Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is to cut operating costs to combat a "challenging" business environment and it also has issued a profit warning for its first half 2012 results, blaming high fuel prices and poor cargo returns.
An 18-month-old child has been forced off a US JetBlue flight because her name was flagged on a no-fly list.
Fuel costs were partly responsible for a larger than expected 2012 Q1 loss of EUR249 million at International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways and Iberia.
The Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) has confirmed the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) has now joined the Council, bringing global membership to a total of 14 international industry organisations.
A bi-monthly Facebook Performance Benchmarking Report detailing how the top 20 major brands in 12 different industries use it to interact with customers has been produced by social media agency Online Circle.
UK-based Bmi Regional (part of the Bmi/Bmi Regional/Bmibaby group recently sold by Germany's Lufthansa to British Airways parent IAG), has been sold to Aberdeen, Scotland-based Sector Aviation Holdings for GBP8 million. Sector Aviation is a consortium of aviation business people including a group known previously as Granite Aviation.
Hobart’s historic Hadleys Hotel has completed a multi-million dollar extension and been rebranded as a Mercure property.
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has named the first members of its new advisory board for Asia following the establishment of offices in Bangkok and Hong Kong.
Dubai-based airline the Emirates Group today announced its 24th consecutive year of profit and company-wide growth.
Singapore Airlines Group says high fuel prices and an uncertain global economy for weighed heavily on the Group’s earnings in the 2011-12 financial year, pushing net profit down by S$756 million or 69 per cent to S$336 million. Group revenue grew by S$333 million (+2 per cent) to S$14,858 million on the back of a 3.6 per cent improvement in passenger carriage, partially offset by weaker yields.
Express freight and logistics company StarTrack, born out of the integration of the retail division of Australian air Express and Star Track Express, has launched its new brand to market - and the exhibitions and events sector is among its major target markets.
Geelong's Mercure Hotel and several other hotels in the area have claimed an industry first with the establishment of a standard accommodation contract (SAC) they say will make it easier for professional conference organisers (PCOs) when planning business events in the regional Victorian city.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation to a Corporate Alliance between Virgin Australia and Western Australian carrier Skywest Airlines for five years.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is to cut operating costs to combat a "challenging" business environment and it also has issued a profit warning for its first half 2012 results, blaming high fuel prices and poor cargo returns.
An 18-month-old child has been forced off a US JetBlue flight because her name was flagged on a no-fly list.
Fuel costs were partly responsible for a larger than expected 2012 Q1 loss of EUR249 million at International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways and Iberia.
The Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) has confirmed the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) has now joined the Council, bringing global membership to a total of 14 international industry organisations.
A bi-monthly Facebook Performance Benchmarking Report detailing how the top 20 major brands in 12 different industries use it to interact with customers has been produced by social media agency Online Circle.
UK-based Bmi Regional (part of the Bmi/Bmi Regional/Bmibaby group recently sold by Germany's Lufthansa to British Airways parent IAG), has been sold to Aberdeen, Scotland-based Sector Aviation Holdings for GBP8 million. Sector Aviation is a consortium of aviation business people including a group known previously as Granite Aviation.
Hobart’s historic Hadleys Hotel has completed a multi-million dollar extension and been rebranded as a Mercure property.
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has named the first members of its new advisory board for Asia following the establishment of offices in Bangkok and Hong Kong.
Dubai-based airline the Emirates Group today announced its 24th consecutive year of profit and company-wide growth.
Singapore Airlines Group says high fuel prices and an uncertain global economy for weighed heavily on the Group’s earnings in the 2011-12 financial year, pushing net profit down by S$756 million or 69 per cent to S$336 million. Group revenue grew by S$333 million (+2 per cent) to S$14,858 million on the back of a 3.6 per cent improvement in passenger carriage, partially offset by weaker yields.
Express freight and logistics company StarTrack, born out of the integration of the retail division of Australian air Express and Star Track Express, has launched its new brand to market - and the exhibitions and events sector is among its major target markets.
Geelong's Mercure Hotel and several other hotels in the area have claimed an industry first with the establishment of a standard accommodation contract (SAC) they say will make it easier for professional conference organisers (PCOs) when planning business events in the regional Victorian city.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation to a Corporate Alliance between Virgin Australia and Western Australian carrier Skywest Airlines for five years.
