Marriott International has signed an agreement to operate a $500 million Ritz-Carlton hotel and residences in New York City’s NoMad neighborhood.The hotel will be developed by Flag Luxury Group and will include 250 hotel rooms and 16 branded residences in…
American Airlines has made it easier for travel agencies to upgrade tickets from basic economy to standard economy.American’s highly restricted basic economy fares are typically non-changeable and nonrefundable for domestic flights. However, the carrier does allow travel agencies to buy…
Delta, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic have excluded Alitalia in their U.S. Department of Transportation filing or an amended joint venture agreement.The July 20 filing follows the carriers’ plans, announced last year, to consolidate Delta’s parallel partnerships with Air France-KLM…
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi has opened to the public.The world’s first-ever Warner Bros. branded indoor theme park, the project was developed by Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment, with an investment of $1…
A panel discussion was held on ‘Transformation – Informing the Satsa Agenda’, with Sisa Ntshona, CEO of South African Tourism as moderator, at the Satsa Conference 2018.Panellists included Ashley Wentworth, CEO of Stormsriver Adventures, Collin Thaver, Chair of the Satsa…
Luxury tour operator Lightfoot Travel is set to launch in the UK with the opening of its London office this month.The highly specialist operator, which was founded in 2009 in Singapore, designs original holidays for an international clientele to countries…
South Africa’s tourism industry has been buoyed by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. This is according to an economic assessment by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategy&, released on July 24. The report comes as South Africa is preparing to…
Boeing and Jeju Air have celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first direct-buy Next-Generation 737-800 airplane during a ceremony at the Seattle Delivery Centre.With this delivery Jeju Air will become the first low-cost carrier in Korea to own and operate…
Ryanair plans to cut its Dublin-based fleet from 30 to (at most) 24 aircraft for the winter 2018 season.The reductions have been driven by the rapid growth of Ryanair’s Polish charter airline, which is growing profitably in 2018, allied to…
International Airlines Group, Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air have submitted complaints to the European Commission against France as its air traffic controllers’ strikes restrict the fundamental principle of freedom of movement within the EU.The airlines are not questioning the right…
