Avis Budget Group has launched a new, pay per kilometre, mobility brand in Italy: Smile Rent.The low-cost, 100 per cent self-serve brand is the latest addition to the mobility giant’s expandi…
Iberostar Selection Kuriat Palace sees brand expand in Tunisia
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has opened the new Iberostar Selection Kuriat Palace.The group’s sixth hotel in Tunisia, it stands just a few steps away from Skanes beach in the area around Mo…
American Airlines reports strong profits for second quarter
American Airlines has reported a second quarter 2019 pre-tax profit of $882 million and net profit of $662 million.Excluding net special items, pre-tax profit and net profit rose more than five per…
Why will the guests of the Copa América continue to be from Asia?
Many of us were surprised at the end of last year when Conmebol announced that Qatar and Japan would be the two guests of the present edition of the Copa América Brasil 2019. This was becaus…
Royal Caribbean raises earnings forecast for 2019
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) raised the midpoint of its forecast for 2019 earnings by $31 million after reporting higher second-quarter net income.The company said it earned $472.8 million i…
London Gatwick reports strong passenger numbers for early 2019
London Gatwick has achieved its busiest-ever start to a financial year, as passenger numbers grew by 1.7 per cent in quarter one compared to 2018.In total some 12.5 million passengers travelled thr…
Premier Hotels & Resorts acquires hotel group
Premier Hotels & Resorts has announced the transfer of the Faircity Hotel Group and its assets and management contracts. The news of the deal was initially announced in April.The Faircity Group…
The Biggest Tourism Failures Of All Time
A hotel that never sees a single guest or a world map in the sea. Some industry projects worldwide burned money on a grand scale and represented massive tourism failures. To the extent that one doe…
‘Madness’ at Auckland Airport as travellers complain of ‘snaking’ queues, cancelled flights
Chaotic scenes are being reported by travellers at Auckland Airport this afternoon, with “queues snaking everywhere” and general “madness” due to flight delays caused by Chr…
Marriott to no longer operate Frenchman’s Reef Resort in St. Thomas
When the Frenchman’s Reef Resort on St. Thomas reopens in 2020, Marriott won’t be the resort operator. Property owner DiamondRock Hospitality Co. has tapped Aimbridge Hospitality to man…