Hilton Hotels Corporation celebrates the opening of the new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport in Costa Rica which is the brand’s first hotel in Central America. To commemorate the occasion, the hotel will offer guests an attractive introductory rate of $79.00 USD* per night based on double occupancy. The new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport [...]
Frontier Airlines today announced a new customer-friendly change to its policy regarding same-day confirmed flights. Customers who wish to change to a different flight on the same day of travel will receive a confirmed seat, if available, for a flat fee of $75. Previously, customers were charged the fare difference between the original fare and [...]
More than 250 attendees from more than five Latin American countries and 25 U.S. states gathered in Miami to do transactions and celebrate the impressive growth of Latino hotel ownership at the group’s first annual Hotel, Development and Investment Conference, held last week at the Doral Resort and Spa in Miami, Fla.
Despite a troubled stock [...]
BookingBuddy, a comprehensive travel comparison search site, announced the launch of the BookingBuddy Deals Network, a highly targeted advertising channel for online travel suppliers. With today’s launch, the BookingBuddy Deals Network will distribute targeted travel deals and promotions to more than 23 million* travelers visiting sites such as TripAdvisor, SmarterTravel, Cruise Critic, VirtualTourist, BookingBuddy [...]
Frontier Airlines today announced that Cameron Kenyon, the company’s Vice President of Flight Operations has been named interim President of Denver-based regional airline Lynx Aviation, effective Nov. 21. Lynx is a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. and operates feeder service for Frontier. Kenyon replaces Tom Nunn, who resigned as Lynx President in early November.
“Cam [...]
Grupo Nais announces the December 3 opening of the Nais Aquarium, the First Restaurant-Aquarium in Latin America, in Guatemala City, placing it on the map as one of six cities worldwide — Nashville, Colorado City, Dallas, Houston and Dubai — that have similar tourist and ecological attractions.
A gastronomical and technological gem that astonishes with its [...]
Oriens Travel & Hotel Management Corp. (http://www.orienscorp.com), a company that seeks out mid/lower-end hotel properties in developing countries and reorganizes them under the Hotel PURE brands, is pleased to announce the company has completed its new online booking and processing engine, FROL (Friendly Reservations On Line), which aims at servicing travel related businesses in [...]
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. filed its Monthly Operating Report for September 2008. Frontier reported an operating loss of $10.4 million and a consolidated net loss of $20.8 million for the month of September 2008. For the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008, the Company reported a $5.8 million operating loss and a $29.7 million [...]
With even modest hotels charging from $200 to $300 a room all over the world (and sometimes more), the smart traveler is frequently turning to the rental of lower-cost vacation homes or apartments.
We have learned that it is rather easy to find, say, a perfectly acceptable $139-a-night apartment in Manhattan to substitute for a Manhattan [...]
Gene Grabarnick longed for a hotel with all the things a man would want on a getaway with friends.
Where the concierge ushers guests to the hottest clubs. Where requests, from hand-rolled cigars to a favorite beer in the mini-bar, are unflinchingly filled. Where luxury is wrapped in sexy, swanky style.
So, he built it.
The Regent [...]
Two developers unveiled plans this week to build a $300-million, 46-story resort hotel and condominium tower a block from the ocean in Port Hueneme.
The so-called Pacific Pointe at Port Hueneme project would transform a 1.4-acre, city-owned parking lot into a glass-and-steel landmark. It would be the largest building on the California coast between Los Angeles [...]
Playa Hotels & Resorts, the company formed earlier this year by Grupo Barcelo, said it bought a hotel in Cancun, Mexico, from Highland Hospitality Corp. for $38 million following a $9 million insurance settlement.
Closely held Playa Hotels will keep the brand name and management at the Barcelo Tucancun Beach Hotel, which was severely damaged during [...]
