Royal Coachman’s Travel Tidbits: JetBlue to add business-class and “mini-suites”

JetBlue has indicated in a filing to the Federal Aviation Administration that it will start to fit four “mini-suites” on some of its fleet of Airbus A321s. The story has run in a number of industry publications including Aviation Week. The A321 is operated on a number of trans-continental...

Royal Coachman Travel Trend Watch: Hotel industry predicts best results in 6 years

The economic upturn is being felt by the hotel industry, with occupancy levels up and a bright outlook for profits, reports PwC. The key indicator of revenue per available room should increase by nearly 6% this year and over 6% in 2014. There are a few reasons for this:...

Royal Coachman’s Business Travel Trends in 2013

Half of travelers have saved their company money on air fares by booking at least 14 days in advance, says Orbitz in their analysis of business travel for the first quarter of 2013. The other key headline is that the vast majority (98%) of hotel bookings are for less...

6 Things to Make Your Business Trips a Breeze

Business travel can pose a challenge to even the most organized, best-financed and most resourced executive The good news is that it doesn’t need to be unbearable. This post gives you 6 tips that can help to minimize your frustration, increase your efficiency and, we hope, make your trips...

Royal Coachman Meeting Tips: NYC’s Eventi Adds Meeting App for Group and Meeting Clients

Recently, Eventi, a New York Kimpton Hotel, debuted an original customizable meeting app for its meetings group clients. The 292-room hotel, working in tandem with PSAV, can now offer the PSAV Mobile Manager (M3) application to group meetings allowing them to use their smartphones and tablet computers as interactive...

Royal Coachman’s Top Tips on Scoring Travel Upgrades

Use a Booking Code to Upgrade Your Flight If you are a frequent flier looking for an upgrade, try a booking code. By using Y or B, if there is a spot open in the next class, you will get bumped up. You will still pay the full ticket...

Royal Coachman’s Top 3 Travel Trends That Will Affect Travel This Year

Travel Trend #1: Airport Nirvana from Terminal Hades? As the airline experience itself continues to ebb and flow, airports are seeing a buzz of activity and are reinventing themselves around user experience and design. The new normal as exemplified by Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Madrid’s Barajas Airport, or...

Royal Coachman Offers The Key to Successful Travel Planning

As a travel manager, or the person responsible for making sure that your travelers get to destinations near and far – with little advanced notice, the words “Last Minute” should precede the description of every responsibility and task we use to define our jobs. As professionals, you know that...

Royal Coachman’s Travel Tips: Things to do at the airport if you get stranded by weather

Getting stranded at an airport is certainly no fun, but there are things you can do to help you pass the time, and make the wait seem shorter. Find ways to make the most of what otherwise would be a more stressful situation. Sure, your trip might have been...

New York’s Airports: Everyone’s nightmare. Royal Coachman Worldwide: Everyone’s Travel Solution

When you’re in one of the busiest cities in the world, you might as well expect nightmares at the major airports, and you will find them at New York City’s busy terminals. From JFK to Newark to LaGuardia, you’ll find late flights, long lines at security screening points and...

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