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About BTIS, Travel News, Travel Humour and Travel Gadgets
Greg
James, General Manager
BTI
Singapore is one of the fastest growing Travel Management companies
in Singapore with in excess of 30% year on year growth for the past
three years. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our
partners for the faith you have in us to make this happen.
BTI
Singapore’s philosophy is not simply to book travel, but to truly
manage the whole travel process for our clients. We use all the transactions
we book for you to build information. Data consolidation includes for
example flight and hotel expense, the information from which enhances
our clients negotiating positions on a regional basis and to provide
benchmarking tools to make informed choices.
We
value your feedback. Your information helps us to continuously improve
and deliver the personalised service necessary for you to conduct your
daily business. Please email me at greg.james@bti.com.sg
with any suggested service improvements and I'll do my best to integrate
them into our processes.
Your
views are always welcome at communique@bti.com.sg.
Yours
faithfully as always,
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Business travel to Vietnam about to get easier
Business travel to Vietnam is about to get easier when Vietnam joins
16 other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members in the APEC Business
Travel Card program.
Australian
Trade Minister Mark Vaile said Vietnam expected to commence its business
travel card operation early next year.
The
APEC card is credit-card size, contains personal identity details,
substitutes for a visa and is valid for up to three years for multiple
short-term business visits.
Participating
economies of the scheme include Australia, Brunei, Chile, China, Hong
Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,
Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan.
Mr.
Vaile said the travel card was a practical example of APEC member
economies working together to simplify business travel and promote
regional business activity.
"The
decision by Vietnam to join the APEC Business Travel Card scheme would
promote closer business ties between Australia and Vietnam and open
the way for higher levels of trade and investment in the APEC region,"
he said.
"By
streamlining business travel, we are reducing the cost of doing business
and helping maximize opportunities,” Mr. Vaile added.
(Source:
Asia Pulse - Compiled by Thanh Hang)
Eurostar Targets Business Travel
Eurostar is to introduce dedicated first-class carriages for business
travellers from September, as part of an upgrade of its services costing
pounds 1m per train. Other changes designed to increase Eurostar's
share of the business market include a 10-minute check-in, exclusive
lounge access and an optional chauffeur service to and from its London,
Paris and Brussels terminals.
Source:
The
Times Online
Preparations underway for Sri Lanka’s
Kandy Perahera:
More than 100 elephants draped in colorful finery
will lead thousands of devotees in 10 days of celebration at this
year’s Kandy Perahera, one of Buddhism’s biggest annual
festivals. Held in Sri Lanka’s hill capital, Kandy. The festival
honors Lord Buddha’s sacred tooth relic - enshrined in the city’s
main temple - and showcases temple chiefs, Kandyan dancers, flame
dancers, musicians and torchbearers who follow the elephants through
the streets in spectacular processions. source:
asiatraveltips.com
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Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways has been named Airline of The Year 2005, Best
Airline Asia and Best First Class by Skytrax. Skytrax's
2005 World Airline Awards poll was the world's “largest”
passenger survey ever with more than 12.3 million eligible nominations.
In April this year, Hong Kong International Airport was named the World’s
Best Airport in a separate Skytrax poll for the fifth straight year.
Please
read more about the lounges and Cathay Pacific's Travel Classes.
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines flies a daily nonstop service from its New York
hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Hamburg,
Germany. This is the only scheduled nonstop trans-Atlantic
service from this German city. CO74 departs New York/Newark daily at
6 p.m. and arrives at Hamburg at 7:45 a.m. the next day. Flight CO75
departs Hamburg daily at 9:15 a.m. and arrives at New York/Newark at
11:55 a.m. the same day. The flight times are 7 hours and 45 minutes
from New York/Newark to Hamburg and eight hours and 40 minutes when
traveling from Hamburg to New York/Newark. The premium-class cabin features
extra-wide electronic sleeper seats with 55-inch pitch, adjustable winged
headrests and personal video screens.
Continental
Airlines provides nonstop daily flight services between Beijing
and New York/Newark. Flight CO88 departs Beijing at
3:05 pm every day and arrives at New York at 4:35 pm the same day. Flight
CO89 departs Newark Liberty Airport in New York at 11:10 am and arrives
at Beijing at 12:55 pm the next day. The new flight is nearly five hours
faster than other flights connecting the two cities that require a stop
over.
Korean Air
Korean Air, now flies a Boeing 777 service between Seattle and Seoul
three times a week. Korean Air flights will depart Seattle Tacoma
International Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
at 2:05 p.m. and arrive Incheon, Seoul 5:05 p.m. the
next day, very convenient for connections to Manila, Bangkok, Hong Kong
and Vietnam. Return flights depart Incheon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
at 6:00 p.m. and arrive in Seattle around noon the same day. The
airline will be offering three classes of service on its Seattle flights
Korean Air is a founding member of SkyTeam, and its mileage is redeemable
on other SkyTeam airlines including Delta, Northwest and Continental.
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