Hospitality & Travel

Working with the trusted brand has become a deeply coveted corporate partnership during the pandemic.

JetBlue Airways published a simple press release Thursday announcing 30 new routes starting this summer and fall, mainly for leisure customers, to leverage a nascent recovery. But to insiders, it was more — a manifesto showing that JetBlue, now in survival mode, no longer plans to play by the industry’s unwritten rules.

Nevada gaming regulators have updated rules to require players to wear masks at gaming tables where there are no plexiglass partitions. But the regulators stopped short of mandating masks for all visitors inside a casino or for slot players. Coronavirus cases in Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, have risen, with a record daily number of new cases Tuesday.

Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) said on Wednesday it has enough cash to carry on business for the next two years, up from its prior forecast of 20 months, as travel demand gradually picks up.

United Airlines (UAL.O) sweetened on Tuesday a voluntary exit package for frontline employees like flight attendants and gate agents, saying it needed “a lot more people to sign up” to avoid involuntary layoffs in October, according to a staff email seen by Reuters.

Like just about everyone, Hotels.com had to change plans when the pandemic arrived.

Hotel operator’s job reductions amount to 2,100 employees as coronavirus hits travel, occupancy levels.

Investors don’t seem to trust the multi-year order backlogs of Boeing and Airbus, but airlines can’t easily walk back plane-purchase commitments.

United expects to have $17 billion in liquidity by the end of the third quarter as it grapples with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three months after the cruise industry stopped sailing in the heat of the coronavirus pandemic, 40,000 crew members are still stranded at sea – unpaid, with some still testing positive for the pathogen.