The plane: Not all that dissimilar to a late 1990s school bus, plus wings.Class: Economy.My seat: 37F. My brother and I had a row of four to ourselves. Or two seats each, if you want to be difficult.Price: You can…
Exponent Private Equity has acquired three leading sightseeing attraction pass companies: Boston-based Smart Destinations, parent company of Go City Card; UK-based Leisure Pass Group; and The New York Pass.Ted Stimpson, currently chief executive of Smart Destinations, will take up the…
Palmyra Resort and Spa in the Rose Hall section of Montego Bay will be renovated and renamed the Jewel Grande by the end of the year.The property will be part of the Jewel group of all-inclusive properties, which include Jewel…
Kristin Karst has seen her share of river ship christenings. Twenty-one, in fact, since Karst, her husband Rudy Schreiner and the late Jimmy Murphy started AmaWaterways in 2002.Wednesday, however, was her turn to the do the honors, breaking the traditional…
The ITB brand has finally arrived in China.Around 600 companies, destinations, organisations and travel service provider from nearly 70 countries and territories will be represented in China’s new three-day business to business travel trade show.ITB China will take place annually…
Tourvest Destination Management (TDM) formally acquired Pure Sport and Pure Skiing on May 8.Pure Sport and Pure Skiing provide sporting and skiing enthusiasts with travel services, both locally and internationally. It is an outbound business.“This new business brings diversity to…
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Domestic demand for airline travel increased by 5.4 percent in March 2017 in Brazil, compared to the same month in 2016, according to the Brazilian Aviation Agency (ANAC). According to the regulating agency this the first…
A chartered trip on the Silver Fern railcar has Tina Trenkner-Meade wondering why we can’t escape to the Winterless North by train more often.The baby lambs ran away from me. I was thrilled to see them. They were not thrilled…
The Florida legislature passed an $82 billion budget that slashed 67% of Visit Florida’s budget, setting up a possible veto by Gov. Rick Scott.Scott campaigned aggressively for the state’s marketing arm, requesting $100 million in funds for the organization. Instead,…
Standard & Poor’s lifted Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s credit rating from BBB- to BB+, making the company’s bonds investment grade for the first time.The change followed an earlier move by Moody’s Investor Service to increase its rating on RCCL’s senior…
