The meals served to First and Business Class travellers on SWISS?s long-haul flights from Zurich will bear the hallmark of Zermatt, the famous winter sports resort in Switzerland?s Canton Valais, from December onwards. The creations of the Findlerhof alpine restaurant for SWISS First customers and the Chez
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Preferred Hotel Group on Thursday launched China Ready, a marketing program that includes?a simplified Chinese website, dynamic marketing and social media campaigns, new distribution channels, and, for participating hotels, a bespoke certification initiative. The aim of China Ready is to make the travel planning process more streamlined, personalized, and
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1As British Prime Minister David Cameron?wrapped up his China visit on Thursday, news arrived that UK government efforts to improve economic ties with China have certainly paid off: official British statistics show that Chinese visitor spending in the first half of 2013 has?grown by a massive 132 percent
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1Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the most dynamic and largest hotel groups worldwide, announces two new hotels in Saudi Arabia: The Park Inn by Radisson Riyadh Olaya (168 rooms) will open in Q1 2014; the Radisson Blu Resort Jizan (160 rooms) will welcome the first guests in Q1 2015.
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1Since the launch of the brand in Asia Pacific in 2010, Hotel Indigo has experienced successful and rapid growth throughout the region. Kenneth Macpherson, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Greater China commented:??The Hotel Indigo brand has achieved resounding success and received multiple awards for its outstanding design and service. With
Emirates has launched the world?s longest Airbus A380 service with flights between Dubai and Los Angeles. The flight, crossing the Russian Federation, the North Pole and Eastern Canada, has a published duration of 16 hours 20 minutes. The Emirates? A380 is one of the most comfortable and well designed
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1HOTREC, the business association representing the European hospitality industry, releases its Manifesto for the 2014 European elections, highlighting sixteen priorities that the industry would like to be supported by the candidates to the European elections for? the next EU legislative term. At the margins of the European Tourism day, and
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1Riu Palace Jamaica?will welcome its first customers from?6th Decemberonwards. This small and deluxe hotel comprising?238 rooms?will become RIU’s fifth in Jamaica and the first in offering the chain’s exclusive ‘Adults Only’ service in the Caribbean country. Located next to the?Riu Montego Bay, in
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:?UAL) today announced that?Greg Hart?will be named executive vice president and chief operations officer, succeeding?Pete McDonald, who is retiring after nearly 45 years with United. In his new position, Hart will be responsible for airport operations, cargo, technical operations, network operations, flight
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1Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR)?announced plans to operate 20 hotels expected to be developed by FibraHotel, the largest and first publicly traded Mexican lodging REIT (BMV: FIHO12), across key Mexican cities by 2016. The first six hotels, whose development contracts were signed this week, will add approximately 800 rooms to
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Pegasus Solutions has launched the Pegasus Academy, an interactive library of client learning presentations available to Pegasus Connect+ clients. The application is viewable on both a desktop and all mobile devices. The Pegasus Academy debuted this week on the Pegasus Connect+ client portal at www.pegsconnect.com with several presentations
The river cruise industry continues to expand at a furious pace, with a new player in Europe and a new product in the Pacific Northwest. Plus, another operator is offering luxury train transportation to its riverboats in the Heartland. Here are the latest developments. Niche operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages
