Two travel advisors interviewed by Travel Weekly praised the contributions of Holland America Line president Orlando Ashford and Seabourn president Rick Meadows, who are stepping down at the end of Ma…
ATPCO automates coronavirus waivers for travel agents
ATPCO has developed an automated solution enabling airlines to override existing fare rules and waive change fees in the GDSs.The solution will go live in the Sabre, Amadeus and Travelport GDSs for Am…
Israel’s gradually returns to normalcy
Due to the significant decrease in the number of active coronavirus cases in Israel in the past weeks, a press conference was held on May 4, 2020 led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minis…
Ubuntu Beds helps healthcare heroes
Ubuntu Beds and Rand Merchant Bank are collaborating with accommodation, transport and catering providers and suppliers and key private- and public-sector hospitals to assist in South Africa’s C…
Bill Marriott retiring as Marriott International’s chairman
Concurrent with the release of its first-quarter results, Marriott International announced future leadership changes, including plans for executive and board chairman Bill Marriott to transition to ch…
Etihad to resume service between Australia and United Kingdom
Etihad Airways will operate a regular scheduled service from Melbourne to London Heathrow via Abu Dhabi from Friday.A week later, on May 21st, the UAE flag-carrier will also introduce services from Lo…
Disney World taking July reservations
Walt Disney World in Orlando is accepting hotel reservations on its website for dates starting July 1. Disney World is also enabling customers to buy theme park tickets online from July 1.Due to the C…
Airbnb should focus on local, says analyst
Streamlined business and a surge in domestic bookings may help Airbnb survive, says data and analytics company, GlobalData, in a statement.The company says Airbnb could still be successful if it scale…
JetBlue postponing launch of London service
JetBlue will push back its planned launch of London service, but still intends to compete in the transatlantic market.Though it hadn’t set specific dates, JetBlue had planned to begin flying to …
Grand Mercure Bengaluru at Gopalan Mall connects virtually with the young and budding hoteliers
Amidst the COVID 2019 lockdown, Grand Mercure Bengaluru at Gopalan Mall collaborated with hotel management schools across Karnataka to ensure that learning does indeed go on. The program, designed as …