Destination News - Car Rental, Destination, Hotel, Rail.Apr 23, 2007 Improvement drive for Oxford Hotels & Inns Hotel group that formed in September last year after collapse of London & Edinburgh Inns in [pounds sterling]4m development scheme Apr 19, 2007 Lightstone Group The Lightstone Group, one of the largest private real estate owners in the U.S., has an agreement in place with The Blackstone Group Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) is a prominent private equity and investment management firm founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. The company is based in New York City, in River House on Park Avenue at Fifty-first Street, with offices in Atlanta, to acquire the Extended Stay Hotels Extended Stay Hotels (ESH) is a hotel brand that is the culmination of a rapid expansion in the extended stay hotel extended stay lodging market. Extended Stay Hotels is now one of the most recognized brands in the extended stay industry. chain for $8 billion-one of the biggest hotel deals ever if the transaction goes through. Apr 19, 2007 Swissotel Hotels Swissotel Hotels & Resorts is on the cusp of growth, says its vice president of business development for the Americas, Thomas Klein, who made the declaration clear on Thursday. Apr 19, 2007 Rail Europe Rail Europe is a specialist in the promotion of European rail travel. It comprises four operating companies, as explained below. Rail Europe Limited Based in London and Kent, Rail Europe Limited is wholly owned subsidiary of SNCF. Rail Europe press conference in Manhattan at which the company announced the launch of four new high-speed train routes; travel times will be shorter by one-third to one-half on 20 of its high-speed routes within France, as well as between Paris and 10 destinations in Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Apr 19, 2007 The St. Kitts Noun 1. St. Kitts - the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis Saint Kitts, St. Christopher, Saint Christopher Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Tourism Authority recently announced that its cruise arrivals will increase by more than 70 percent next year. Apr 18, 2007 South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. tourism will get a boost in the media when Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker and his family touch down later this week, in a visit being billed as a "goodwill tour." Apr 18, 2007 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of mulls seaplanes for reducing congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. supports a plan that would ease air traffic congestion by replacing some airline shuttles serving East Coast cities with seaplane seaplane, airplane designed to take off from and alight on water. The two most common types are the floatplane, whose fuselage is supported by struts attached to two or more pontoon floats, and the flying boat, whose boat-hull fuselage is constructed with the service. The city's Economic Development Corp. will discuss the feasibility of the plan with other agencies next month. Apr 18, 2007 Creation of a new resort destination in the Bahamas recently grew one step closer as officials broke ground on a 7,300-foot runway and international airport terminal on the island of Mayaguana. Apr 18, 2007 Carlson Hotels Sam Winterbottom, the former executive vice president of development for Carlson Hotels Worldwide, is the new CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tampa-based eSuites Hotels Apr 18, 2007 Fairmont Shanghai landmark in major upgrade Shanghai landmark in major upgradeCity's infamous Peace Hotel joins Fairmont portfolio and closes for three-year refurbishment project. Apr 18, 2007 Lightstone Real Estate Firm Lightstone Buys Blackstone's Extended Stay Hotels Private real estate giant The Lightstone Group has reached an agreement to acquire Extended Stay Hotels for $8 billion from the Blackstone Group, the company announced today. Apr 18, 2007 The Kor kor n. See homer2. [Hebrew kôr, from Akkadian kurru, from Sumerian gur, a unit of measurement.] Noun 1. Hotel Group The Kor Hotel Group is making a huge push in development currently, looking to join the ranks of Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Mandarin Oriental by building in major cities, Nick Clayton, the group's president, said on Tuesday. Apr 18, 2007 Fairmont New Fairmont in Hamburg Raffles Vier Jahreszeiten is to be re-branded, as Fairmont believes its brand is a better fit for the property Apr 17, 2007 Otahuna Lodge New Zealand's Otahuna Lodge to Reopen New Zealand's seven-suite Otahuna Lodge is being relaunched following a four-month renovation at a cost of "over a million," says a spokesperson for the hotel. Apr 17, 2007 UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. UAE gains new hotel company Tiara Hotels & Resorts is a new luxury hotel concept to operate in key regional and international cities. Apr 17, 2007 Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn teams with phone companies Deutsche Bahn teams with phone CompaniesRevolutionary new ticketing methods will change the way business travellers pay for travel as two train companies introduce electronic purchase Apr 17, 2007 ZZ Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Apr 16, 2007 |
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