Tweet New business Seattle Splash Tours, wants to bring back amphibious bus tours to the city, despite a deadly accident effectively ending land-to-water bus tours. A Ride the Ducks vehicle crashed into a bus in Seattle causing six fatalities and … Continue reading →
Tweet In 2020, IHG Hotels & Resorts introduced its Meet with Confidence programme to support the changing needs of meeting planners. Now the Meet with Confidence programme has expanded to include resources, technology and tools for hybrid events. These hybrid … Continue reading →
TweetDespite being closed for more than a year, Walt Disney Co is planning an expansion of sorts at its Anaheim resort. It will comprise new attractions, retail stores and restaurants. The DisneylandForward project is in its early stages and the … Continue reading →
Tweet Jet2.com has added Chambery to its line-up of ski destinations for winter 2021/22. The addition of Chambery makes seven snow sports destinations next winter, with skiers also able to fly to Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Turin and Barcelona (for … Continue reading →
Tweet While Boeing and Airbus have struggled to shift new planes and airlines have filed bankruptcy, sales of private jets are up. Sales of preowned private jets were up nearly 10% in 2020. The US accounts for about 70% of … Continue reading →
TweetIrish Ferries is introducing a new service on the Dover – Calais route starting in June 2021. The Isle of Inishmore vessel will be transferred onto the route and additional capacity will be added in the coming months. The company … Continue reading →
Tweet Lindblad Expeditions announced it plans to resume operations for the 2021 season in Alaska and Galpagos in June. “Our internal team has spent the last year examining every single aspect of our operation to be prepared to operate in … Continue reading →
Tweet New York state has launched the ‘Excelsior Pass,’ a vaccine passport style verification sytem for Covid tests and proof of vaccination. It comes as stadiums and other venues across New York are allowing a limited number of fans and … Continue reading →
Tweet Marriott International will launch three new hotels across Saudi Arabia after signing an agreement with Al Saedan Group. The multi hotel agreement features the country and territory’s first Renaissance Hotel, as well as the world’s largest Aloft Hotel. It … Continue reading →
Tweet Delta Air Lines will finally stop blocking middle seats on flights starting in May. It is the last major US airline still blocking seats for physical distancing and has been doing so for more than a year. Alaska Airlines … Continue reading →
Tweet Self-contained holiday accommodation such as holiday and caravan parks in Wales have started welcoming back guests. Wales came out of its stay-local order several weeks before England relaxes rules. Holiday parks starting accepting their first guests at the weekend … Continue reading →
Tweet There will be no international spectators for the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year. Organisers pledged to hold the Games after postponing the event last year, but confirmed no foreign fans will be permitted due to Covid-19 concerns. That … Continue reading →
Tweet Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas ship will spend even longer in Singapore due to overwhelming demand for its ‘cruises to nowhere.’ The ship will remain in the Lion City operating two to four-night short cruises until October 2021. … Continue reading →
Tweet Major industry investor Blackstone Real Estate has agreed a deal to buy a portfolio of eight hotels in Japan. It is purchasing the hotels from railway holding company Kintetsu Group Holdings. According to local media, the transaction is worth … Continue reading →
Tweet Mumbai based Cordelia Cruises hopes to begin cruise operations in India from May 2021. Backed by Dream Hotel Group, Cordelia plans to serve domestic destinations including Goa, and the Lakshadweep islands, as well Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The … Continue reading →
