State park attendance hits a record 8 million
Delaware State Parks’ growing popularity set another attendance record in 2022 by surpassing the 8 million visitors mark.
While other state park systems saw declines...
My take: Avelo’s first flight
aking Avelo Airlines’ first flight from Wilmington-New Castle is now off my bucket list. Even with skepticism influenced by decades of covering the ups...
Avelo, airport cut ribbon on first Delaware flight
Avelo Airlines launched service to Florida on Tuesday morning at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Wilmington-New Castle Airport (ILG). A chilly February morning that featured the...
Blue Water adds hotel and campground properties
Blue Water Development has recently acquired the Inn at Pine Knoll Shores in Atlantic Beach, Nc., management of a campground located in Rockport,...
Airline notes – Countdown to Avelo; Copa coming to BWI; Is it a good...
The countdown is on as Avelo Airlines prepares for its first scheduled flights out of Wilmington-New Castle Airport (ILG).
The first flight - a...
Great Wolf Lodge in Perryville will feature company’s largest water park, 700 rooms
The Great Wolf Lodge will feature the lodging chain's most expansive waterpark. The quarter-of-a-billion-dollar property is under construction in Perryville in western Cecil County,...
Avelo holds 1-day flash sale for early Feb. flights from Wilmington...
Avelo Airways iheld a flash sale for those who want a February getaway to Florida.
Under the fare promotion which expired Monday night on Dec....
Travel notes: Avelo schedule extended, Spirit flying to Charleston, busy skies over holiday period...
Avelo Airlines' schedule from Wilmington Airport to five Florida destinations have been extended to June 19th.
The first flights are slated for Feb. 1.
Flights...
AAA says about 1/3rd of Delawareans will travel more than 50 miles over holiday...
AAA estimates nearly more than 325,000 Delawareans, about 33% of the population, will travel 50 miles or more for the year-end holidays, an increase of...
Finance council approves $3.5 million grant for bank
The Delaware Council on Development Finance Monday approved a $3.5 million Strategic Grant for National City Bank for an expansion of operations in the...
Amtrak reports strong recovery in ridership
Amtrak reports that ridership snapped back as the Covid-19 pandemic receded.
"We worked hard to restore service and grow ridership in the face of lingering...
Update: Delaware gas price now below year-ago figure
Delaware gas prices fell another two cents a gallon on Thursday and are now a few pennies below the figure of a year ago.
Still,...
Cape Henlopen restaurant proposal gets ’86d’
DNREC cites inability to meet year-end deadline
After A period of fierce, well-organized opposition, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and...
Avelo Airlines, Capital One announce credit card alliance
Avelo Airlines and Capital One have announced a travel partnership.
Avelo is slated to offer flights to five Florida cities from Wilmington Airport beginning in...
Rankings: Wilmington destination, software jobs, drunk driving
Rankings continue to roll into our Inbox. Here's a sampling.
Wilmington continues to draw national attention from the travel press.
Conde Nast Traveler listed...
First phase of Memorial Bridge redecking finished ahead of schedule
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) officials announced that its contractor, UHPC Solutions North America LLC of Orange, New Jersey, completed Phase One...
My take: Avelo Air to use Delaware playbook in North Carolina
Avelo Airlines will use its playbook for Wilmington Airport (ILG) for North Carolina’s Research Triangle. In February, the airline will add a half-dozen Florida destinations (Orlando,...
Estimated 136,000+ Delawareans to hit the road for Thanksgiving
AAA is projecting that nearly 150,000 Delawareans will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, an increase of 1.1% over last year. That's a bit...
AAA says Thanksgiving travel will approach 2019 levels
AAA forecasts 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving.
That’s a 1.5% increase over 2021 and 98% of...
Preparing for arrival of Avelo Airlines
Work is underway at Wilmington Airport (ILG) on ticket counters for Avelo Airlines.
The airline plans to start flights from ILG to five Florida cities...
