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Christie takes top job at Best Cities

: MICE News; Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Loren Christie (pictured right) has been appointed managing director of the Best Cities Alliance.

He takes over from Lesley Williams, who has led the BestCities team for three years.

Christie has more than 25 years of experience in travel, tourism and business events.
He held various leadership roles with Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Destination Toronto and spent 20 years in broadcast television including a regular travel segment on CTV, Canada’s national TV network.

Looijen moves to Bali

: MICE News; Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Sander Looijen (pictured right) has been appointed general manager, Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali and the resort’s adjacent Bali International Convention Centre.
Looijen joined Marriott International in 2002 as management intern with The St Regis Shanghai and most recently was cluster general manager at Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung.

First of planned Heathrow security strikes cancelled

: BTN News; Wednesday, 14 June 2023

The first of a series of weekend strikes by security staff at London Heathrow airport scheduled for 24-25 June has been called off after the airport made an improved pay offer.

Airasia offers fare sale ex Australasia

: BTN News; Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Malaysia-based AirAsia has launched a sale covering fares from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Gold Coast in Australia and Auckland, New Zealand to Kuala Lumpur and from Perth to Jakarta.

ANA to return to Perth

: BTN News; Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to resume flying to Perth, Western Australia, with a three times a week ex Tokyo Narita B787-9 schedule from October 29, 2023.
The service, which was suspended in March 2020, will go daily from March 30, 2024.

Turkish Air to add Detroit route

: BTN News; Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Turkey's Turkish Airlines says it plans three weekly flights between its Istanbul base and Detroit, USA from November 15th.

Travelodge on the block for GBP1.2bn

: BTN News; Tuesday, 13 June 2023

The US hedge fund GoldenTree, which took over the Travelodge chain in 2012, is meeting investment banks, hoping to sell the 595-outlet business for GBP1.2 billion.

CTA dealing with 47,000-plus air delay complaints backlog

: BTN News; Tuesday, 13 June 2023

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) reports it received 26,840 complaints related to flight disruptions last year - and it's dealing with a backlog of air passenger complaints of more than 47,000, with an 18-month estimated wait time for a case to be reviewed.

Qantas drops crew gender rules

: BTN News; Monday, 12 June 2023

Regardless of gender, Qantas cabin crew for the first time are able to ditch high heels for flats, grow their hair long and opt to wear makeup.

WestJet to drop Swoop brand

: BTN News; Monday, 12 June 2023

By Q4, Canada's WestJet will absorb its Swoop subsidiary and simplify its operations.

Two jets collide at Haneda

: BTN News; Monday, 12 June 2023

Passenger jets operated by Thailand's Thai International and South Korea's Eva Air collided near a taxiway at Tokyo, Japan’s Haneda Airport on Saturday June 10.
Investigations into the accident are continuing.

DoJ's American/Jetblue alliance struggle intensifies

: BTN News; Monday, 12 June 2023

The to-and-fro negotiations between US carriers JetBlue and American Airlines with US authorities concerning the carriers' US Northeast operating alliance (NEA) continue, with the airlines asking to keep code-share and loyalty agreements in place in exchange for dumping joint scheduling and sales. Last month a judge ruled NEA violated US antitrust laws.

Heathrow faces expanded strikes

: BTN News; Friday, 09 June 2023

Security staff at London Heathrow airport will strike for a total 31 days including almost every weekend through to August, in what the Unite union describes as a “major escalation” that includes staff in T3 as well as those in T5.