Author: Shawon Hannan
The Japanese, who are known to have a penchant for luxury, are now welcoming cheap flights to their nation. Three low-cost airlines have started operating in the country and are offering different flight options for customers who are yet to grasp the concept of low-cost airlines. AirAsia Japan, Peach Aviation and Jetstar Japan have started offering services, and it is expected that the move could change the lifestyles of citizens in the country. It is expected that the cheap flights will encourage more travel among the Japanese and break their habit of confining air travel to business trips. Luxury vacations…
Egencia, a US-based online travel company, is reporting that average airfares from London are expected to fall in 2013. The company research predicts that airfares will decrease, following the expected stagnation in hotel rates in 2013. The airfares are likely to fall by around 3 percent from London area airports in 2013, although airfares may increase by around 3 percent in Europe, and up to 5 percent in North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Rob Greyber, the company president, said, ‘The global economy is volatile, and we’ve seen some deterioration in CEO (chief executive officer) sentiment in recent months. But…
Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has released its new schedule for flights from the UK. The new timetable will be effective from April 1, 2013, when its joint operations with UK based British Airways comes to an end after 17 years. The new timetable will reflect the new 10-year global partnership with Emirates Airlines, a UAE-based airline company. The airline has reported that its daily flights to London Heathrow airport, from Melbourne and Sydney, will be rerouted through Dubai airport in the UAE, instead of its previous stop at Singapore. The airline has announced that ‘Dubai will become…
Virgin America has been named the ‘Best Premium Class’ airline among domestic airlines in the US, in the Conde Nast Traveller’s 2012 Business Travel Poll. The survey is an annual, independent event that polls the magazine’s business travellers. This year, the poll ranked Virgin America as the top US airline for Premium Class service, and this is the fifth year that the company has achieved the award. The ranking has been reported in the October issue of Conde Nast Traveller, which should be available now. An independent firm that conducted the survey asked over 46,000 Conde Nast Traveller readers to…
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc has announced that it has launched a campaign to make travel agents aware of its portfolio of hotels and services. The company said that its new resorts campaign has been designed to educate travel professionals on more than 200 resorts in its global portfolio. The campaign started this week and the company said that the opportunity could be used by travel agents to ‘Explore Destinations, Experience Luxury, Earn Rewards’ at www.starwoodpro.com. To begin with, travel professionals are briefed with a visual, a four-minute video that focuses on the company’s resort portfolio. The video will…
Those passengers travelling with Wizz Air, a Hungary-based airline, from any British Airport, should be prepared to pay for hand luggage as the airline has announced a new cabin baggage policy. From October 4, 2012, passengers booking Wizz Air tickets for travel from October 24, 2012, onwards, will only be allowed a small cabin bag of up to 42 x 32 x 25cm free of charge. All other kinds of bags taken as carry-on luggage will be charged a fee of £9 per bag. The airline has previously tested its new airline baggage policy on its Luton Airport to Katowice…
For this year’s winter holiday, British travellers are searching for warmer destinations, according to UK based online travel company, dealchecker.co.uk. Some of the favourite destinations for British holidaymakers this winter season are Cuba, Egypt and India. In the winter months, Cuba offers a warm climate, with a temperature of around 26 degrees centigrade, and has a large number of beach destinations. The capital city of Havana hosts the Havana Jazz Festival in December and the Cabildos Festival in January every year, providing international tourists with a flavour of the historical township. Holidays to Cuba are on offer from £759 per…
Developers in Dubai have announced plans to build a replica of India’s world famous tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal. Dubai has proven many times over that if you have enough money you can build anything. It already has the world’s largest shopping mall, the Dubai Mall; the Burj Kahlifa, the worlds tallest building at 829.84m; and the Burj Al Arab, a 60-floor, 5-star hotel with a construction that mimics a sailing ship. Now, developers have revealed plans for a new complex to include a replica of the Taj Mahal. Of course, this being Dubai, the developers are not content with…
The Naples Depot Museum at 1051 Fifth Ave. S., Naples, US, is offering old world charm for motor lovers with its focus on automobiles that have evolved over the years. Open from 9AM to 5PM local time, Monday to Friday, and 9AM to 4PM on Saturdays, the museum is offering free services to visitors. It opened in January 2011 in a building that evokes Spanish old-world style, having once served as the Seaboard Air Line Railway station. Inside the museum, visitors come face-to-face with the history of the city’s transportation developments over the years. For example, the development of rail…
UK travellers rarely take their families along with them on business trips, unlike their counterparts in other parts of the world, according to a recent study. The study, which was conducted with business travellers by the Wyndham Hotel Group, a hotel brand with around 7,170 hotel properties, suggested that only 33 percent of UK travellers take their families on a business trip, compared to around 52 percent of US business travellers, and 67 percent of Chinese business travellers. Nor do UK business travellers believe in extending their business travel to include a pleasure trip, with 68 percent claiming to be…