News and notes from around the interweb:
- Hyatt is reviewing hotel brands it could acquire
- Global Bazaar Food Court at Newark Terminal C is complete
- American is ending regional flying deals with Trans States and ExpressJet
ExpressJet service, which is concentrated at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, will migrate to SkyWest Inc., the carrier’s parent. The Trans States routes, flown on 15 regional jets mostly from Reagan National Airport in Washington, will shift to Envoy Airlines
- History of how Airbus became Boeing’s biggest rival
- The History of Chicago O’Hare
- Facial recognition technology is both useful and creepy. And it’s rapidly becoming normalized. Singapore’s airport is considering using it to track down passengers who are late for their flights. (HT: Ryan Boyd)
Singapore Changi Terminal 4
Best Western seems like a good fit to fill in the low end for Hyatt.
@nsx yeah, that’s what we need- more low end Hyatt’s- not. They should have purchased Kimpton. Rosewood would be a good fit, albeit not enough to move the needle.
The merger we all needed was Starwood-Hyatt. I think the handwriting is on the wall that hotel loyalty is going to follow the trajectory of the airlines. Unless you’re in the top 1% of revenue, and award night value doesn’t matter to you, you’re loyalty future will not resemble your loyalty past.