Air France will bring its U.S. lounge count to six on Friday with the opening of a 12,000-square-foot facility at Los Angeles International Airport. The lounge is located in the Tom Bradley International Terminal, near the gates Air France uses for its flights to Paris and Tahiti. Appointed in Air France’s deep blue and white

Universal Orlando Resort is bringing its iconic monsters to life with Dark Universe, one of five worlds that will make up Epic Universe, a theme park opening next year. Dark Universe will be home to legendary monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man and the Bride of Frankenstein. Some new characters will make an

Anthony Lee Thomas, a former employee of Internova Travel Group’s Altour division, has filed for a dismissal of Internova’s lawsuit against him, according to Travel Weekly’s sister publication The Beat. Internova and Altour filed suit against Thomas in February in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  The lawsuit alleged that

Jamie Biesiada When Andrew Pilkington joined Travel Edge as its president, the first thing he did was hit the road. Pilkington, whose new role was announced in December, wanted to meet Travel Edge Network’s advisors. Over the course of a few months, he went all over, including California, New York, Miami, Bermuda and multiple stops

Most CEOs plan to increase their travel budgets this year, as the C-suite sees business travel as valuable not only for revenue generation but for employee morale, according to a TravelPerk-commissioned report published on June 13. The Value of Business Travel Report, which included 4,600 business travelers and 625 travel managers and administrators within the

The FAA plans to move forward expeditiously with regulations that would require public air charters to operate under the same safety rules as large commercial airlines. And, the FAA will explore a new regulatory framework that would apply to operators of scheduled operations that use aircraft with 10 to 30 seats.  The changes would most

JetBlue will allow passengers who buy a basic economy fare to stow a carry-on bag in the overhead bin, starting Sept. 6.  The airline currently allows only an item that can fit under the seat for passengers who purchase its Blue Basic fare.  “The change makes JetBlue’s basic economy offering one of the industry’s best

Accor is inching closer to the debut of its first Orient Express hotel, with the Orient Express La Minerva, Rome expected to begin welcoming guests by the end of this year. Accor unveiled plans to relaunch Orient Express hotels in 2017, after acquiring a 50% stake in the brand from French national rail company SNCF