With airlines struggling to return to profitability and looking to the resumption of business travel, JetBlue is trying something new: crossing the Atlantic. The air carrier announced Thursday (Aug. 12) that it would begin transatlantic trips from New York to London, with the inaugural flight...
Two-thirds of people were inspired to create a bucket list because of the pandemic, and Marriott Bonvoy, the company’s travel program, is making it easier than ever for people to check items off their list through the relaunched Marriott Bonvoy Moments offering. Moments members use...
As more businesses and government agencies continue to add vaccine mandates for their employees or guests because of the continuing spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the airline industry is embracing what it believes could be the return of business travel this fall....
Vacation rental management platform Vacasa is going public as part of a deal with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) TPG Pace Solutions, according to an announcement. The combined company will be traded under the ticker symbol “VCSA” when the acquisition is complete. The transaction provides...
United travelers now have the option to preorder food and beverages, according to a press release from the company. Customers, regardless of which cabin they fly in, can use the United app to preorder meals, snacks and beverages up to five days before they fly,...
U.K. FinTech Revolut is moving into travel with a new booking tool that gives customers 10 percent instant cashback on reservations. Revolut Stays is now available to customers in the U.K. with plans to expand the booking feature across Europe and the U.S. The FinTech...
Google is launching new tools to help the travel industry as the sector recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, per a Wednesday (July 14) blog post from the company. Travel Insights with Google was initially rolled out in the Asia Pacific region in December 2020 for...
Almost a year and a half into a global pandemic and forecasts for the travel segment are hard to make as recovery remains uneven. In some places, infection levels are falling in the face of widespread vaccination, while in other places, infection rates continue to...
International and domestic travel was up in May but still lower than the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, according to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The data showed “marginal improvements” in May compared to April but overall, the number of...