December 2024 Travel News

Ep 37: December 2024 Travel News Airline News

• United to begin using airtags to find lost luggage
• Woman stowed away on flight from New York to Paris 
• Passenger arrested after trying to divert Mexican flight to US 
• Delta partnering with Shake Shack 
• FAA extends ban on US Flights to Haiti
• Proposed tunnel from New York to London in one hour would cost $20 Trillion 

Cruise News

• Mexico Cruise Tax Delayed 
• Virgin Voyages Offering Unlimited Year Long Pass 
• Carnival’s Half Moon Cay gets upgrades and a new name 

US News

• Waldorf Astoria New York accepting reservations for first time since 2017
• Ramsey Cascades Trail Reopened in Great Smoky Mountains
• National Park Service Protecting 101 acres of Civil War Battlefields in Tennessee and Virginia 
• Biden signs Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in Pennsylvania as the 432nd NPS site 
• Disney announced closure of Muppet Vision 3D and retheming Rock n Rollercoaster to Muppets 

Global News

• Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Reopened
• Short term rentals in Italy no longer allowed to use keypads or lock boxes 
• Underground Trains open in Thessaloniki, Greece
• China expanding visa-free travel to 9 more countries 

Wine Break

Sparkling rosé Pinot Noir from Two Lads Winery in Michigan