4.0 Tours

U.S. Travel Association | June 11, 2020

One of the ways the tourism industry wants to get travel back on track is to encourage people to take vacations with a new tax incentive. The “Explore America” Tax Credit is a new plan circulating around Congress and the White House that could give Americans up to $4,000 in tax breaks for vacation expenses at hotels, theme parks and other tourism businesses through the end of 2021....

Destination and Tourism, Commercial Travel

KAYAK | January 27, 2023

KAYAK, the leading search engine for travel, recently announced that it has partnered with Affirm, a payment network, to make its payment operations flexible and to empower its travelers in the United States. According to KAYAK search data, flight prices are rising by about 40% per year. Despite increased flight prices, travelers are still searching for flight bookings in 2023. With Affirm, KAYAK is making it easier for travelers to plan and pay for their trips this year. Now, a...

Travel Technology,Destination and Tourism

Space Perspective | November 16, 2022

Space Perspective unveiled MS Voyager – the world’s first Marine Spaceport for human spaceflight, and the first in a planned fleet of this new class of spaceports globally. Spaceports are sites for launching and receiving spacecraft. Now with the capacity to launch from marine-based sites around the world, in addition to launching from land on Florida’s Space Coast, Space Perspective becomes the first global space travel experience company, offering safe and sustainable journey...

Business Travel

Sabre Corporation and Viva Aerobus | May 20, 2022

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, announced a new distribution agreement with Viva Aerobus, Mexico´s ultra-low-cost carrier, which will help enable the airline to power future revenue growth through agency sales. Viva Aerobus can now distribute its flights and services through Sabre's global distribution system (GDS), providing more content and choices through a single source for gre...