The 45 Places to Go in 2012 by New York Times
On your mark, jet set, fly! The 45 Places to Go in 2012 by New York Times. ...
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Airline shares hit by Icelandic volcano ash fears
BBC NEWS, 23 MAY Shares in Europe’s biggest airlines have fallen on fears that Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption could disrupt flights across the continent. International Consolidated Airlines and Easyjet fell by about 5%, with Air France KLM down 4.5%. Flights in, to and from Scotland have been cancelled as ash from the Grimsvotn volcano continues ...
10 Things Hotels Won’t Tell You
by Jim Rendon, Yahoo! Smart Money 1. “In tough times we have to discount — creatively.” For the hotel industry, 2009 was the worst year since the Great Depression, and last year was only slightly better. At its low, the average daily room rate was $97, down from $107 in 2008, and occupancy rates fell ...
Airline group: Passenger traffic up 8.2 pct
GENEVA – Scheduled international passenger traffic rose 8.2 percent and freight transport jumped by more than one fifth last year, but airlines have been unable to translate the increase to higher profit margins, airlines industry group IATA said Wednesday. Demand growth outstripped capacity increases of 4.4 percent for passengers and about double that for cargo, ...
Firefly opens new ticket counter at KLIA
Firefly has unveiled its latest airport ticketing counter at the Main Terminal Building of KL International Airport. To celebrate the occasion, Dato’ Eddy Leong performed a symbolic flag-raising to mark Firefly’s presence in KLIA and this was witnessed by Dato’ Azmi Murad, Senior General Manager, Operations Services of Malaysia Airports. According to Firefly’s Managing Director, ...