Hotel Review: Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews September 24, 2018
The Fairmont Kea Lani on the island of Maui stands on a sloping, 22-acre site which gently descends to the sands of Polo Beach and the Pacific Ocean.
Read moreScottsdale, Arizona – a Hometown Feel away from Home
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesFood and DrinkTravel Tips May 9, 2017
This sunny city of nearly a quarter-million, just east of Phoenix, has a decidedly ‘hometown’ feel, palpable even to travelers from far away.
Read moreReview: The Towers at Pacifica, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotels March 14, 2017
Review: Ocean Club Resort, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews February 6, 2017
According to the resort’s original owners, their strategy in locating the hotel was based on providing for its guests optimal views of the Turks and Caicos sunsets.
Read moreSouthwest to Add Cincinnati and Grand Cayman to Its Network
AirlinesAirportsDestinations January 5, 2017
Southwest Airlines is planning to launch service on June 4 to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and to Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport (subject to Southwest receiving requisite governmental approvals).
Read moreHotel Review: Claremont Club & Spa, Berkeley, California
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotels December 30, 2016
Fairmont’s recent refurbishment of the 276-room hotel catapulted the Claremont, which opened its doors in 1915, into the 21st century.
Read moreMunich Airport Looks for Third Runway to Open in 2022
AirportsDestinationsFeatured Articles April 29, 2016
Dr. Michael Kerkloh, president and CEO of Flughafen München GmbH, Munich Airport’s operating company, says that while the airport already has legal approval for construction of the third runway, construction remains “subject to [receiving] a political green light”.
Read moreWe interview Cdr. Bud Slabbaert on his remarkable initiative to create positive change, consensus and cooperation among aviation, tourism and government stakeholders in many Caribbean nations, in order to drive new air transport links and new economic growth throughout the entire region.
Read moreHotel Review: Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews February 21, 2016
The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is a luxuriant, AAA 5 Diamond city resort spread over manicured grounds. The property is tucked into the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, near where 15 Major League Baseball teams warm up for the regular season.
Read moreBrussels Airlines to Add Nantes to Its Network
AirlinesAirportsDestinations February 19, 2016
Using 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets operated by a partner regional airline, Brussels Airlines will launch 12-times-weekly service between Brussels and the French port city of Nantes on June 14.
Read moreReview: Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard, London
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews December 30, 2015
Occupying 19 floors in The Shard, a 1,016-foot-high skyscraper on the south bank of the Thames near London Bridge, the 5-star Shangri-La, which opened in May 2014, is the highest hotel in town.
Read moreUnited Applies to Operate Seasonal San Francisco-Xi’an Service, with 787s
AirlinesAirportsDestinations September 22, 2015
If approved, the seasonal service would be the first transpacific service to Xi’an operated by any airline, and United Airlines would be the first U.S. carrier to serve the city, according to United.
Read moreSint Maarten ATC Facility Seeks to Extend Airspace Coverage
AirportsDestinationsTravel Technology September 9, 2015
The air traffic control provider which controls all air traffic movements at Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport and provides approach control to five other airports in the region is seeking to extend the volume of airspace it covers.
Read moreReview: Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
DestinationsFeatured ArticlesHotel ReviewsHotelsReviews September 3, 2015
The Chinzanso, while it inhabits a post-war building complete with a thrusting, 14-story tower, evokes an older, serene, nuanced style refined long ago in Japan. Some of that has to do with the Chinzanso’s location, far removed from central Tokyo and bordering a historic botanical garden.
Read moreSint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport, which now uses its three-letter IATA code to brand itself as ‘SXM Airport’, is working on a series of major upgrades as passenger traffic and aircraft movements continue to grow quickly.
Read moreThe Hon. Benito Bergzon, Jr., undersecretary of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines, says PAL’s new Manila-New York route is of particular importance in potentially increasing foreign-visitor arrivals to the Pacific Rim nation.
Read morePhilippine Airlines Returns to New York after 18-Year Absence
AirlinesAirportsDestinations March 18, 2015
The arrival of a Boeing 777-300ER at New York JFK early on March 16 heralded the return of Philippine Airlines service to New York City, 18 years after the carrier ended its brief and unsuccessful first attempt to serve America’s largest metropolitan area.
Read moreEquatorial Congo Airlines to Launch Brazzaville-Bamako-Dakar Service
AirlinesAirportsDestinations March 16, 2015
ECAir, the national airline of the Republic of the Congo, is launching scheduled Brazzaville-Bamako-Dakar service on March 22 as part of a network expansion effort within Africa.
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