Gray Dawes opts for Sabre
- BTN News
- Friday, 02 May 2025
International travel management firm Gray Dawes Group has made Sabre its sole global distribution platform (GDS) partner.
Dusit Hotels opens Hanoi property
- BTN News
- Friday, 02 May 2025
Dusit Hotels and Resorts expands is to open the Vietnam Dusit Le Palais Tu Hoa Hanoi in the city’s historic Tay Ho district on 9 May 2025.
IROS heading to Sydney in 2028
- BTN News
- Friday, 02 May 2025
Sydney has won the right to host the IEEE/Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in 2028 – the 30-year-old event’s first time in the Southern Hemisphere.
Finnair loses half its Qantas deal
- BTN News
- Friday, 02 May 2025
Finland's Finnair says it will furlough 36 pilots following Qantas’s decision to reduce their two-plane 'wet lease' partnership to one.
Qantas puts international routes on short-term sale
- BTN News
- Friday, 02 May 2025
Qantas has launched a one-week international sale with discounted fares starting at just A$499 with destinations including Fiji, Vanuatu, Honolulu and Johannesburg.
Spain and Portugal recovering from power blackouts
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal are welcoming the countries' partial recovery from a huge power blackout affecting trains, metros, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access.
Scottish airports upgrade scanners
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Scottish passengers at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports can now keep liquids and large electronic items in their bags, thanks to the installation of state-of-the-art next generation security checkpoint (NGSC) scanners.
Virgin Atlantic pulls out of Israel
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic has stopped operating between London and Tel Aviv in Israel.
Airbus to take over Belfast (and other) Spirit ops
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Europe's Airbus is to take over the Airbus A220 wing manufacturing and assembly of the Spirit AeroSystems airframe business in Belfast, Northern Ireland, plus Airbus's work at the Spirit factory at Prestwick in Scotland.
United invests in blended wing aircraft firm
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The US's United Airlines has invested in JetZero, an aviation startup with a Z4 blended wing body known as an ‘all wing’ design that it says could deliver a ‘greatly enhanced customer experience’ in the cabin.
Marriott takes over citizenM for US$355m
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Marriott International is to acquire the lifestyle select-service brand citizenM for US$355 million, including 36 already-open hotels with 8,544 rooms in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Chapman Freeborn opens in Lithuania
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Following a strategic restructure of its European operations, the appointment of a new general sales agent in Eastern Europe and a new European music and entertainment division, charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has opened an operations base in Lithuania.
Australia to add daily Hong Kong Airlines flights
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 29 April 2025
For the first quarter of 2025, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has recorded a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in Australian visitation.
