, since Marriott now identifies as mid, they needed another brand to carry the moniker: Project Mid-T, a lower-end Fairfield. Under CEO Anthony Capuano, “Marriott” doesn’t need to stand for anything, they just need to prop up room count. And Mid-T is perfect to counteract rooms-growth Low-T.
According to American Airlines, appealing the JetBlue partnership anti-trust verdict, “We do want to go forward with similar arrangements, obviously JetBlue is not here and cannot speak, we do.”
Pressed further about whether they really are considering this, the lawyer responds “We would seriously consider that, yes, and the injunction prevents us from doing that.”
United Airlines 998 from Brussels to Newark diverted to Dublin today due to an unruly passenger – and went to quarantine when it landed.
American Airlines is still appealing the government’s win in its anti-trust suit against the Northeast Alliance between it and JetBlue – even though JetBlue abandoned the effort and moved on.
On Thursday, a Delta Air Lines first class passenger “had a poop accident” that “caused an incredibly foul odor throughout the cabin.” The passenger did not clean it up, and others up front wanted the flight attendant to do it.
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My daughter has reached an age where she’s plenty happy spending time away from us, and she loves making friends with other kids. When we were at the Park Hyatt St. Kitts in February she wanted to spend all of her time at the Kids Club (“Island Fort Kids Club”) there. What’s more, while they used to charge for it, it’s now 100% free.
So we’ve been looking for kids clubs as part of our family travels.
The Maldives has banned entry into the country by Israeli citizens and will fundraise for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency which works directly with Hamas in Gaza and some of whose employees participated in the October 7th terrorist attacks.
There are four major hotel loyalty programs, at least for Americans: Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott and IHG. Hyatt has the smallest footprint but the best benefits for frequent guests. Marriott is great on paper but most inconsistent at the property-level delivering promised benefits. IHG never had much in the way of benefits at all until last year when everything changed. And Hilton stands alone, promising almost nothing.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
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