategy,…
After experiencing a vertiginous increase in the number of homicides, the municipality of Los Cabos, in Mexico, topped the ranking as the most violent city in the world; a fact that, in addition to having a negative impact on the…
Boeing has named Tim Keating as executive vice president of government operations.Keating, 56, has served as senior vice president of government operations since joining Boeing in May 2008.In this role, he leads the company’s public policy efforts, including all US…
United Airlines has reversed course on a plan to replace its quarterly bonus program with a prize lottery because employees reacted angrily.“Our intention was to introduce a better, more exciting program, but we misjudged how these changes would be received…
