Canada’s aviation regulator will allow airlines to resume operating the Boeing 737 Max beginning Wednesday.Transport Canada said Monday that it has spent more than 15,000 hours reviewing the …
Fred Olsen. Cruise Lines delays return until May
Fred Olsen. Cruise Lines has become the latest operator to pushed back the date for its expected return to the seas.New ship Borealis will still be the first of the fleet to set sail, with her maid…
American Express Global Business Travel signs Concur deal
American Express Global Business Travel has signed a deal to connect its Supply MarketPlace to Concur Travel for enriched hotel content.This agreement brings the full value of American Express Glob…
IATA Travel Pass digital health solution to be rolled out to major airlines in March
IATA’s head of airport, passenger and security products, Alan Murray Hayden, says fast progress is being made to bring its Travel Pass digital health credential solution to market, and &ldquo…
Royal Caribbean to homeport in Barbados next winter
Royal Caribbean International will homeport in Barbados for the first time, offering Southern Caribbean cruises on the Grandeur of the Seas in winter 2021-2022.With three different itineraries of s…
Construction gets underway on the Carnival Celebration
The first piece of steel was cut for the Carnival Celebration at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, officially starting construction of Carnival Cruise Line’s next Excel-class ship, schedul…
U.K. broadcaster named godmother of the Viking Venus
British journalist and broadcaster Anne Diamond will be the godmother of Viking’s seventh ocean ship, the Viking Venus, which is scheduled to debut this spring.The 930-passenger Venus was flo…
Alaska Airlines to add new Southern California routes
Alaska Airlines during the next few months will add two new routes from Southern California, the carrier announced.Daily nonstop service between Los Angeles and Austin will begin on March 18, and A…
MSC upgrades True Partnerships, Get on Board programs
MSC Cruises USA enhanced its True Partnerships program for travel advisors by protecting advisor commission levels and improving its groups program.MSC said it would protect 2019 achieved commissio…
A vaccination mandate for travel? Fauci says it’s possible
Addressing a topic on the mind of everyone in the travel industry, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Newsweek that it is “quite possible” that Covid-19 vaccinations could become mandatory in order…