Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger said he plans to stay on a presidential advisory panel after activists at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday asked him to s…
Travel Industry Reaction to Trump Travel Ban Is More Muted This Time
Travel industry stakeholders responded with muted criticism of President Trump’s new travel ban. Security personnel stand guard outside Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, …
Florida Politicians Aren’t Sure if More Gambling Is Right Step For Tourism
For years, politicians in the Sunshine State have struggled over whether they want to let glitzy Las-Vegas style casinos sprout beside Florida’s sugar-white beaches.The Republican-controlled …
New Trump Travel Ban Won’t Target Permanent U.S. Residents
The Trump administration is set to roll out another version of its travel ban executive order today. President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Evan Vucci…
Montage and Pendry hotels to be part of La Quinta project
Montage International will open two hotels in the SilverRock resort project that’s being built in La Quinta, near Palm Springs, Calif.The 140-room Montage La Quinta and 200-room Pendry La Qui…
Trump’s New Travel Ban Could Be Signed Monday
The arrival of President Trump’s new executive order banning travel from certain Muslim countries was expected on March 6, 2017 to be imminent. Associated Press A revised executive order temp…
Mexico’s Weak Peso Is Good for Business, Especially Tourism
The weak peso is helping Mexico attract more international tourists. In this March 10, 2012 file photo, people hang out on the beach during spring break in Cancun, Mexico. Israel Leal / Associated …
The Once-Urgent Travel Ban Keeps Getting Postponed
President Donald Trump was barely in office when he signed an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. There was not a moment to waste, he said, because any delay…
U.S. Destinations Have Already Lost $185 Million From President Trump’s Travel Ban
The United States stands to lose millions in tourism revenues by travelers who will shun the country because of its ban on the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the head of a United Nat…
American Cruise Lines unveils look of modern U.S. riverboats
Two years after announcing plans to develop a fleet of modern riverboats for U.S. rivers, American Cruise Lines (ACL) on Wednesday revealed details and a rendering of the first vessel in the new se…