Aug
16
2021
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Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for August 2021.
What It’s Really Like Inside A Military Jet Evacuating Afghan Refugees
Aug
16
2021
This isn’t just most passengers in seats and some sitting on the floor or in the back galley. This is people packed body-to-body.
Australia Could Keep Covid Quarantine Running Until 2026 [Roundup]
Aug
16
2021
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
After Rash Of Incidents, United Tells Flight Attendants Not To Duct Tape Passengers
Aug
16
2021
United Airlines, which claims its de-escalation procedures have led to a 50% reduction in passenger incidents, has sent a memo to flight attendants reminding them that they are never to duct tape passengers to their seats.
Plane Takes Off With 800 Passengers As Desperate Afghans Flee Taliban
Aug
16
2021
A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane carried as many as 800 passengers out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, more than four times the number of people it would typically hold with cargo on board.
The scene at the airport has been desperate as people have tried to evacuate the country. Many couldn’t get to the airport, and those who made it needed to escape because they’d face Taliban checkpoints if they tried to return home.
Hyatt Buying 100 Hotel And Vacation Package Business, Apple Leisure Group
Aug
15
2021
Hyatt is adding 100 new hotels with the purchase of Apple Leisure Group from private equity investors KKR and KSL Capital in a $2.7 billion transaction. Apple Leisure owns AMResorts and provides charter flights to Mexico and the Caribbean along with vacation packages through Apple Vacations and CheapCaribbean.com.
This gives Hyatt a presence in New European markets – they highlight Spain, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands and Greece – and more all-inclusive luxury properties thian anyone else “such as Secrets Resorts & Spa, Dreams Resorts & Spas, Breathless Resorts & Spas, Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts and Alua Hotels & Resorts.”
Review: Park Hyatt DC Upgrade To A Georgetown Suite
Aug
15
2021
I had to go to Washington DC for work recently and my wife and I decided that she and our daughter would come along for the weekend leading up to my time there. I cringe at the industry term ‘bleisure’ but that’s what this was.
Since I was with family I confirmed a suite, and I was able to take advantage of elite breakfast from room service too.
Marriott Hotel Sent Guest To An Uncleaned Room Because They Had No Housekeepers
Aug
15
2021
Oh, Marriott. It’s one thing for your CEO to claim that guests need to have more sympathy for hotel owners when hotels are ignoring elite breakfast benefits. But what about when they’re not cleaning rooms, because they don’t have enough housekeepers on staff? And when a guest has to sleep in a room that hasn’t been cleaned?
United’s Mask Incidents Are Down 50%, Fewer Passengers Misbehaving Than Before Pandemic
Aug
15
2021
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Emirates Flight Forced To Turn Around As US Military Takes Over Kabul Airport
Aug
15
2021
As the Afghan government falls to the Taliban, after a twenty year effective occupation of the country by U.S. forces draws to a close, the Kabul airport is quickly being used for evacuation. Events on the ground have been so fast-developing that Emirates was operating its usual flight into Kabul when it was forced to turn around due to events on the ground.
