The International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) is calling on the government of Ecuador to better regulate and limit land-based tourism to the Galapagos Islands. The organization said its plea follows a recent UNESCO report that raised concerns about unsustainable tourism growth…
Tauck will have author Frances Mayes as a special guest speaker on group tours in Tuscany. The New York Times bestselling author of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” which was adapted into a 2003 movie, will share reflections on her 30 years spent…
Blue Diamond Resorts is upgrading its Diamond Club and Star Class room categories, with the enhancements to roll out at Royalton and Planet Hollywood resorts starting Oct. 1. There will be an increase in the number of butlers per resort, substantially improving…
American Express Travel (No. 7 on Travel Weekly’s 2023 Power List) has launched a vacation rental program, Select Homes + Retreats. Select Homes + Retreats is currently in a pilot test and available to a small group of consumer and small business…
Dream Vacations has taken out an ad on the Nasdaq digital billboard in New York’s Times Square, offering viewers the chance to win a vacation by scanning a QR code. Ads on the billboard at 43rd Street and Broadway rotate every two…
A surge in Americans’ international travel as well as a rebound in China helped boost Marriott International’s global performance in the second quarter. Marriott CFO Leeny Oberg cited “a big exodus of Americans going over to Europe and other places in the…
Twelve years ago, if someone told Keith Waldon he was going to head a host agency that 200 travel advisors call home, “I would have laughed and probably bet all my money that you were wrong,” he said. But Waldon’s Departure Lounge…
Minion Land will open at the Universal Orlando Resort on Aug. 11. The new area in the Universal Studios Florida park, themed to the “Despicable Me” film franchise, will feature a new blaster-style attraction, Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast. The land is also…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino mogul Steve Wynn has ended a yearslong legal fight with Nevada gambling regulators that started with claims of workplace sexual misconduct, agreeing to pay a $10 million fine and cut ties to the industry he helped shape…
Attendance at Universal’s Orlando theme parks was down in the second quarter compared to a year earlier. Executives at parent company Comcast attributed the downswing to two factors: an extraordinary period of attendance last year and consumers once again cruising and traveling…