Daily Bulletin: More pax, but fewer flights | Senator seeks data on travel insurance   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=b8d0ad74b251a2f7ad5b09017a02ba6399a894c5add761e0e02d92cac3b0dd25ee3110d27fc26073c9c4a6c1fa7bb4d3a348515e08190836994d44177c3ea9008db67a679ee5e3d924d1c8096d48ccf8] [Travel Weekly] DAILY BULLETIN August 22, 2018     http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=af4a2bf516733bf476d3700702134fd03667571aba3414d2309b2e28289971a248d3750f63c536571d632ae12543e201090445175ec49d73 TOP STORIES [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airlines-seeing-record-numbers-of-passengers-but-fewer-flights?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Airlines seeing record numbers of passengers but fewer flights [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airlines-seeing-record-numbers-of-passengers-but-fewer-flights?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Even as airlines filled planes with 741 million domestic passengers in 2017, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, they offered 18.5% fewer flights than at the peak in 2005. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airlines-seeing-record-numbers-of-passengers-but-fewer-flights?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Senator demands answers from travel insurers [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Senator-demands-answers-from-travel-insurers?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] A report released by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) found policies sold by airlines and OTAs are being "aggressively pushed onto customers" and fail "to provide promised coverage." READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Senator-demands-answers-from-travel-insurers?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Out with the W Hotel, in with the Grand Tower at the SLS Las Vegas [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Roughly a year and a half after W Hotels made its Las Vegas debut via a 289-room tower at the SLS Las Vegas, the stylish, design-centric brand is packing its gilded W and leaving the desert. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Carnival line's largest ship going to Port Canaveral [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-largest-ship-going-to-Port-Canaveral?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Under an agreement with Canaveral's port authority, the line will get a new terminal for the 5,286-passenger ship it plans to deploy in 2020. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-largest-ship-going-to-Port-Canaveral?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] United plans to expand lie-flat seats to more routes [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-plans-to-expand-lie-flat-seats-to-more-routes?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] The carrier is developing lie-flat seats for its narrowbody Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft, enabling it to offer the feature on more transcontinental routes. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-plans-to-expand-lie-flat-seats-to-more-routes?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-reaches-goal-training-program-first-year-still-going-strong?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] ASTA reaches goal in training program's first year, still going strong [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-reaches-goal-training-program-first-year-still-going-strong?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] In the first 12 months, the Society reached its goal of 80 graduates in the Verified Travel Advisor program with more than 200 advisers currently registered and more training courses being added as well. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-reaches-goal-training-program-first-year-still-going-strong?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=af4a2bf516733bf476d3700702134fd03667571aba3414d2309b2e28289971a248d3750f63c536571d632ae12543e201090445175ec49d73 INSIGHT BY JAMIE BIESIADA [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/Luxury-sells-but-whos-buying?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=promo&cid=promo] Luxury sells, but who's buying? [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/Luxury-sells-but-whos-buying?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] During the recent Virtuoso Travel Week at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Misty Ewing Belles, Virtuoso's managing director of global public relations, released a "snapshot" of what Virtuoso's top clients look like. It's a good look at who is consuming the upper end of luxury products. 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READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Caribbean-Travel/Discover-Puerto-Rico-launches-CoverTheProgress-campaign?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Spirit CEO: Neeleman's new venture won't be the game-changer JetBlue was "There's not a lot of room," Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro said. "I would say the airlines today, they're all tough competitors." READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Spirit-CEO-Neeleman-new-venture-wont-be-game-changer-JetBlue-was?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Canadian ULCC Flair Air plans U.S. service [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Canadian-ULCC-Flair-Air-plans-US-service?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] The ultralow-cost carrier will fly to six destinations in the States beginning this winter. The announcement comes less than a month after competitor Swoop announced its own planned launch of U.S. service. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Canadian-ULCC-Flair-Air-plans-US-service?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Southwest still mum on Hawaii schedule [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Southwest-still-mum-on-Hawaii-schedule?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] The carrier, which is currently awaiting FAA approval to begin its much-anticipated Hawaii service, won't schedule flights until that regulatory process is over. 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