[ad_1] American Express Global Business Travel has promoted chief commercial officer Andrew Crawley to the position of president, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Crawley, a former executive with British Airways and parent company International Airlines Group, joined Amex GBT as chief commercial officer in April 2020 following the departure of the…

[ad_1] Brazilian airline Azul claimed the global airline top spot for 2022 on-time performance with a rate of 88.9 percent, according to Cirium’s annual on-time performance review. All Nippon Airways (88.6 percent) and Japan Airlines (88 percent) followed.   All three of the largest U.S. carriers made the top 10 global list: Delta Air Lines in…

[ad_1] InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels & Resorts will debut its Voco brand in India through a new deal with Satyadeo Hospitality Ltd., the company announced Wednesday.  The first property, in Uttarakhand in North India, will be dubbed Voco Jim Corbett and will be rebranded from Corbet Aamond Spa & Resort by July 2024. The move will…

[ad_1] Delta Air Lines on Feb. 1 will begin offering free inflight Wi-Fi to its SkyMiles loyalty program members, the carrier announced Thursday. The new benefit is part of a larger “vision for personalized travel” for members that also will include access to certain content and exclusive offers.  Dubbed Delta Sync, the program’s perks will…

[ad_1] Northstar Travel Group, parent company of Business Travel News and portfolio mates The Beat, Meetings & Conventions, Phocuswright, Travel Weekly, Meetings & Conventions and events like Cruise World and the annual American Lodging Industry Summit, announced today it has appointed Jason Young as its new CEO. Young succeeds Thomas Kemp, who has been chairman…

[ad_1] The business travel industry in 2022 may not have had the heated merger and acquisition environment that marked previous years, but among the deals that were struck were some big ones, including JetBlue Airways winning a bidding war for Spirit Airlines and Sabre acquiring virtual payment specialist Conferma. The year’s business travel M&A landscape…

[ad_1] Arik De Etihad Airways has created a new revenue division and promoted Arik De to chief revenue officer, a newly created position, effective immediately, the carrier announced Wednesday. De since April 2022 had been VP of revenue and commerce at Etihad. De will report to Etihad CEO Antonoaldo Neves and oversee revenue management, distribution…

[ad_1] The year 2022 was one of renewal, with the Covid-19 pandemic’s grip on the business travel industry loosening as travel restrictions faded and international trips returned. That’s not to say it was smooth sailing: the effects of labor shortages, persistent inflation and soaring prices challenged travel managers the world over. Presented here are the…

[ad_1] Sonesta International Hotels Corp. has launched Sonesta Essential, a stripped-down brand offering properties with the “essentials,” the company announced Tuesday. “We are beyond confident that these two new brands will deliver experiences that our guests have told us they want,” Sonesta executive VP and COO Vera Manoukian said in a statement. Sonesta Essential sticks…

[ad_1] After a week of significant cancellations and delays for Southwest Airlines—in which it reduced its flights to one-third of its normal schedule, CEO Bob Jordan issued an apology, and the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would investigate the airline’s practices—the carrier on Friday, Dec. 30 had returned normal operations with usual disruptions for…