Southwest Airlines

USA TODAY | November 28, 2017

Southwest Airlines passengers are dealing with technology glitches for the second consecutive day. Travelers are reporting lingering reservation problems as well as difficulties checking in online for flights as well as with checking flight status. Online check-in time determines boarding order on Southwest flights, as the carrier does not assign seats....

TravelDailyNews | November 13, 2017

Furthering its reach, Southwest Airlines Co. began operating new international service daily from Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the carrier's 11th country served. In addition, Southwest initiated new service between its South Florida gateway at FLL and both San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)....

Travel Trends Today | January 16, 2020

EbixCash, a fully owned subsidiary of Ebix, announced a strategic travel technology partnership with Amadeus to grow its footprint across the Asia Pacific region and UAE and become a one-stop shop for travel. The partnership will provide EbixCash’s online websites, travel agents and corporations in Asia Pacific and UAE with greater access to the unrivalled breadth of content offered by the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling EbixCash to better serve its customers. Built on fully open systems...

Travel Weekly | January 14, 2020

Direct Travel , a roll-up of travel management companies based in the Denver area, has acquired Professional Travel of Cleveland (No. 31 on the Power List). Terms of the acquisition, Direct Travel’s largest in the U.S. to date, were not disclosed. According to Direct Travel, Professional Travel has more than 175 employees with sales of $448 million. Professional Travel’s leadership team will remain in place following the acquisition. “We’re enthusiastic to begin this new ...