Breeze Airways revealed its debut network, which includes 39 nonstop routes. The new low-cost airline’s inaugural flights will run between Hartford, Conn.; Tampa, Florida; and Charleston, South Carolina beginning in late May, according to a Friday (May 21) announcement, which noted that the rest of...
Global online travel search platform Trivago is in the midst of revamping operations and cutting expenses for future expansion post-pandemic, CNBC reported. Majority-owned by Expedia, the Dusseldorf, Germany-headquartered company founded in 2005 recently posted first-quarter revenue declines of 73 percent compared to the same period...
It’s been called the worst year in travel history. With the global travel sector losing $1.3 trillion over the course of 2020, according to the U.S. Travel Association, losing over 10 million jobs and accounting for roughly 65 percent of all U.S. job losses during...
A rising tide of post-pandemic business has lifted GetMyBoat, which bills itself as the world’s largest “boat rental and water experience” marketplace. The company announced on Wednesday (May 12) that it has logged a record 700 percent year-over-year organic growth between January and the end...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL), which for the last several years suddenly seemed to be everywhere, has been conspicuously slow in coming to the travel vertical. The explanation for why, Flywire Travel Segment Head Colin Smyth told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster earlier this year, is simple enough — travel...
Summer 2021 may be the summer of fun, depending on whether you’re vaccinated and where you plan to go. At a high level, the world is reopening, and consumers are eager to satisfy the pent-up wanderlust that has remained dormant for the last 15 months....
Marriott International CEO Tony Capuano said he thinks the lines between business and leisure travel are becoming more blurred, CNBC reported. Capuano, talking on “Squawk on the Street,” said the increase in people taking trips has helped the hotel industry in the wake of the...
As the threat of the pandemic recedes, as we move toward actually, physically, getting around again, it’s safe to say that travel will rebound. PYMNTS’ own research has shown that roughly two-thirds of consumers long to see friends and family more; roughly a third are...
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) is acquiring Expedia Group’s corporate travel unit, Egencia, at undisclosed terms. Paul Abbott, GBT’s CEO, said in a press release that the company’s technology and Neo platform will complement Egencia’s digital business travel platform, and is another tool that...