Sol Melia has announced financial results for the first quarter of the year this morning showing revenues of 290 million euros, up 6 percent higher than the same period in the previous year, largely due to the positive performance of city hotels in Spain and Europe and the hotels in the Dominican Republic and Sol Melia Vacation Club.
Expedia has signed a new five-year strategic partnership with low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways Corporation, under which all of JetBlue’s published fares, schedules and inventory are now available to leisure and unmanaged business travelers through Expedia.com and Hotwire.
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. reported a net loss of $20.4 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. This compares to a net loss of $14.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2006.
Yahoo!, the Web giant, is enhancing its Yahoo! Travel site by offering travel suggestions based on deals that others have been finding on the site.
Conservationists are warning that a move by the government to allow a proposed Four Seasons resort to be built in a national park threatens the endangered Grenada dove and other rare species.
British Airways is trying to push two buyout firms to join together in a common bid for Spanish carrier Iberia, which it would back, sources familiar with the matter said last week.




