SeaWorld Entertainment is cutting 320 jobs in a restructuring as the company tries to trim costs. Pictured is a killer whale show at SeaWorld in San Diego in 2014. Mike Blake / Reuters SeaWorld Ent…
Marriott creates division for luxury brands
Marriott International has created a division for its luxury brands and plans to expand its hotel count within that sector by 7% next year.The Marriott International Luxury Brands Group will overse…
U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for September 2016
Some 2.8 million U.S. citizens traveled abroad in September, up five percent over September 2015, according to monthly statistics released this week by the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.T…
Manhattan to Get Another Skydeck and This One’s Near Grand Central Terminal
New York visitors are going to have another choice for a high-altitude view of the city.SL Green Realty Corp. is set to announce today that 1 Vanderbilt, the office skyscraper it’s building j…
Atlantic City Considers Donald Trump Museum to Boost Tourism
The exterior of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J. This property is the Trump organization’s most recent failure in a city that’s known little but failure over the last d…
Canada Eases Visa Restrictions on Mexican Tourists
Canada has lifted visa requirements for visitors from Mexico in a bid to boost tourism and investment — with a caveat that could see the barrier reimposed as Donald Trump’s election thr…
Trump might need to concede D.C. hotel before Inauguration Day
President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel company might need to relinquish its new Washington hotel because of terms in the long-term lease the Trump Organization signed with the U.S. General Serv…
Tennessee wildfires damage Dollywood, spur evacuations
Wildfires in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains destroyed cabins near Dolly Parton’s Dollywood amusement park and spurred evacuations at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forg…
Trump’s Top Appointees Signal That Travel Infrastructure Is a Priority
President-elect Donald Trump talked up the importance of improving U.S. roads, highways, and airports on the campaign trail.Now his potential appointees are saying that infrastructure investment is…
Yellowstone Prepares for Even More Crowds
The superintendent of Yellowstone National Park expects visitor numbers to continue to grow, but he says he’s ready for the challenge.The park is coming off two years of record-high attendanc…