JetBlue will double its service to Atlanta next winter.Beginning March 8, the carrier will fly twice daily from Fort Lauderdale and New York Kennedy to Atlanta, which is the world’s busiest a…
Oetker Collection adds Jumby Bay Island to portfolio
The Oetker Collection, a European hotel company with 10 properties, has added Jumby Bay Island, a resort on a private island off the northeast coast of Antigua, to its portfolio.Jumby Bay joins Ede…
Puerto Rico Isn’t Really Having a ‘Despacito’ Tourism Boom Yet
Singers Luis Fonsi, left and Daddy Yankee perform during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla. Lynne Sladky / Associated Press Since the song Despacito, by the Puerto Rican artists Luis …
AAA takes step beyond Diamond hotel ratings
AAA has added a “Best Of” designation for top hotels and restaurants.To qualify as “Best Of,” a hotel or restaurant must have ratings in the top 20% of their Diamond level a…
Florida Tourism Is Growing But International Visitor Numbers Are Down
The number of tourists visiting Florida continues to grow.Gov. Rick Scott will announce Tuesday that an estimated 60.7 million tourists came to the state during the first six months of the year. Th…
American Duchess brings more upscale experience to Mississippi cruising
NEW ORLEANS — Five years after bringing the American Queen back to life on the Mississippi, the American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC) on Monday christened the American Duchess, a much more …
Solar Eclipse Means Americans Will Take Road Trips To Get a Better View
In this March 9, 2016 photo, people wearing protective glasses look up at the sun to watch a solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia. Doctors say not to look at the sun without eclipse glasses or other…
Key Travel Ban Figure in Hawaii Lawsuit Finally Gets a Visa and Arrives in U.S.
Noran Elshikh, left, greets her grandmother Wafa Yahia at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport after she arrived from Syria on August 12, 2017. Ismail Elshikh is a plaintiff in H…
International Visits to U.S. and Spending Declined in 2016
International visitation to the U.S. decreased last year for the first time since 2009. In this photo taken April 19, 2015, people walk in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washingto…
Overtourism in Yellowstone Will Make it Harder to Visit in a Few Years
A large bison blocks traffic as tourists take photos of the animals in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Sometime within the next four to six years, Yellowstone is expected …