Booking.com is adding cruise content to its site for customers in the United States through a partnership with global travel agency World Travel Holdings. The company said U.S. consumers can now access more than 10,000 sailings on more than 30 cruise lines…
G Adventures has introduced a line of premium tours called the Geluxe Collection. Available to book now with departures starting May 2024, the tours “prove community and adventure do not have to be sacrificed for comfort,” G Adventures said. G Adventures VP…
Despite costs associated with closing the Star Wars hotel, Disney’s parks division reported a 31% rise in operating income in its fiscal fourth quarter. Operating income totaled $1.76 billion. Revenue was up 13%, to $8.16 billion. The company said top performers were…
P. Jason King, president and founder of P. Jason King Associates, died Nov. 3 due to complications from a broken back. He was 79. In 1972, King opened what his company described as the first personnel agency servicing only the travel, tourism,…
Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel was in a celebratory mood last week. The third quarter of 2023 was the third quarter in a row that set records for the company across multiple measures. “We are pleased to report record quarterly room nights,…
LAS VEGAS — Who is the average travel advisor today? Arnie Weissmann, Travel Weekly’s editor in chief, gave Ensemble members some insight into that question Saturday at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. During the consortium’s Horizons 2023 event, he offered…
LAS VEGAS — “People make travel better.” That is a fundamental pillar for Ensemble, president Michael Johnson said Thursday during the consortium’s 2023 Horizons conference at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino here. But, he conceded, many people don’t believe that….
Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano touted another “terrific” quarter during the company’s Q3 earnings call Thursday, telling analysts that global travel demand “has remained strong” across the board. International demand continued to be a standout, however, with Marriott’s international RevPAR up 22%…
Hyatt Hotels Corp. CEO Mark Hoplamazian, speaking on a Thursday earnings call, said the company’s Apple Leisure Group (ALG) arm saw more “temperate” Cancun demand in Q3, as the destination reverted to “more regular seasonal patterns.” According to Hoplamazian, Cancun was a…
MyTicketPro, a sports ticketing platform open to travel advisors, will launch on Nov. 6. The platform, which will be unveiled at World Travel Market in London, offers live inventory of tickets to major North American sporting events — including basketball, baseball, hockey…