Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

Hotel and gaming entrepreneur Solomon Kerzner has been named winner of the 2010 Hospitality Innovator Award, given annually by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.

The International Association of Fire Fighters this week sent the following letter to U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-FL):

First Contract Is Embassy Suites Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Converts Restaurant to Proprietary Basil's Kitchen Brand in Two Weeks

The Winter 2010 USRC Hotel Investment Survey indicates that, in general, overall investment parameters for both limited-service and full-service hotels have generally flattened, a signal that the industry may have, at least for now, hit the proverbial bottom.

Located at 246 Spring Street, the dramatic, 46-story silver-glass building boasts unrivaled views of the city's spectacular skyline, the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building.

Atlas Air to Deliver Major Assemblies for Boeing’s All-New Commercial Jetliner; Nine-Year Contract Grows Atlas Air’s Outsourced CMI Service Offering

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Dushanbe, Tajikistan-based Somon Air today announced an order for two Next-Generation 737-900ERs (Extended Range). The order is valued at $163 million at list prices.

Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world's most treasured destinations, offers new Mediterranean shore excursions for 2010.

Carlson's mid-market brand plans to add another 250 hotels globally by 2015 as part of Carlson's Ambition 2015 strategy.

Economic research firm e-forecasting.com, in conjunction with Smith Travel Research, announced the U.S. Hotel Industry Leading Indicator—HIL—edged down 0.2 percent in January, the first monthly decrease after nine consecutive months of increases for the indicator. HIL went up 1.4 percent in December.