Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. has announced that total passenger traffic for August 2009 decreased by 12.8 percent when compared to August 2008.
Effective Dec. 4, the Holiday Inn San Juan will become the Verdanza Hotel, a member of the Summit Hotels & Resorts collection.
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc., reported a net profit of $17.8 million for the month of July and its ninth consecutive monthly operating profit.
In another example of the travel agency consolidation trend, Altour has entered into an agreement to acquire The Travel Authority (TTA).
Back in July, Phoenix was in a frenzy, and the news media were circling like a pack of hungry coyotes. The cause of all this consternation would have gone unnoticed in any other era: The Social Security Administration had sponsored a three-day training conference for employees at the upscale Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, at a reported cost to taxpayers of $700,000 to $750,000.
American will charge passengers $50 for a second checked bag on some international flights, effective for ticket purchases on and after Sept. 14. The charge applies to flights to India and the following European countries: Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.