Travel in state Maryland

Marriott International ended 2022 with a robust performance thanks to the post-pandemic resurgence in travel, the company said on Tuesday. It enjoyed record fourth-quarter average room rates, profit at its managed hotels, hotel development plans, and sign-ups for its co-branded credit cards.

Choice Hotels International saw revenue spike in the fourth quarter of 2022 thanks to its August acquistion of the Radisson Hotel Group Americas for $675 million and its strengthened pricing power for room rates.

Marriott International said on Friday that its chief financial officer, Leeny Oberg, will now also lead the company’s global development organization, responsible for the strategic growth at the world’s largest hotel operator.

The U.S. Department of Justice is gathering support for its suit to block the $3.8 billion merger of JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines. The attorney generals of California, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina signed on to the antitrust regulator’s lawsuit on Friday, the DOJ said in a statement.

Marriott International plans by May 15 to disclose resort fees in the total prices it displays in its initial search results on its website and mobile app. It’s the long-awaited outcome of a 2021 settlement with Pennsylvania — that required the Bethesda, Maryland-based hotel operator to include in fees in upfront total prices.

Choice Hotels has been defying gravity. While the U.S. economy has been clouded by gloom, the Rockville, Maryland-based hotel operator has enjoyed bookings above pre-pandemic levels. Many travelers are extending their business trips with leisure stays, boosting occupancy.

Marriott International acknowledged that bank lending challenges in the U.S. might impact the pace of its hotel development in North America. But so far, the banking crisis hasn’t affected its hotel pipeline. The company forecasted that it would sidestep any major problem.

Choice Hotels International has signaled an intent to acquire Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Choice Hotels International is one of the half-dozen largest hotel chains by rooms under management. The Maryland-based business has 6,268 hotels open in the U.S. and 1,199 open internationally, as of March 31, for a total of 626,824 rooms.

Nestled between the Adriatic and Ionian Sea inside the Mediterranean is a country smaller than the state of Maryland but rich with wetlands, national parks, mountains and home to 30% of Europe’s flora. 

Garrett County, which houses the Deep Creek Lake in Maryland, has a story to tell about short-term rentals — one with ebbs and flows.

Choice Hotels considers its recent acquistion of Radisson Americas to be a success and is open to pursuing additional mergers and acquisitions to keep expanding its hotel empire, according to executives speaking Tuesday during a second-quarter earnings call.

It’s a delicious time of year to be visiting the DMV (the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia area), what with Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week gearing up to run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 and Alexandria Restaurant Week already under way. It’s not too late to get in on the action either, as this summer’s event is happening now through Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.

Each summer and winter, Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week lets you take advantage of special prices at hundreds of eateries all over the DMV—that’s D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, to the uninitiated.

There is good news about the sometimes cumbersome enrollment process for TSA PreCheck.

Travelers seeking TSA PreCheck now have more options to enroll or renew their membership. This week, the Department of Homeland Security, which manages the TSA and TSA PreCheck program, announced a new partnership with Telos Corporation, a security firm, to make applying for the program easier. The new partnership will provide travelers with additional enrollment centers in which they can complete the in-person requirements of the TSA PreCheck application.

It's been seven years since my husband and I chose to relocate our family from Maryland to Florida. It's a decision I've never regretted once, but living in the Sunshine State is very different from life in the Northeast.

I'm a major Disney Parks fan who lives close to Walt Disney World Resort and writes about theme parks for a living. I'm also a mom who has been taking her kids to Disney for over a decade. This means when people I know — from family members to random Facebook acquaintances — plan a Disney World trip, they usually reach out to me for tips to make it run smoothly.

Space enthusiasts up and down the East Coast may be able to see NASA’s next rocket launch with their own eyes.

Alcohol, cannabis and multi-substance impaired driving have surged in recent years and account for about one-third of traffic fatalities annually in this country. A new round of grants aims to help lower that death toll by providing law enforcement officers with tools, resources and training to better identify impaired drivers and remove them from the road.

What’s the most expensive airport in America? Here’s a hint: It’s not exactly in the continental U.S. If you guessed Guam then high five!