On November 22, 2017, Aerolineas Argentinas took delivery of its first Boeing 737-8 MAX 8, the pictured LV-GVD.
LV-GVD arrived at the Buenos Aires base the following day via a refueling stop at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
The new type is expected to enter revenue service on December 1, 2017. The company is expected to have 20 copies by 2020.
When Jennifer Hudson is on hand to headline grand opening festivities, it’s pretty clear the property is not your average hotel.
Add to that the star power of former President Barack Obama, who has already visited and spent the night, and the wow factor hits different levels.
Saudi Arabia is not the first country that most tourists think to visit. But if the Saudi Crown Prince has his way, the new city of Neom will become a major attraction and promising place to live.
A computer error caused Delta Air Lines to offer super-low fares a few years ago that were up to 90% below regular prices, including a $35 one-way ticket from Raleigh, N.C., to Philadelphia.
The Atlanta-based carrier caught the mistake within a few hours but not before the cheap flights were booked by some lucky travelers.
A travel website announced this week that it is adding a service that can look for and display errors that lead to extremely low fares.
Nikki Beach plans to open a beach club this winter in Port Ferdinand north of Speightstown on the west coast of Barbados.
The beach club, set on 1.4 acres of beachfront property and elevated to ensure spectacular views, will feature an all-white design scheme, highlighted by wood accents and stone elements.
The club will have a restaurant, pool and oceanfront seating for up to 200 guests. In case of inclement weather, the dining space is covered with a waterproof awning. Showers and changing rooms are on property. There will be no admission charge.
Following the Caribbean's severe hurricane season, the Martinique Tourism Authority and the Tourism Board of the Islands of Guadeloupe reported that both destinations emerged totally unscathed from the powerful storms Harvey and Irma.
Both French Caribbean islands were able to welcome visitors right after the storms with all businesses up-and-running, including hotels, B&Bs and villas as well as restaurants and tourist sites.
UNWTO, the government of Jamaica, the World Bank Group and the Inter-American Development Bank will cohost a conference on jobs and inclusive growth in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
New tourism data released by the Los Cabos Tourism Board and the Hotel Association of Los Cabos show a strong rebound in hotel occupancy, visitor arrivals and RevPAR, three months after a Mexico travel warning was issued by the U.S. Department of State.
Interjet’s Toronto and Montreal flights to Mexico City and Cancun just started this summer (and its Vancouver flights began only a few weeks ago), and already the airline is seeing load factors of close to 70%.
Interjet Director, Javier Porragas Torres, says “we’re doing good” but there’s still work to be done to promote the airline, and part of the push will come from Interjet’s sales team now heading out to travel agencies in the airline’s key Canadian markets.
“Innovation is at the heart of IMEX exhibitions and for 2018 we are again creating a series of new initiatives that will meet the needs of buyers and exhibitors and substantially enhance their business experience,” says Carina Bauer, before adding “Several engaging new initiatives, new exhibitors and new hosted buyer groups are already confirmed for IMEX in Frankfurt 2018, taking place on 15-17 May. This is well ahead of registration opening early in December.”
Agents, suppliers and media partners got the latest updates on Melia Hotels International Cuba’s resorts post-Hurricane Irma at last night’s appreciation dinner, including news about the projected opening date for the new Paradisus Cayo Santa Maria.
Tobago has recognized a need to be nimble, flexible, and relevant to its internal and external stakeholders and has responded by establishing the Tobago Tourism Agency.
The agency’s ten-member board is to be chaired by University of the West Indies lecturer, Sherma Roberts.
At the same time, Louis Lewis has been announced as the organization’s first chief executive officer.
The agency has oversight for the strategic marketing of the destination, product development and investment, as well as cruise and airlift.
After announcing direct flights to New York, Boston and Toronto from Birmingham and London Stansted, Primera Air is adding three more leisure destinations – Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga.
Primera Air has already established a strong and well-known leisure carrier image in Scandinavia and now the low-cost airline is bringing its core product to the UK.
Flights to Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga will be operated daily, using Boeing 737-800 starting from April and May next year.
With the winter holidays on the horizon, the Expedia group is reporting a large influx of searches and interest for travel to the Caribbean. As snowbirds start traveling south, the Expedia group’s in-depth insights for holiday travel can provide hoteliers the opportunity to better connect with travelers and target the right consumers.
The SLS Baha Mar opened on Friday. It is the second of three hotels to open in the $4.2 billion Baha Mar resort in Nassau, Bahamas.
The 299-room hotel is the fifth under the SBE lifestyle brand after the brand's two Miami properties and its hotels in Beverly Hills and Las Vegas.
Baha Mar already includes SBE food and beverage outlets Cleo, Katsuya and Monkey Bar. SBE's Bond nightclub and Skybar lounge will open next month and early next year, respectively.
Spanish hotel group Barcelo has expressed interest in merging with rival NH Hotel Group, according to Reuters.
Barcelo is seeking to acquire a 60 percent stake and a majority of the board seats in the combined company, which would become Spain's largest hotel operator with more than 600 hotels across Europe, South America and the Caribbean.
The non-binding offer values NH Hotel Group at approximately $3 billion.
Club Med unveiled extensive renovations to its Cancun Yucatan property earlier this month, along with its sales growth numbers in Canada – and a plan to boost business in Ontario.
Club Med was the first to open a resort in Cancun back in 1976, and even helped to build the airport in an effort to develop tourism, which was nonexistent at the time. A lot has changed since then.
Tour operator and travel agents just returned to their former status as the gateways for Americans seeking to visit Cuba.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy outline of several months ago on U.S. travel to Cuba have become reality: Americans will no longer be able to travel to Cuba without a tour group, or stay in a hotel or spend money with any business that has ties to the Cuban government and military, among other restrictions.
The XXI MITM Americas, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market, and the VII CULTOURFAIR, International Cultural Trade Show, concluded with resounding success in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Cuando Gran Bretaña perdió la Guerra de Independencia Norteamericana, los franceses amenazaron el imperio británico en el Caribe, pero la armada inglesa derrotó definitivamente a los franceses en 1782 en las proximidades del archipiélago de Les Saintes.
