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Indian Airlines
Indian Airlines now flies from Singapore direct to Hyderabad on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. Flights depart Hyderabad at 0530, arrive Singapore at 1250; depart Singapore at 1350, arriving Hyderabad 1600.

Lufthansa
Lufthansa will launch new business class seats and Flynet are being progressively introduced on the Singapore-Frankfurt (v.v.) routes in Spring 2005. With a simple touch of a button, it is now possible to:

• Work in a virtual flying office with FlyNet - wireless internet on board
• Sleep in a favorite position
• Relax with the all-new Lufthansa Media World, Video and Audio on demand included
• Luxuriate in comfort with the In-flight massage system
• Enjoy personalised inflight service with meals prepared by international chefs and wines selected by one of the world's best sommeliers, be pampered.

Quite simply, the new Lufthansa Business Class is:

• Designed exclusively for quality and comfort
• Meets the most discerning standards
• Puts your satisfaction as top priority
• Designed especially to meet the desires of business travellers
• Tested by passengers - and found to be outstanding. More >>

Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways now flies daily between Doha and Singapore in an Airbus A300. Qatar Airways is also adding flights four times a week between Doha and Nagoya, Japan from the 31st of March.

SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan airlines has now enabled e-ticketing to ten destinations including Singapore.

Tiger Airways
Tiger Airways will begin flying 3 times a week to the Indonesian city of Padang from May and has applied for landing rights in Jakarta and Medan.

Asian Airports Named Best in the World
Terminals in Asia are a cut above the rest, according to a recent independent survey of air passengers. The AETRA Airport Customer Satisfaction program, jointly conducted by Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), gives annual awards to the top performers among airports worldwide.

Hong Kong International Airport was named the world's best, second favorite was Seoul's Incheon and Singapore's Changi airport was placed third. Kuala Lumpur's international airports came in fourth, while the Middle East hub of Dubai was ranked fifth.

Hotel News

The Marriot Green Community Dubai, forty kilometres from downtown Dubai has opened and is an avante garde, spacious, 165 room courtyard hotel.

Hotel Fox due to re-open in April in Copenhagen, Denmark, has had its 61 rooms stunningly transformed by 21 designed by artists and illustrators.

Europe's biggest fortified castle, Sedan Castle, is now luring tourists with offers of nights among the shining armor.

Hyatt Hotels
Hyatt Hotels Corp. has announced it is adding self-service check-in/checkout kiosks to more than 100 of its lobbies in Hyatt Regency and Grand Hyatt hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, following a six-month trial period in Chicago and New York. Hyatt will be rolling out the kiosks to its properties throughout 2005.

The kiosks are tied into the company's reservation system and work much like the airport kiosks that travelers have become accustomed to, the kiosks read information on a credit card that a guest swipes to begin both check-in and checkout.

Once the system recognizes the name and reservation, upon check-in guests can receive their room key, enter their frequent-stay Hyatt Gold Passport number and request an upgrade or room change. While checking out, the kiosk gives guests the ability to pay, print out a complete receipt and receive a folio of their stay. Rumour has it that soon guests will be also be able to print their airline boarding pass in the hotels lobby.

San Clemente Palace
The San Clemente Palace is Venice’s big new luxury grand hotel for elite tourism on San Clemente Island. Its origins go back to 1131, the year in which the church was built. Through the years this island has retained its image as an oasis of peace, welcoming and cordial.

Today’s complex, enhanced by open-air courtyards, retains all the charm and atmosphere of the ancient monastery of the Camaldolesi order, built in the second half of the seventeenth century.

The restoration of the buildings, accomplished with the utmost respect for the island’s historical and artistic treasures and natural beauties, has made it possible to preserve all its historical flavour and to achieve a truly luxurious hotel for international guests who expect the most in terms of privacy and discretion.

The professionalism of the staff, with their excellent linguistic skills and awareness of the customs and needs of diverse international cultures, will make every guest feel thoroughly “at home”.

Trump International
For those business persons attending events in New York, you may want to stay at Trump International and bring your family with you. Apparently guests tend to stay for a few days, as the rooms, with huge walk-in closets and floor-to-ceiling windows, are conducive to long-term stays.

For these family-minded executives, Trump International offers a Kids on Central Park Package that includes a night in a two-bedroom suite, a fridge pre-stocked with kid-friendly treats, and milk and cookies at turndown.

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