2013 › April

Luxury and splendor are returning to air travel -- but only for VIP travelers.

Hawaiian will continue to dominate the top spot since weather is the main cause delayed arrivals and departures. Still, it’s up to the airline to anticipate and adjust operations accordingly.

Porter has built a loyal clientele because of its easy flights from a central location, and there are likely enough influential Toronto business people who rely on them that they'll be able to squash opposition to their new jet plan.

It's a bad year for military-related celebrations. New York City's Fleet Week will suffer the same fate as Floridas and the Blue Angels are grounded, too.

On a side note, it is interesting that Richard Branson, only a minority owner in Virgin America because of U.S. regulations, played such a prominent role at the Newark festivities -- and in articulating Virgin America's threat to file an antitrust complaint.

The project is modeled after Spain’s Paradores, 25 of which were recently shut down indicating not even they were safe from the recession. The Italian project might provide a tourism boost, but won’t be a saving grace.

Amsterdam and the top-ranked Asian airports humanize the airport experience and remember to prioritize people in addition to airlines, governments, and a bottom line.

In stark contract to the recent news of the sequester hurting travel demand and closing airport towers, Obama’s budget shows a commitment to improving travel and tourism infrastructure.

If Egypt is still searching for reasons it can't get its tourism industry back on track it doesn't have to look any further than it's lack of consistent travel policies. Who wants to book a trip when a political feud may get it cancelled?

It turned heads last June when the GSA awarded a $1.4 billion government travel contact to a single vendor, Concur, which had never been involved in government travel. Concur isn't in danger of losing all the business, but it may have to share with CWT Sato Travel.