[ad_1] President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which includes among other transportation industry funding $14 billion in direct aid to airlines for payroll support programs. Like previous emergency funding packages disbursed to the hard-hit travel category, including those provided in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act last March and the…

[ad_1] Marriott International has appointed former group president of global development, design and operations services Tony Capuano as its new CEO. Capuano most recently had been one of two Marriott executives named in early February to take over operational responsibilities from the previous CEO, Arne Sorensen, when he announced he would be stepping back from…

[ad_1] Deem has launched a new online booking tool and travel management platform designed to meet user demand for a mobile-first, consumer-like experience, according to the company. Dubbed Etta—from the acronym for “Easier to Travel Anywhere”—the tool will replace Deem’s existing Work Fource platform and has been in development for the past two years, according…

[ad_1] New York’s quarantine requirements for domestic travelers will end on April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. The state currently requires most travelers from noncontiguous states to quarantine upon arrival for either 10 days or until getting negative Covid-19 tests taken both prior to arrival and on the fourth day after arrival. As of April…

[ad_1] American Airlines is adding service out of Austin, Texas, in anticipation of increased business travel this summer, the carrier announced. New service targeting business travel includes daily service to Nashville beginning May 6, increased to twice daily on July 2; daily service to Las Vegas beginning May 6, increased to twice daily on June…

[ad_1] Meetings and travel management software company Cvent is planning for and investing in major modifications to its Cvent Business Transient product, formerly known as Lanyon, that will change how users prepare for, send and negotiate requests for proposals, the company announced Tuesday during its Cvent Travel Summit. Other than one new feature planned to…

[ad_1] ABC Global Services has partnered with lodging booking platform HVN, the company announced. The deal gives travel agency partners of ABC as well as sister company CCRA access to HVN’s more than 200,000 global properties “suitable for both business and leisure travel,” according to ABC. Each property is professionally managed, and include private residences,…

[ad_1] Although domestic leisure travel will be dominant in the early stages of the recovery, United CEO Scott Kirby is betting long-term on a strong recovery in business and international travel. Speaking on Wednesday at a CAPA Live virtual event, Kirby acknowledged that his outlook for business travel was “not the consensus.” An International Air…

[ad_1] Amtrak in May 2021 will begin to restore daily service for 12 long-distance routes suspended last year in during the pandemic. The routes will be restored in three phases from late May to early June, according to Amtrak. Pending President Biden’s signature on the final Covid-19 relief legislation, passed by the House and Senate…