Category: Travel & Transportation

Tweets, Hospitality, and the Coronavirus

Picture sources: Atlanticcouncil.org ; Twitter By Dr. Sean Jung & Dr. Mark Legg A few weeks back on March 11, 2020, the U.S. federal government signed a proclamation on restricting immigrants and nonimmigrants from the European Schengen Area who pose a risk of transmitting the Coronavirus. The proclamation became effective two days later on March 13, […]

Travel Will Not Unravel: Looking At and Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Kaushik Vardharajan While the world, and the travel industry, has dealt with and survived a number of major crises such as the 9/11 attacks in the US and an unfortunate number of terrorist attacks in numerous other countries, the global financial crisis, and SARS, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged people, societies, companies, […]

Being Lord Grantham:
Aristocratic Brand Heritage and the Cunard Transatlantic Crossing

By Bradford Hudson During the early 1920s, the Earl of Grantham traveled from England to the United States. The British aristocrat would appear as a character witness for his American brother-in-law, who was a defendant in a trial related to the notorious Teapot Dome political scandal. Naturally he chose to travel aboard a British ship […]

Airports Hotels: Laying the Foundation for a Synergistic Relationship

By Allison Fogarty Hotels have always been located near transportation hubs. Centuries ago, travelers sought accommodation and refreshment in inns strategically located along the road network to provide a place for man and beast to recharge and refresh. As carriages and stagecoaches gave way to railroads, and sail yielded to steam, hostelries sprang up around […]

Cunard in Boston

By: Bradford Hudson, Ph.D. The steamship Britannia arrived in Boston Harbor on a July evening in 1840. This concluded the inaugural voyage for the flagship of the newly established Cunard Line, which has since become one of the oldest and most distinguished travel companies in the world. To commemorate the occasion, Cunard will send its […]