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Hyatt Regency Xiamen Wuyuanwan Opens In China

Hyatt Regency Xiamen Wuyuanwan Opens In China

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts announced the opening of a new property in Xiamen, China. The Hyatt Regency Xiamen Wuyuanwan is the first Hyatt Regency branded hotel in the city.
The property has 301 guestrooms and suites, each with a 48” LCD TV and a rainhead shower. Rooms range in size from 484 to 2,238 square feet (45 to 208 square meters).
Guests can dine at the hotel’s Market Café, which serves Asian, …

Pilots Unions in U.S. Seek Help from Trump to ‘Deny NAI’

Pilots Unions in U.S. Seek Help from Trump to ‘Deny NAI’

Pilots at major airlines in the United States don’t want Norwegian Air International to operate flights to and from the United States and they are pressuring President Donald Trump to join them in their fight.
In December, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave final approval for Norwegian Air Shuttle’s Irish subsidiary to operate flights to the United States.
Unions representing airline employees in the United States have been outraged by the decision …

Tech Companies Term Trump Travel Ban ‘Illegal’ in Amicus Brief

Tech Companies Term Trump Travel Ban ‘Illegal’ in Amicus Brief

Ninety-seven tech companies – among them the largest in the industry including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft – went on record to oppose President Donald Trump’s “Foreign Terrorist Entry” travel ban, which was put on hold by a federal judge in Seattle over the weekend.
The companies filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which issued the stay late Friday. The court is expected …

Credit Card Security Breach Reported at 12 IHG Properties

Credit Card Security Breach Reported at 12 IHG Properties

InterContinental Hotels Group announced that a credit card security breach occurred at 12 of its hotels in the United States.
Malware was found on point-of-sales systems at the properties, which targeted credit cards that were used at any of the hotels’ bars or restaurants between August and December of last year. IHG said that payment cards used at the front desk of any of the properties were not affected.
The malware collected …

Trump to Hold ‘Listening Session’ with Airline CEOs Later This Week

Trump to Hold ‘Listening Session’ with Airline CEOs Later This Week

President Donald Trump will host airline CEOs at the White House later this week as part of a series of meetings he is holding with leaders of major U.S. corporations.
The “listening session” will take place Thursday although the White House did not specify which airlines will be represented. Last week, Trump met with the CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies including Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck, where he pressed them …

Appeals Court Declines to Reinstate Trump Travel Ban

Appeals Court Declines to Reinstate Trump Travel Ban

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump Administration’s request early Sunday to reinstate the “Foreign Terrorist Entry” executive order, which had banned citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from the United States.
The court told both sides to file arguments by Monday. The ruling amounted to a significant setback for the Trump Administration.
The federal government was appealing a ruling by federal Judge James Robart, who issued a …

Federal Judge Blocks Trump ‘Foreign Terrorist Entry’ Executive Order, Administration Plans to Appeal

Federal Judge Blocks Trump ‘Foreign Terrorist Entry’ Executive Order, Administration Plans to Appeal

NEW YORK—A federal judge in Seattle issued an injunction temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s immigration ban late Friday. The ruling bars the government from enforcing two parts of the “Foreign Terrorist Entry” executive order that banned citizens from seven countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – from entering the country and limited the flow of refugees.
The ruling resulted in an immediate change in U.S. policy. Customs …