Category: Travel

  • Accor Restructures Leadership for Two-Division Setup

    [ad_1] Accor has reorganized its executive leadership roles as part of its move to create two business divisions, effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday.   Accor in July 2022 announced its plans to reorganize its business into two divisions: “Premium, Midscale & Economy” and “Luxury & Lifestyle.”  Accor Group deputy CEO Jean-Jacques Morin now heads the Premium,…

  • OAG: Delta Top N. American On-Time Airline for 2022

    [ad_1] After taking the North American top spot in Cirium’s 2022 on-time performance report, Delta Air Lines also came out as the continent’s winner again in travel data provider OAG’s global report of the most punctual airlines and airports in 2022, released Tuesday.   Airlines and airports for which OAG has flight status data for at least…

  • Loews Hotels Promotes Xuereb to CCO

    [ad_1] Monica Xuereb Loews Hotels & Co. has promoted chief revenue officer Monica Xuereb to chief commercial officer, the company announced Tuesday.  The promotion charges Xuereb with overseeing revenue management, sales and marketing, catering and conference services, communications, e-commerce, distribution, customer engagement and brand, according to the company.  “As CCO, Monica will continue to leverage…

  • ASTA Opposes Employee Classification Rule Change

    [ad_1] The American Society of Travel Advisors is urging the U.S. Department of Labor to scrap a proposed new rule on independent contractor classification, claiming it will create more ambiguity around determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. The DOL’s proposed rule, announced in October, would overturn a rule issued near…

  • DOT Details Southwest Reimbursement Procedure, Carrier Promotes Harvey

    [ad_1] The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday detailed the reimbursement protocols it has developed for Southwest Airlines travelers affected by the carrier’s holiday operational breakdown. Meanwhile, Southwest has made several promotions across leadership roles that will “strengthen our operational execution,” the carrier announced Monday.   The new executive structure comes about two weeks after Southwest…

  • IATA: November Int’l Air Traffic Led Continued Recovery

    [ad_1] Global air passenger traffic in November continued to recover, but at a slightly lower rate than in October, according to the International Air Transport Association. International traffic led the increase, while domestic traffic ticked up just a few percentage points.  Total November 2022 traffic, as measured in revenue passenger kilometers, increased 41.3 percent year…

  • ATG Adds Carbon Reporting Via Squake

    [ad_1] ATG Travel Worldwide is connecting to carbon emission compensation platform Squake to enable clients to measure and offset emissions from travel, the travel management company announced. With the connection, which ATG said will be deployed sometime in the current quarter, the TMC can provide carbon footprint estimations for air travel, hotels, bus, rail and…

  • AHLA Appoints New Foundation President

    [ad_1] The American Hotel & Lodging Association has appointed former United Nations Foundation executive Anna Blue president of AHLA Foundation, the company’s charitable organization effective Jan. 22, the organization announced Monday.   Blue joins the AHLA Foundation following her most recent position as co-executive director of Girl Up at the United Nations Foundation. Blue previously held…

  • Southwest Details Operational Meltdown Impact, Vows Improvement

    [ad_1] As a result of operational disruptions during the recent holiday period which included the cancellation of more than 16,700 flights between Dec. 21 and Dec. 31, Southwest Airlines has updated select fourth-quarter 2022 guidance points, according to a Friday U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.  The carrier now forecasts fourth-quarter 2022 capacity to decline about 6…

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