In this January 11, 2018, photo, riders wait to board as others depart a Metro train in the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station in Washington. Washington’s Metro system has become internati…
Maverick Helicopters expands Hawaii operations
Maverick Helicopters, an award-winning division of Maverick Aviation Group, will expand operations to Hawaii’s northernmost and oldest island, Kauai, later this year.The expansion comes after…
U.S. National Park Service in Crisis Mode as Most Advisory Board Members Quit
After a year when record attendance at many U.S. National Parks and a growing maintenance backlog led to a National Park Service decision to raise entrance fees, the agency got off to a rough start…
U.S. Travel Coalition Enlists Restaurants and Retailers to Reverse Trump’s Isolationist Stance
Invoking the safety in numbers theory, the U.S. Travel Association officially launched its Visit U.S. Coalition on Tuesday with a plea to the Trump Administration to work with the U.S. travel indus…
American Constellation to cruise Puget Sound and Alaska
American Cruise Line said the 175-passenger American Constellation will spend its second season in Seattle, offering five-, eight- and 11-day Puget Sound itineraries in the spring and fall.The ship…
Los Angeles And New York Standing Out In Dark Period For U.S. Tourism
2017 has been one of the worst years for American tourism in recent history. In the first seven months of 2017, the USA registered a tourism decline of 4% in terms of international arrivals, accord…
Atlantic City’s Failed Revel Casino Sells for $200 Million
Revel, the failed $2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, sold for $200 million. Bloomberg Revel, the failed $2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built as a high-end playgrou…
Mexico: New travel advisory system an improvement, but could be better
The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) called the U.S. State Department’s new travel advisory system an upgrade over its previous one, but said there is room for improvement.Criticizing what it descr…
U.S. Tourism Confronting Its Worst Year Since the Financial Crisis
Fewer international travelers visited the United States during the first seven months of 2017 and with that decline, foreign visitors also spent less across the country, according to U.S. Departmen…
U.S. State Department Overhauls Travel Warning System
The U.S. Department of State is changing the way it makes recommendations to U.S. travelers about which destinations are unsafe to visit by eliminating travel warnings and alerts and issuing travel…