Hogg
Robinson, BTI Singapore's parent company, announces this month
a major acquisition of Robustelli World Travel
and launches a network of four dedicated European Service
Centres. Read more in Travel
News.
In
Airline
News this month, Cathay Pacific
postpones their planned launch of a 3x-weekly service to Moscow
and announces it will serve “Best Chinese Food In The
Air” from top Hong Kong Restaurants.
Garuda
Indonesia will not operate any Domestic or International
flights 30th March, resumes flights Bali to Seoul; JAL
is challenged to straighten up and fly right; Qatar
Airways launches daily services between Singapore and
Doha and Royal Jordanian partners with CNN
to offer new in-flight programming.
Singapore
Airlines launches ticketless Travel To Ahmedabad; Tiger
Airways is beefing up its Singapore-Bangkok route to
11 flights weekly and will launch flights to the Chinese cities
of Haikou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen; Thai Airways
International to offer direct flights to Johannesburg; and United
Airlines mentions their Asia-Pacific expansion in 2006.
In
Airport
News, the Philippines raises an alarm - Asian airports
at risk from rockets; we feature the Asiana lounge
at Seoul Incheon International Airport; US Airways
has opened new club at LAX and Qatar Airways
has engaged Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) for Doha
Airport.
In
Hotel
News we feature the De Syloia Hotel Hanoi
and Jagat Niwas Palace, in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
The St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai
launches a Grand Luxe Promotion; the Intercontinental
Hotels Group signs four new management contracts In
China and Accor gets the good oil on Goodearth
Hotel in Brisbane.
In
this month's Holiday
Offers we feature the World's Biggest Party - the
Forbes list of 12 carnivals for you to attend across the world.
We also feature yummy ice-cream, gelato in Siem Reap, Cambodia
of all places.
In
a stacked Travel
News section this month, we reproduce the Hogg
Robinson press releases mentioned above for you. China
sees big safety challenge in aviation growth. We feature World
Travel Watch and get tongue-in-cheek with How to save Qantas:
outsource the CEO.
You
must read the article on maverick booking which is rife in large
organisations.
Of
note, the first European airline cancellation compensation has
been awarded; we inform you of the ‘Maid in Japan’
cafes that treat geeks like lords and give honourable mention
to an airline pioneer who died this month.
Our
Travel
Services section this month we tell you in the
USA if security changes for better - or worse? If you are going
on a business trip, we give you your checklist! and Say goodnight
to jet lag – we tell you what really works.
We
do welcome your feedback. Please email me greg.james@bti.com.sg
with any comments you have that relate to BTI Singapore and
Communiqué.
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