With business travel still in the dumps, the battered airline industry is hustling to fill empty seats with vacationers and others looking for a respite amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a hunt for desperately needed passengers, airlines are slashing fares and fees and adding...
United Airlines has launched an interactive map feature, Map Search, to let users access flight times, prices and other data, according to a company blog post. The feature, powered by Google‘s Flight Search enterprise technology, can be accessed on the company’s website. It lets users...
A rural rebound may continue to power Airbnb, even as it changes the ways we travel and where we trek. To that end, as reported by Bloomberg, Friday (Sept. 4), CEO Brian Chesky — who said as of the pandemic that travel as we know it...
It sounds so nice they had to name it twice: New York, New York. These days, however, America’s biggest and arguably most vibrant city — a tourist magnet and concomitant revenue engine unmatched on the continent — is facing a long road to recovery. The...
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, looking to draw customers back during the pandemic, are dropping change fees for domestic flights, CNBC reported Monday (Aug. 31). The move comes after rival United Airlines did the same thing Sunday (Aug. 30), getting rid of its $200...
United Airlines said it heard customers’ displeasure and has permanently dropped the $200 fee to change a ticket for travel within the U.S., the company announced in a press release Sunday (Aug 30). That’s not all. Starting Jan. 1, the Chicago-based air carrier said customers...
For the non-expert, going camping can be a bit of an intimidating activity. Where to camp, what to pack and how to prepare can seem easy if one already knows what they’re doing — and hard to figure out when one doesn’t. It’s a situation...
For airlines, looking toward the future leads to a longing for the past. And though 2019 was, well, not all that long ago, it seems like a million years ago. Earnings season, as always, sheds light on what’s to come – and per commentary from...
The fact that COVID-19 has hit consumer and business travel hard is well-known, but just how hard is just now coming into focus. A new industry report finds that nearly a quarter of all U.S. hotels are facing foreclosure as a result of plummeting revenues during...