Hilton Worldwide Holdings has a new US$6.5 billion shareholder, China's diverse HNA Group*, which has purchased about 25 per cent of the hotelier from affiliates of Blackstone, with the stake covering Hilton and Hilton's planned spin-offs Park Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations.
The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported US airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 928.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2016, 3.5 per cent more than the previous record high of 897.9 million reached in 2015.
Michelle Scott (left) has been appointed director of sales and marketing for the 250-room Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay which opens 2 April, 2017.
Scott will be be responsible for overseeing and driving all aspects of the property’s sales and marketing strategies.
Scott Alderson (right) has commenced work as director of sales, Crown Hotels Perth, Western Australia - responsible for the sales strategies of Perth’s three Crown hotels - Crown Towers, Crown Metropol and Crown Promenade.
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced a new format for this year’s Cruise360 conference in Sydney, including a speaker line-up featuring global industry leaders.
Air China has confirmed further expansion of international and domestic routes. New routes include Shanghai - Barcelona , Beijing - Astana (capital of Kazakhstan ) and Beijing- Zurich.
A USA-based United Airlines pilot has been jailed for 10 months in Scotland after he admitted being double the drink-fly alcohol limit and attempting to pilot a commercial aircraft.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate the total number of UK residents travelling overseas was nine per cent higher - at 4.6 million - in January, but the number going to the US fell 17 per cent.
European low-cost airline Norwegian's customers are to have access to exclusive rates at 300,000 hotels listed on Expedia's accommodation web site hotels.com.
The yet-to-start two-year UK-leaving-the-EU (Brexit) negotiations that are slated to end in March 2019 have been described as 'unknown territory' by Michel Barnier, the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, who told media that a “no-deal scenario” (where the UK and EU sever ties without a replacement trade agreement) is a “distinct possibility” and that this would have “severe consequences” for the UK and for the rest of the EU.
Qantas says it has had to postpone its in-flight wifi launch due to stability issues.
Ahead of a possible 'Open Skies' agreement between the two countries, Chinese airlines will be able to operate 59 passenger flights a week to and from New Zealand (up from 49 a week) and fly domestically in NZ under an expanded bilateral air services agreement.
The Australian government says there will be no follow-the-leader response to the decision by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) to stop airline passengers travelling with large personal electronic devices as cabin baggage on selected 'direct inbound flights' to the two countries. Only phones and medical devices are exempt from the ban.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings has a new US$6.5 billion shareholder, China's diverse HNA Group*, which has purchased about 25 per cent of the hotelier from affiliates of Blackstone, with the stake covering Hilton and Hilton's planned spin-offs Park Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations.
The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported US airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 928.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2016, 3.5 per cent more than the previous record high of 897.9 million reached in 2015.
Michelle Scott (left) has been appointed director of sales and marketing for the 250-room Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay which opens 2 April, 2017.
Scott will be be responsible for overseeing and driving all aspects of the property’s sales and marketing strategies.
Scott Alderson (right) has commenced work as director of sales, Crown Hotels Perth, Western Australia - responsible for the sales strategies of Perth’s three Crown hotels - Crown Towers, Crown Metropol and Crown Promenade.
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced a new format for this year’s Cruise360 conference in Sydney, including a speaker line-up featuring global industry leaders.
Air China has confirmed further expansion of international and domestic routes. New routes include Shanghai - Barcelona , Beijing - Astana (capital of Kazakhstan ) and Beijing- Zurich.
A USA-based United Airlines pilot has been jailed for 10 months in Scotland after he admitted being double the drink-fly alcohol limit and attempting to pilot a commercial aircraft.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate the total number of UK residents travelling overseas was nine per cent higher - at 4.6 million - in January, but the number going to the US fell 17 per cent.
European low-cost airline Norwegian's customers are to have access to exclusive rates at 300,000 hotels listed on Expedia's accommodation web site hotels.com.
The yet-to-start two-year UK-leaving-the-EU (Brexit) negotiations that are slated to end in March 2019 have been described as 'unknown territory' by Michel Barnier, the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, who told media that a “no-deal scenario” (where the UK and EU sever ties without a replacement trade agreement) is a “distinct possibility” and that this would have “severe consequences” for the UK and for the rest of the EU.
Qantas says it has had to postpone its in-flight wifi launch due to stability issues.
Ahead of a possible 'Open Skies' agreement between the two countries, Chinese airlines will be able to operate 59 passenger flights a week to and from New Zealand (up from 49 a week) and fly domestically in NZ under an expanded bilateral air services agreement.
The Australian government says there will be no follow-the-leader response to the decision by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) to stop airline passengers travelling with large personal electronic devices as cabin baggage on selected 'direct inbound flights' to the two countries. Only phones and medical devices are exempt from the ban.
