Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’

Horizon Airs New Schedules Boost Connections, Convenience

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

In January, February and March, Horizon Air is changing flight schedules on several routes in its network to better align them with its travelers’ current needs.
“We never stop listening to our customers. We’re always factoring in what we hear to ensure our flight schedules work well for them, whether they’re traveling solely within our own [...]

Alaska Air Group to Webcast Presentation at Credit Suisse Global Airline Conference

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Alaska Air Group, Inc. the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., announced it will webcast a presentation given by Brandon Pedersen, Alaska Air Group’s vice president of finance, at the Credit Suisse Global Airline Conference on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, in New York.
The webcast will be presented live at [...]

Royal Caribbean International Voted Best Luxury Cruise Operator in Travel Weekly’s China Industry Awards 2008

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Royal Caribbean International has been named “Best Luxury Cruise Operator” in Travel Weekly’s China Industry Awards 2008, after just one year of operations in Asia. The award was presented at a ceremony held in Shanghai last evening.
Royal Caribbean was selected by almost 600,000 readers of Travel Weekly and Travel Weekly China for its award. Initiated [...]

Royal Caribbean’s Newest Freedom-Class Ship Arrives in the US

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Royal Caribbean International’s newest Freedom-class ship, Independence of the Seas, made her US debut today at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Sharing the title of world’s largest cruise ship with her sister-ships, Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, Independence will be the line’s first Freedom-class ship to sail from Port Everglades.
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Alaska Airlines Inaugurates Service From Seattle to Kona, on Hawaii’s Big Island

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Alaska Airlines today will inaugurate daily, year-round service between Seattle and Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island. The new flights will provide convenient connections to travelers in other cities served by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air throughout the Pacific Northwest and state of Alaska.
Flights from Seattle will depart daily at 8:40 a.m. Pacific time and arrive [...]

New Specialty Retailers Sign Up to Sell Life Fitness Equipment

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Exercise equipment leader Life Fitness will be carried through 15 new specialty retailers beginning this month, in a move to extend its reach in advance of the all-important holiday shopping season and beyond. The new relationships increase the presence for Life Fitness within key markets in the Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Southern California, Colorado and Alaska.
The [...]

Carnival Corporation & plc Declares December Dividend and Announces Subsequent Dividend Suspension

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Carnival Corporation & plc announced that it has declared a December dividend of $0.40 per share and that its

Avoid oline travel auction anguish

Monday, June 11th, 2007

The grungy hotel room was reeking of smoke. The bathtub was rusty. The bedspread and furnishings were dingy relics. But I couldn’t leave. I’d already paid $155 in an online travel auction for the Queen Mary Hotel room — $91 for the room, $20 commission, $24 in taxes and $20 to upgrade to a room [...]

Travel warning to Fiji finally toned down

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

NativeEnergy Travel Offsets is pleased to announce their partnership with the Association of Travel Marketing Executives in offsetting the carbon emissions associated with this year’s ATME Annual Conference in recognition of the important leadership role the travel industry is poised to take on in the fight against global warming. ATME values and supports efforts to [...]

Travel warning to Fiji finally toned down

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

NativeEnergy Travel Offsets is pleased to announce their partnership with the Association of Travel Marketing Executives in offsetting the carbon emissions associated with this year’s ATME Annual Conference in recognition of the important leadership role the travel industry is poised to take on in the fight against global warming. ATME values and supports efforts to [...]

Alyeska Resort’s new ‘family-friendly’ policy stirs up locals

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Girdwood kids learn to swim at the Alyeska Resort hotel pool. People recovering from injuries use the fitness center for physical therapy. Residents who live in cabins with no running water take showers there.
At least, that’s how it used to be.
New ownership has brought new policies to the resort that is the economic heart of [...]

Seibu sells Maui hotel to Morgan Stanley affiliate

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Japanese hotel and railway group Seibu Holdings Inc. said on Friday it has agreed to sell the Maui Prince Hotel, land and a golf course in Hawaii for about $575 million to a firm affiliated with Morgan Stanley .
Seibu has been selling off its properties as part of a restructuring and to cut interest-bearing debt.
Seibu [...]