Hawaii airports use thermal screening to prevent coronavirus spread
The Hawaii Department of Transportation has installed thermal screening technology at the gates of trans-Pacific flights in order to detect passengers with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher.
Bad week for Mexico tourism capped by mistranslations
The English language version of the country’s tourism website appeared with hilarious mistranslations.
Airline passengers willing to pay more for flights with empty middle seats: report
Several recent surveys have found that passengers would be willing to pay more money to have the middle seats on airplanes open during the coronavirus pandemic.
NYC rolls out COVID-19 checkpoints
Ashley Webster on new checkpoints in New York
Hilton predicts it'll take between 2 and 3 years for hotels to bounce back after coronavirus pandemic
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. announced on Thursday that it expected it to take at least two years for the hotel chain to rebound after the coronavirus pandemic.
20% of Delta workforce exited last week in 'difficult but necessary step,' CEO says
Approximately 17,000 Delta employees are gone as of last week.
JetBlue offers tickets for as low as $20 during flash sale
The move comes as the travel industry -- and airlines in particular -- continues efforts to offset losses created by prolonged lockdown orders and travel restrictions that stem from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dude ranch vacations booming
Dude ranches becoming popular
Houseboat rentals boom during coronavirus pandemic
Rainy Lake Houseboats' Tom Dougherty on the socially distant vacation option of renting a houseboat
Cruise line held crewmembers 'against their will' without pay, lawsuit claims
A Bahamas cruise line has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by employees who say they were held "against their will" aboard two ships amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hotels are tapping into work-from-home, transforming rooms into office spaces
After the coronavirus has put a dent into occupancy rates, some hotels have taken creative leaps to repackage rooms as workspaces.
Do cities have authority to impose entry checkpoints amid coronavirus?
Katie Cherkasky on local government coronavirus checkpoints
Disney CEO says cancellations 'ebb and flow' as parks suffer estimated $2B loss
Apparently, not everyone is ready to go back to Disney World.
Virgin Atlantic airline files for US bankruptcy protection
Virgin Atlantic filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday.
Former Spirit Airlines CEO: Employees will lose jobs as Congress stalls on stimulus
Former Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza discusses the state of the airline industry as Congress debates further stimulus and travel sees low demand.
Southwest Airlines no longer cleaning armrests, seat belts between flights
Southwest Airlines is no longer disinfecting armrests between flights, as it begins returning to a more normal turnaround schedule.
Hotel guests booking only days in advance, Hyatt says
In the U.S., more than 65% of full-service hotel bookings and more than 75% of budget hotel bookings were made only four days in advance during June, CEO Mark Hoplamazian said on the company's second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday.
Wynn Resorts reports second-quarter loss of $637.6 million
Wynn Resorts Ltd. reported a second-quarter loss of $637.6 million on Tuesday.
Universal engineers knew of dangers associated with Punga Racers water slide, court papers show
Since 2017, the water slide inside Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay has allegedly left hundreds of tourists with injuries, including one New York man who last year was paralyzed from the neck down, his lawsuit states.
Booking.com to lay off more than 4,000 people due to pandemic
Booking.com is laying off a quarter of its workforce — more than 4,000 people — with the global pandemic snuffing out travel.