With the Holiday Season now upon us, normal traveling anxiety has taken a new form this year. Those traveling, as well as their families and friends, have understandable concerns about the possible dangers of traveling during a pandemic. From the very start of the World Health Organization's declaration of the Coronavirus pandemic, airlines and hotels [...]
Our eCONFIRMATION technology is a new feature within our ACES Platform and is built with you and your crew in mind. Some benefits include: Reduces the time it takes the airline to receive confirmation numbers. Provides confirmation numbers to crew much quicker than before. Increases the airlines visibility into the process between API and the [...]
In the majority of New Zealand ports, there is limited amount of suitable crew hotel inventory. Hotels are either electing to temporarily close or remain open on skeleton staff, and it is a difficult market to house crew members and achieve savings while doing so. In order to meet this head-on, API has led market [...]
The Travel Industry Dictionary defines a hotel site inspection as “a visit to a hotel property or other establishment for the purpose of evaluation.” The hotel site inspection is an imperative step in our Sourcing & Contracting process as this evaluation enables our team to confirm that the hotel is compliant with specific requirements that API airline partners have [...]
One of the areas that API have been very active in over the past couple of months, as the industry continues to remain unstable under the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, has been in identifying opportunities for airlines to realize savings and efficiencies in the costs of crew accommodation across their global networks. With [...]
An article published by the Associated Press was featured in the June 8, 2020 edition of The New York Times mentioning three of API’s main hotel partners, Marriott, Hilton and IHG. Each of these hotel chains are consulting with industry experts to develop new standards for cleaning and sanitization. Marriott and IHG are both working [...]
The goals of API have not changed since the outbreak of COVID-19. Providing crews with the best and most efficient layover experience will continue to be our top priority moving forward. We have more than 35 years of first-hand experience in hotel accommodations, and we understand the importance of cleanliness, especially at this critical time. [...]
