{"id":162,"date":"2009-01-14T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/airlines-add-service-from-boston\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:44:15","slug":"airlines-add-service-from-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/airlines-add-service-from-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines add service from Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Airline<\/a>
\nBy Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n

ROUTE MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Three-Airline War Erupts in Boston<\/strong>: After months of promising to launch flights to Chicago, Virgin America has bailed, claiming that it couldn't find gate space at O'Hare Airport<\/strong><\/a>. Instead of Chicago, Virgin America<\/strong> says it will try Boston. The 18-month-old carrier says it will begin twice-daily flights<\/strong><\/a> from Boston<\/strong> to both Los Angeles<\/strong> and San Francisco<\/strong> on February 12. That announcement drew an immediate response from JetBlue Airways, which has emerged as the new power player at Boston's Logan Airport<\/a> <\/strong>. After abandoning its nonstops from Boston to both San Francisco and nearby San Jose in September, JetBlue<\/strong> says that it will restore a seasonal summer service to San Francisco<\/strong> beginning on May 1. JetBlue has continued flying its Boston-Oakland route and it also flies from Logan to Long Beach near LAX. And American Airlines<\/strong><\/a> has its own Boston plans. It will launch a daily nonstop to San Diego<\/strong> on April 7 and resume seasonal flights to Paris\/CDG<\/strong> on May 1. American is also adding frequencies on its existing routes to Los Angeles<\/strong>, its Dallas\/Fort Worth<\/strong> hub and London\/Heathrow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

HOTEL HOT SHEET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recession Be Damned, The New Hotels<\/a> Keep Coming<\/strong>: The global hotel industry is melting down — an industry analyst said this week that a record number of new lodging projects are being abandoned — but there are still lots and lots of properties in the pipeline. And not a day passes when a new one doesn't open. The latest crop: The Doubletree Guest Suites Fort Shelby<\/strong><\/a> has debuted inside the shell of the long-abandoned Fort Shelby Hotel in downtown Detroit. It's the second high-profile opening in Detroit this fall. Westin recently broughtthe Book-Cadillac back to life. \u2026 Fairmont<\/strong> has a 150-room hotel in the Battery Wharf district of Boston<\/strong>. It's the second luxury hotel opening in Boston this fall. The Mandarin Oriental opened in Back Bay in October. \u2026 Marriott<\/strong> has opened a 648-room hotel near Hong Kong's International Airport<\/strong>. The SkyCity Marriott is in the SkyCity development near the AsiaWorld Expo. It's a 25-minute train ride from Central. \u2026 The former Atlantic hotel in Nice, France<\/strong>, has been renovated and reopened as the Boscolo Exedra Nice<\/strong>. The 113-room property, which dates to 1913, is operated by the Boscolo chain of Italy.<\/p>\n

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