American Airlines to offer premium customer benefits

American Airlines has announced that it will soon be rolling out its PriorityAAccess scheme, which will offer privileges to the carrier's premium customers.

Passengers including AAdvantage elite status members, first class customers and business travellers will be among those ...

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Posted by Mike at 14:15, 23 September 2008

New water park to open in Tenerife

Visitors to Tenerife will have a major new hotspot to visit from this week with the opening of Siam Park.

The Thai-themed attraction is reportedly Europe's biggest water park and is set to further boost the Canary Island hotspot's ...

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Posted by Kate at 16:14, 23 September 2008

Proposals to cut European mobile charges

Holidaymakers in Europe could soon be able to take advantage of lower costs for using mobile phones abroad.

A member of the European Commission made the proposals for the lower roaming charges, which will be voted on next spring, possibly ...

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Posted by Merv at 11:49, 24 September 2008

Etihad targets 25m passengers by 2020

Etihad Airways has unveiled ambitious plans to be carrying 25 million passengers a year by 2020.

Speaking in New York during a promotional visit to the USA and Canada, James Hogan, chief executive of the Abu ...

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Posted by Paul at 14:15, 24 September 2008

Abu Dhabi to begin profiling visitors

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has launched a plan to build a profile of the people who visit the city in order to improve its offering to holidaymakers from around the world.

More than 5,000 people who visit
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Posted by Teddie at 15:30, 24 September 2008

Virgin 'cuts Heathrow check-in time to 40 minutes'

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is now able to check in its upper class customers on flights from Heathrow Airport in 40 minutes.

The speedy check-in procedure is available at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport, where the airline ...

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Posted by Kate at 16:55, 24 September 2008

Norway becomes member of UNWTO

Norway could soon see a number of developments in its tourism industry after becoming a member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

The Scandinavian country has become the UNWTO's 154th member state and its 45th member in
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Posted by Andrew at 14:34, 25 September 2008

Canada in Lonely Planet's top 10 for 2009

The Canadian Tourism Commission has said that it is "thrilled" to report that Canada has been ranked as one of Lonely Planet's top ten countries to visit in 2009.

Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009 book will be published in ...

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Posted by Teddie at 14:36, 25 September 2008

Christmas will be "unforgettable" in New York

New York will this year offer an "unforgettable" festive experience to its winter visitors, the city's marketing agency has claimed.

According to NYC & Company, the US city is one of the world's most exciting places during the winter ...

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Posted by Kate at 16:19, 25 September 2008

Star Alliance wins business travel award for third year

Star Alliance, the airline group that includes bmi, Lufthansa and Swiss among its members, has announced that it has won Business Traveller magazine's 'best alliance' award for the third consecutive year.

These awards are reportedly recognised in the ...

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Posted by Clare at 13:07, 26 September 2008

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