TEN THINGS THAT WILL DISAPPEAR IN OUR LIFETIMES

Hilton is launching a new hotel brand, focusing on budget travellers looking to spend $90 to $100 a night. The new brand, named Tru, aims to compete with economy and midscale chains like Comfort Inn, Fairfield Inn and La Quinta.

A man caught with more than US$100,000 cash in his backpack as he attempted to leave Canada for Panama City lost his bid on Monday to have the seized money returned.

From British Columbia to Montreal, the low Canadian dollar is proving a boon to the tourism sector. Dragged down by cheap oil and an international slump in commodity prices, the dollar is trading at around 70 cents against the greenback and enticing Americans to travel north of the border.

Paris police fired tear gas and taxi drivers lit bonfires on a major highway Tuesday amid nationwide strikes and protests over working conditions and competition from non-traditional services such as Uber.

Fewer WestJet planes will be flying in and out of Alberta's two biggest cities. Weakness in the energy sector is putting a damper on demand for service between Calgary and Edmonton.

Something rare happened last month. An article appeared in a Canadian newspaper (National Post) actually saying travel agents are in more demand than ever. Now it’s customary in the travel trade press to toot our own horn but the consumer press for the most part in the past twenty years has been saying people have discarded travel agents and happily book their own travel on the internet. Well not so fast.

The Public Health Agency of Canada warns that pregnant women and women considering becoming pregnant should discuss travel plans with their doctors to assess their risk and "consider postponing travel to areas where the Zika virus is circulating in the Americas.” Travel agents share this information with clients, but what happens when pregnant clients have already booked and paid for their upcoming travel?

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that the Zika virus was “spreading explosively” in the Americas and that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year.

A retired captain with 31 years of service has been charged with piloting an airliner while under the influence of alcohol. David Hans Arntson of California was arraigned in federal court on one felony count for two flights with Alaska Airlines.

Indiana may have lost as much as US $60 million in hotel profits, taxes and other revenue when a dozen groups decided against hosting conventions in Indianapolis last year due at least in part to the controversy surrounding the state's religious objections law.

A plane from Bangkok to Amsterdam made an emergency landing in Warsaw Saturday night, after a passenger tried to open the door during the flight. Three other passengers helped the crew overpower the man.