American Airlines Opens New Lounge at Wa... As the final stage of the relocation of American Airlines operations to Washington Dulles International Airports Terminal B, the airline opened the doors of its new Admirals Club lounge on Tuesday, 3 February. In June last year, American shifted its operations from Terminal D to make room for Dulles...

Air New Zealand Will Suspend Its Hamilto... Air New Zealand is suspending its remaining trans-Tasman service into and out of Hamilton. The airline has already announced in October last year that it was suspending services between Hamilton and Sydney and Hamilton and the Gold Coast during the traditionally lower demand period from 29th March to...

Centara Hotels and Resorts Will Open A T... Centara Hotels & Resorts is to open an innovative themed resort hotel in Pattaya, Thailand. The new 5 stars Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya is scheduled to welcome its first guests in August 2009. With the design based on a Lost World theme, the stunning architecture of the resort...

Costa Cruises And Sony Computer Entertai... Costa Cruises and Sony Computer Entertainment Italia have signed an agreement which will take PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 on board all Costas ships. An area on the ships called PlayStation World, will be dedicated exclusively to PS3. However, there will also be PlayStations available in the cabins,...

2008 Passenger Volume at Munich Airport ... Despite the difficult economic conditions, Munich Airport had yet another record-breaking year in 2008. More than 34.5 million passengers a gain of nearly 2% over the previous year used Bavaria’s international aviation hub during the past year. With this result, Munich held on to seventh...

Singapore Airlines Reduces Fuel Surcharg... Singapore Airlines has reduced its fuel surcharges on short and medium-haul sectors, for tickets issued from today, Wednesday, 4 February 2009. The reduction ranges from around 5% to 21%, with highest reduction for short-haul sectors in economy class. The reduction is the third time since fuel prices...

Chaophya Park Hotel in Bangkok Expands M... The Chaophya Park has added 5 new function rooms to its purpose designed meeting centre located just off the hotels lobby. Remarking on this new development Andrew Wood the Hotels General Manager, said, It became evident that the local conference & banquet and MICE market along with our Thai Wedding...

The Regent Beijing Appoints Juliana Yeo ... The Regent Beijing, a luxury 500-room hotel in the heart of the citys prestigious Jinbao Street recently appointed Juliana Yeo as Director of Sales and Marketing. Overseeing sales, marketing, public relations as well as reservations and revenue management, Juliana will be reporting to the Managing Director...

Shortlist of Finalists for 2009 Tourism ... The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has confirmed the 12 finalists for the 2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. Under WTTC’s stewardship since 2003, the awards recognise best practices in sustainable tourism in four different categories - Destination Stewardship, Conservation, Community...

Cornell Signs Partnership with Royal Phi... Royal Philips Electronics has become the newest member of Cornell’s corporate strategic alliance program. As a senior partner in the school’s Center for Hospitality Research, Philips will collaborate with the School on several dedicated research projects. Philips is known for its innovative...