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- Travel Roundup: Delta Spends $819K Lobbying, Scientists' Green Travel, Kayak's Travel Survey and More
- Delta Air Lines spent $819,000 lobbying in first part of 2009 -- Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. spent $819,566 in the first three months of 2009 lobbying Congress on airline passenger issues and international alliances between carriers. The airline's total included Northwest Airlines. In the last three months...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Travel Roundup: Anaheim's $76.3M Disney Deal, Cruise West's 335-Day Cruise, Houston Gives Embassy Suites $9.6M and More
- Anaheim votes to extend $76.3 million tax break to Disney hotel developer -- The Anaheim City Council voted Tuesday to extend a $76.3-million tax break to a developer building two Disney-operated luxury hotels, despite strong opposition. The council voted to make up to 15 years of  assistance payments to GardenWalk Hotel...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Bank of America's New Ritz-Carlton
- Bank of America's first hotel, an 18-story Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, N.C., is slated to open in October. According to a few reports, the hotel will also be built green -- it's planned to be gold-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It's also Charlotte's first five-star hotel and built...
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Travel Roundup: Carnival's Swine Flu Outbreak, Southwest Pilot's Child Porn Arrest, Southwest Allowing Pets and More
- Carnival offers refund to swine flu-sickened passengers -- Carnival Corp. reported it will reimburse passengers cruising in Australia after 53 passengers on the Pacific Dawn tested positive for swine flu. The cruise operator will offer each passenger 75 percent of their fare and the last 25 percent will be paid in credit...
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Travel Roundup: Air France Investigators Probe Airbus A330, Online Agencies Waive Fees Forever, New Border IDs Needed Today and More
- Lost Air France Flight 447 causes experts to probe Airbus A330 -- Although turbulence during an equatorial storm could have caused Air France Flight 447 to be lost, other causes are still being investigated. Industry investigators are looking into the aircraft, an Airbus A330-200, for any possible clues. Some pilots already dislike the plane's reliance on computers, citing...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Hotel Losing Money? Bank on Booze and Cheap Chow
- Perhaps the hospitality industry has been so focused on filling rooms, it forgot about it's other business -- food and beverage. According to Hotel Interactive, hoteliers can bank on boosted bar sales in a recession. And hotel owners are finding that a well-priced beer and a free cocktail hours can keep visitor...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Travel Roundup: Hilton's Settlement with Starwood, Biden-LaHood's High-Speed Rail, Delta Drops Atlanta-Nairobi and More
- Hilton reportedly looking to settle Denizen lawsuit with Starwood --Â Hilton Hotels Corp. may be seeking a negotiated settlement over its industrial espionage case with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Starwood has accused competitor Hilton of hiring former employees who allegedly left the company with documents detailing its new high-end W...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- States Seek High-Speed Rail Money from Biden and LaHood
- It seems like almost every state is hoping to garner some of the $13 billion earmarked for high-speed rail in the federal stimulus package. But Vice President Joseph Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who are spearheading the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act rail project, were quick to say...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Travel Roundup: Airbus Warns of Jet Speed, Hotel Leaders Cope With Economy, US Airways Worker's Gun Smuggling and More
- Airbus reissues jet speed warning after Air France investigation -- Airbus reissued emergency warnings about jet speed to pilots after experts said a missing Air France jet may have had false speed readings. Investigators said that messages broadcast by the plane before it vanished showed the plane's systems were giving different speed readings. The Airbus...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Hotels Coming to a Zoo Near You
- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium may build a hotel to capitalize on its tourism, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The zoo, which boasts more than a million visitors each year, expects increased visitation from outside of Ohio. Officials are considering whether or not to build an on-site hotel...
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Travel Roundup: Canada's Free Seat to Disabled and Obese, Qantas Cans First-Class, Harrah's Goes Interactive and More
- Canada's airlines must provide a free seat to disabled or morbidly obese passengers -- Canada's two largest airlines must provide disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights. Canada's Supreme Court upheld the federal decision after it refused to consider further appeals, thus ending a six-year legal wrangle by disabled...
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
- Travel Roundup: Las Vegas Sands Banks on Bethlehem, Embassy Suites' Experiment, Disney Cruise Line's Bomb Scare and More
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. opens Bethlehem, Pa. casino -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. opens its 124-acre Sands Bethlehem casino in Bethlehem, Pa. today, hoping its profits will help turn around its various misfortunes. Earlier this year, Las Vegas Sands pulled the plug on several developments, including condominiums on the Las...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Traveling Green (And Not First Class)
- The Union of Concerned Scientists have compiled a guide to green travel -- favoring buses, coach airline seats and trains -- to create a smaller carbon footprint. Some of the findings: First-class seating takes up more space than coach seating, so the average first-class...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Travel Roundup: Southwest Tire Fire, MGM Mirage Raising Billions, $400M Lakeside Development Planned and More
- Southwest tire fire forces emergency evacuation -- Southwest Airlines Flight 519 landed at Houston's William P. Hobby Airport Tuesday evening when one of its tires caught fire, causing the flight crew to evacuate everyone using inflatable emergency chutes. Fire crews arriving at the tarmac put out the blaze which didn't spread to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Details Emerge From Commuter Crash Probe
- As the National Transportation Safety Board continued to investigate a Continental Connection flight which crashed near Buffalo, N.Y. and killed 50 people, details emerged citing that pilots were tired, had failed past licensing tests and were grossly underpaid. Rebecca Shaw, copilot on the doomed Colgan Air Flight 3407, made only $23,900...
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Travel Roundup: MGM Mirage Raises $1B, Las Vegas Sands' Macao IPO, Allegiant Flies Into LAX and More
- MGM Mirage raises $1 billion -- MGM Mirage reported Thursday that it raised $1 billion in a public stock offering, in an attempt to raise $2.5 billion to pay off its $14 billion in debt. The company, headed by Kirk Kerkorian, said it will use the proceeds to pay at least $750...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Travel Roundup: Southwest's Flight Attendant Contract, Carnival Lowers Expectations, Celebrity Stays Year-Round and More
- Southwest flight attendants ratify contract -- Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendants approved a new contract Monday with pay raises of 3 percent and more retirement contributions. The Transport Workers Union, which represented the attendants, said the contract was ratified by 89 percent of voting workers. The pay raises will take place in the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- MGM Mirage: Kerkorian Loses Control and Organized Crime Ties?
- It's been a tumultuous May for the debt-laden MGM Mirage and now its public face, chief executive Kirk Kerkorian, lost his controlling interest last week  after the company offered 165 million shares of stock in an equity offering to raise money. Kerkorian bought 14.3 million shares, costing around $100 million, but still saw his...
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Travel Roundup: Delta's Air France and KLM Deal, MGM Mirage in Dubai, IHG Builds Budget Hotels and More
- Delta, Air France and KLM sign deal -- Delta Air Lines Inc., Air France and KLM Group signed a deal today, combining their two different agreements into a "trans-Atlantic powerhouse" that could raise $12 billion a year in revenue. The three airlines will share costs, branding, governance and advertising. Three chief executives and...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Carnival to Restart Mexican Cruises Next Week
- Carnival Cruise Lines is slated to return its ships to Mexico as early as next week now that the U.S. government has lifted its travel advisory to Mexico because of the country's swine flu outbreak. The Center for Disease Control previously recommended Americans avoid nonessential travel to the country to avoid the H1N1 flu....
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
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