A Joby Aviation Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company’s initial public offering in New York, U.S., on Aug. 11, 202...
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Delta Buys Into Electric Air Taxi Maker Joby With Aim To Speed Travel To Airports
Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt (left) and Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian pose with models of their aircraft. Rank Studios To travelers frustrated by getting stuck in traffic driving to the airport, D...
More flights in Asia may cause airfares to fall, but it may take time
Many flights that were canceled during the pandemic are returning to the skies this month. Last week, Singapore Airlines and Scoot announced they’re adding dozens of flights to cities across Asi...
8 Not-Too-Miss Hotel Promotions For Fall And Winter Travel
A new AC by Marriott in Melbourne, Australia opened this year. Marriott With the leaves changing and temperatures dropping, you don’t have to stop thinking about your next warm-weather vacation. A lon...
How credit cards ruined the airport lounge
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. Years ago, there were business travelers and there were leisure travelers, and nary did the perks of the high-flying former trickle down to th...
Five Reasons Why Airline Business Travel Has Permanently Changed
Businesses have learned that video platforms are stable and effective to replace some activities … [+] that used to require airline travel. getty Business travel for airlines has been the lifebl...
How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits
Vivian James Rigney is no casual traveler. The executive coach and speaker has visited more than 80 countries and lived on three continents. He’s also climbed the highest mountains on all seven ...
Crypto in everyday life including travel documentation and visas
The global financial crisis in the past year or so has resulted in a spike in crypto adoption around the world. Cryptocurrencies have shown great potential of being an effective solution for inflation...
Airbnb is on track to becoming the ‘largest western travel platform’
Airbnb Inc (NASADQ: ABNB) at the current stock price is an opportunity to own “one of the best compounding stories” at a deep discount, says Richard Clarke – Managing Director at Bernstein. Airbnb sto...
High inflation has many Americans tweaking their holiday travel plans
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Travelers are shifting their holiday getaway plans to avoid busting their budgets amid high inflation, according to a new Bankrate survey. Forty-three percent of U.S. ad...
Southwest Has a Problem its Passengers Need to Know About
It’s been a tough time for the airline industry lately. Flights are getting canceled and delayed more often, passengers are getting unruly, and a surprising amount of people think it’s completely fine...
Technology Continuing to Shape Travel and Tourism Industry
Travel and technology go hand-in-hand. Discover some of the ways technology is used to make your vacation easier to plan, safer, and more enjoyable. Technology is playing an increasingly important rol...
Air cargo rates slump but some companies see long-term strength
The cost of shipping air freight around the world is slumping, but some companies say the world’s shift to flying goods around the world will keep the market attractive for years. “I don&#...
Active Travel England Might Not Survive New Tory Government, Implies Boris Johnson’s Transport Advisor
Andrew Gilligan. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Getty Images Boris Johnson’s transport advisor Andrew Gilligan has voiced worries that the Liz Truss government could water down the commitment to w...
What are the best business hotels in the Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi
Preparing for a business trip to the Middle East? CNBC has made it easy to find the best hotel for the trip. CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the “Best Ho...
What are the best business hotels in Europe: London, Paris, Frankfurt
International travel may still have its challenges. But finding a solid hotel for a business trip isn’t one of them. CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of...
Peloton will put bikes in every Hilton hotel in the U.S.
Jen Van Santvoord rides her Peloton exercise bike at her home on April 07, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. Ezra Shaw | Getty Images Peloton will put bikes in all 5,400 Hilton-branded hotels in the Un...
Carnival Debt Yields in the Teens After Big Earnings Miss
Cruise line bonds have taken a fresh hit after Carnival’s weaker-than-expected financial update for its latest quarter, and yields on many debt issues now are in teens. Carnival (ticker: CCL) shares ...
Here’s Why Royal Caribbean, Carnival Stock Are Good Buys
For the past two years, since the covid pandemic hit in late-February 2020, the cruise industry has taken one punch after another. And, while the situation has improved from the extended period when c...
Carnival shares fall on ballooning costs, dragging cruise stocks lower
The brand new Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras, docked at Port Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2021. Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Shares of Carnival fell be...
Summer’s over, but the European travel season isn’t
This photograph taken on August 7, 2018, shows an American Airlines Airbus A330-243 aircraft on the tarmac at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images Airline ...
Economy flights from Moscow to Dubai hitting $5,000 as Russians flee
The airline industry has been hamstrung by a perfect storm of challenges over recent weeks, from labor shortages and supply disruptions to rising fuel prices. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images ...
The one tip to fund full-time travel
“What if I were to die tomorrow, what would you do for the rest of your life?” That’s what Malaysian Samantha Khoo asked her Singaporean husband Rene Sullivan in 2017, when he came ...
Walt Disney World, Universal to close Florida parks
Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World. Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images As Hurricane Ian nears the west coast of Florida, the Walt Disney Company and Comcast‘s Universal Studios...
Hurricane Ian forces airlines to ax west Florida flights
Local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 202...
JetBlue, American Airlines go to court in Justice Department antitrust fight
An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images ...
What is required to travel to Hong Kong? Many, many tests
Travelers headed to Hong Kong no longer need to quarantine in a hotel upon arrival. But they will have to submit to a barrage of Covid tests. They can go to work, take public transportation and go to ...
Southwest Airlines hired a record 3,000 flight attendants so far this year
Passengers deplane from a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, Oct. 10, 2021. Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Sunday, as pa...
Biden administration seeks new rules on airline fee disclosures
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, July 2, 2022. As travel is ramping up for the July 4th holiday, staffing shortages are causing problems for some ...
Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says
“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...