Regent Seven Seas Cruises has placed an order with Italy’s Fincantieri to build another cruise ship.With delivery scheduled in late 2023, the new vessel will be a sister ship to Seven Seas Ex…
Holland America augments America’s Test Kitchen programming
Holland America Line said guests in 2019 will get five new cooking demonstration shows onboard its ships, courtesy of its partnership with the PBS show “America’s Test Kitchen.”Th…
Shutdown sets back Southwest’s Hawaii plans
The partial government shutdown, now in its 24th day, is throwing a wrench into Southwest’s plan to begin Hawaii service soon.The carrier had originally planned to begin Hawaii service in lat…
Corsair Hotel to debut in New Orleans this year
Hotelier Robért LeBlanc has announced LeBlanc+Smith’s first project, The Corsair Hotel, in historic Uptown New Orleans.Opening in the autumn with interior design by Sara Ruffin Costell…
Bartlett welcomes new tourism records in Jamaica
Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has revealed the Caribbean island saw an 8.6 per cent increase in tourism revenues in 2018.Bartlett told a press conference in Kingston that the prelim…
Boeing breaks aircraft delivery record in 2018
Boeing delivered some 69 737 planes in December and set a new annual record of 806 deliveries in 2018, surpassing its previous record of 763 deliveries in 2017.Even as Boeing delivered more jets, t…
WW takes to the seas with MSC Cruises partnership
Following on from the success of four United States and Caribbean cruises on board MSC Divina and MSC Seaside, WW has strengthened its partnership with MSC Cruises to launch its first ever cruise i…
Sandals to remove Styrofoam from all resorts by next month
Sandals Resorts International has announced that all 19 Sandals and Beaches Resorts across seven major Caribbean Islands will eliminate all Styrofoam from the February 1st.The move is part of a con…
Delta Air Lines sees sharp share price fall following profit warning
Delta Air Lines has seen its share price fall by nearly nine per cent after issuing a profit warning for the final three months of 2018.The leading United States-based carrier warned investors its …
Restored paddlewheeler to do riverboat tours in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smo…