Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc. (OTCBB: TPAC) announced today that it has successfully achieved all fundamental milestones that will enable the company to begin the qualification process in June 2010.

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts

Following Spirit Airlines’ announcement it will charge for carry-on luggage and with most major airlines charging for checked baggage, ITW Space Bag is offering tips and a special offer to help travelers pack more efficiently and avoid extra baggage fe

More than 11.000 female cabin attendants, ground attendants and pilots at KLM and KLM Cityhopper will don new uniforms as of today

Web check-in is now available to the Russian Airlines' passengers from 32 cities, both in outside Russia

Hotel is the First Hyatt in Madison

Anticipating a rebound in the hotel industry, veteran lodging executive Michael Barnard has formed two companies; Blu Hotel Investors to acquire and develop properties along the California Coast and in other high barrier markets, and Blu Lodging Group to provide management services for owned properties as well as third-party hotels.

Dave & Buster's, Inc., a leading operator of high volume entertainment/dining complexes, today announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2010.

Bruce Schroder and Richard Coats join Jamba Transformation

In a tough economic environment when U.S. hotel occupancy rate dropped by as much as 17 percent in the last quarter, and even visits to tourist-friendly Florida were down by nearly a full percentage point, a slight glimmer of light – the ongoing success of smaller, quaint, family focused hotels with hands-on owners/managers – presage better times ahead for the entire hospitality industry.