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Altour has a new president for the first time in a decade.  Internova Travel Group, parent company of Altour, announced Wednesday that Brian Mogler, most recently a top partnerships executive at CWT, will take over the corporate travel division from Gabe Rizzi, who is moving into a senior advisor role. “This wasn’t an easy decision, […]

Advisors sending clients through a big hub this holiday season may want to retire the two-hour rule. A new Upgraded Points study recommends arriving more than three hours before a domestic departure at 10 major U.S. airports, with Denver International topping the list at 3 hours and 35 minutes. The recommended arrival times at the […]

Fora advisors can now shop and book cruises without leaving Portal, the platform they already use for hotel bookings and client management. The new integration lets them search, compare, and quote sailings from more than 50 cruise lines under one login, and more than 25 of those lines can be booked directly in the platform. […]

Advisors planning national park and beach trips for next summer will have more nonstop options on Delta Air Lines. The carrier is adding 11 seasonal weekend routes within the U.S. and putting more Saturday flights into 10 Latin America and Caribbean markets. Bozeman, Montana, comes out ahead, with new weekend service from Detroit, Los Angeles, […]

Hyatt has brought its Unscripted brand to Thailand with a hotel some advisors will know by another name. Quro Bangkok Riverside, a 62-room property on the Chao Phraya River, previously operated as The StandardX, Bangkok Phra Arthit. The hotel sits next to Phra Arthit Pier in Bang Lamphu, one of the city’s older neighborhoods. That […]

Bonaire is about to see a lot more Carnival Corporation ships. The company expects its cruise capacity on the island to grow by double digits between 2025 and 2027, with seven of its brands scheduled to call there in 2027, according to Marie McKenzie, Carnival Corp.’s senior vice president of government and destination affairs. McKenzie […]

Frontier Airlines is now selling first-class seats, a first for the ultra-low-cost carrier in its current inception but a return to form for the airline that previously offered a premium cabin prior to moving into the ULCC orbit. Availability for the new product begins on flights on March 5, 2027. Introductory fares begin at $129 […]

Every one of Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa’s 250 rooms is now a Junior Suite. The Saint Lucia all-inclusive reopened Oct. 17 after its annual fall shutdown with a US$14 million room overhaul spanning both the adults-only Harmony Wing and the family-oriented Splash Wing, the biggest accommodations project the property has taken on in […]

Belize just got a lot easier to sell out of South Florida. BermudAir started flying nonstop from Fort Lauderdale to Belize City on Monday, a seasonal run operating Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through May 3, 2027. The carrier, which built its reputation on premium leisure service to Bermuda, is also adding Providenciales in the Turks […]

New York City and Cancun are the most popular domestic and international destinations for Thanksgiving travel this year, according to Allianz Partners’ latest Top Thanksgiving Destinations report. The travel insurance provider based the rankings on just over 145,000 roundtrip itineraries from U.S. airports, with departures between November 21 and 26 and returns between November 27 […]