Air France
Key rings, baggage tag holders, colourful notebooks, travel accessories and more, Air France offers a selection of accessories that associate Air France images with this anniversary, remembering all the great moments shared with its customers. The items available on the Air France Shopping website include a selection box of Kusmi
US Airways
TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced its October and year-to-date 2013 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.3 billion, up 5.7 percent versus October 2012. Mainline capacity was 6.4 billion available seat
Hospitality Industry News
1Euromonitor International released today the 2013 World Travel Market Global Trends Report at World Travel Market (WTM), the leading event for travel and tourism globally. The report, produced for the eighth year running by Euromonitor, presents the nine key emerging travel and tourism trends in the world, looking at how
Hospitality Industry News
1With millions of fans following around the teams that will play in next summer?s FIFA World Cup in Brazil, lodging will be a challenge. The soccer matches will be played in 12 cities, and to accommodate the travelers, Brazil is on a hotel-building spree. The government said it
Hospitality Industry News
Citing concern about the company?s strategic direction, major shareholder Yucaipa Cos. on Friday made an unsolicited offer to buy Morgans Hotel Group, New York City, for US$8 per share or roughly US$265 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Morgans confirmed
Hospitality Industry News
1Interest in sustainable tourism and travel is on the rise, and?ecotourism?and other related industries are poised for growth, but how does a traveler decide whether a destination is actually sustainable, and what standards are used to determine that? In order to develop a common language about sustainable tourism,
Hospitality Industry News
1The new Downtown Grand hotel and casino in Vegas has 12 restaurants. That’s not so rare for Vegas. What is rare is that many of the restaurants have access to the street. Vegas hoteliers have almost always positioned their restaurants to lead patrons onto the casino floor. Not so
Hospitality Industry News
1As part of its asset management strategy, Accor announces the sale of its 19.4% stake in the Tourism Asset Holdings Ltd. (TAHL), Australia?s largest hotel owning Company, to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for a value of AU$66m (?46m), and a repayment of AU$76m (?53m)
Hospitality Industry News
IBM?(NYSE:IBM)?and Denihan Hospitality Group, a nationally recognized owner and operator of boutique hotels across the U.S., today announced that they are collaborating on a Big Data project by applying advanced analytics technologies to enhance strategic planning.? This impacts multiple aspects of the business, from improving the
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Macau casino developer Lawrence Ho Yau Lung has clinched an equity financing operation targeted at a Russian casino investment, two of his companies announced late Thursday. Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange it has paid US$9.02 million (72.02 million patacas) for 46 percent
Thai Lion Air, a new no-frills airline, will launch its first commercial flight this December. Thai Lion Air (TLA) Chief Executive Captain Darsito Hendro Seputro told the media on Friday that the airline will inaugurate its first Bangkok-Jakarta flight in early December; follow by Bangkok-Kuala Lampur as
Princess Cruises today announced that?Jan Swartz?has been promoted to president of Princess Cruises, effective?December 1, 2013. Reporting to Holland America Group CEO?Stein Kruse, Swartz will oversee the Princess line’s worldwide operations which?includes 17 ships, 22,000 employees serving more than 1.4 million passengers
