A multimillion-dollar renovation effort for the Oceana Beach Club Hotel revealed a complete rebranding, scheduled for re-opening May 2019. The original hotel offered a place for travelers and mainstays to escape from the hubbub of everyday life since it was established in 1996. When the new
KLM will phase out in-flight duty-free sales due to a drop in purchases it blames on the rise of internet shopping and competition from airport retail sales. The airline will stop all duty-free sales on European flights in July. Long-haul intercontinental service will end January 2020. The
Lyft launched a new program that allows riders to combine rides with other riders and thus receive a discount on their ride. As of February, Lyft’s Shared Saver program, similar to Uber’s Pool, lets riders browse the app and find the nearest vehicle that can take
Last month, Kansas City International Airport broke ground on a new $1.5 billion single terminal. The airport is currently laid out in a three-terminal configuration, and remained mostly unchanged since it opened in 1972. Now, the new construction will help accommodate passenger traffic that has nearly
KASA Hotel Collection’s second Mexican property now has an expected date to commence operations. KASA Hotel Riviera Maya will open in July in the Puerto Aventuras community on Riviera Maya. The greater community is located south of Cancún and Playa del Carmen. The soon-to-open boutique hotel features
JetBlue rolled out its new cabin experience last month, which includes the widest seats available for the Airbus 320 aircraft. The seats also have custom-designed, seatback in-flight entertainment with 100-plus channels of DIRECTV and hundreds of free movies and shows, pairing ability with passengers’ mobile
Travelers with a little extra dough that have reservations with American Airlines can now travel to their flight in style. Flight itineraries to or from New York (JFK) and Los Angeles (LAX) now offer private airport transfer by helicopter. This luxurious method of transport allows travelers
Jacksonville International Airport is building a new VIP lounge, expected to open this spring. The airport is also adding a third concourse. According to The Jacksonville Daily Record, the airport’s $1 million Club Jax is currently under construction. The lounge will cover 3,600 square feet and
The United States is filled with great fishing spots for any kind of fish you can imagine. Each spring, trout takes the forefront and anglers don smaller equipment to pursue small prey. As any fisherman will tell you, one of the best parts of fishing is
Etihad Airways reported a loss of $1.28 billion for its core airline operations in 2018. That’s actually an improvement of 15 percent over 2017, when the airline lost $1.52 billion. Part of the loss could be attributed to a passenger decrease. In 2018, Etihad flew 17.8 million
Celebrate Earth Day in San Francisco with the help of Alcatraz Cruises and Hornblower Cruises’ Respect Our Planet promotion, offering free and family-friendly activities, Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. This Earth Day, and everyday, Alcatraz Cruises is ingrained in the city’s sustainability efforts and was
EL AL Israel Airlines introduced a new menu for business-class passengers departing Israel, developed by chef Shahaf Shabtay. The menu options include appetizers like grilled artichoke with chimichurri and Romanian-style zucchini. The main menu has dishes like a three-hour asado, spring chicken with bulgur in red-wine
According to recent research released by Tourism Economics, the rate at which international travelers visit the United States rose by only 2 percent. The data from Tourism Economics also shows visitation to the United States from Asia and the Pacific region dropped by 0.9 percent, and
Easyjet is no longer part of the effort of a joint takeover of troubled airline Alitalia. The carrier had been working with Delta Air Lines and Italian rail company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane on a potential takeover bid. “Following discussions with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and
A new season brings with it a new menu for many airlines, and Delta Air Lines’ spring menu kicked off in March. Delta’s new menu includes seasonally inspired and professionally curated recipes to make flying during warming months feel a little more like spring. In addition
Delta Air Lines is migrating to a new home at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The airline will move in May from Concourse C to the newly built North Terminal, located on the north side of the airfield at the airport. Delta’s final use of
