Best airlines awards
Airlines, Industry news-data, Travel Resources, Your Stories · January 5, 2009
Conde’ Nast Traveller annual awards are one of my favourites, especially those related to spas in exotic places. This year number 1 of all travel categories was the new Six Senses hotel in Koh Samui: a friend of mine was there some months ago and he told me that it’s the top of luxury he...
Tags: air france, airline, alitalia, british airways, easyjet, emirates, finnair, KLM, qantas, singapore airlines, swiss, virgin
Top 20 European airports
Airports, Travel Resources · January 3, 2009
Maps are fun! Here top 20 busiest European airports based on number of passengers: Read More →
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BA offers
Good offers from British Airways- book by January 27th for flights until end of March. London - NY and return is now at 259£ (good deal especially in €!), Hong Kong is 429£, Delhi is 359£. European one way flights range is 45-90£. Read More →
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New Alitalia
Airlines Programs, Industry news-data, Loyalty Programs · December 31, 2008
Yesterday it has been announced that new Alitalia will be live January 13rd. MilleMiglia points accumulated until now will be honored and Air One flights will be eligible in the new Alitalia loyalty program. In the meantime Alitalia is going to reduce the amount of miles earned for short international...
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Top travel products and services by Monocle
Airlines, Hotels, Travel Resources · December 20, 2008
Hip and chic magazine Monocle has selected the top travel products/services. Here a selection of them: HOTELS Living room: Hotel Nimb, Copenhagen, Denmark Family-run: Durrants, London (since 1921) Back-to-basics: Schloss Binningen, Basel, Switzerland Breakfast: Masuichi Kyakuden, Obuse, Japan Make-over:...
Tags: airline, airport, ANA, best hotels, lounge, lufthansa, singapore airlines, trains
New A|Club Program
Hotels Programs, Loyalty Programs · December 18, 2008
I’ve had a Sofitel Privilege card. In September Accor informed me that Sofitel program ended and that they are launching a new program A|Club that involves all their branded hotels: Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, All Seasons, Ibis. Today my new A|Club plastic card...
Tags: accor, airmiles, a|club, europcar, Hotels Programs, ibis, novotel, sofitel
Samsonite Black Label Truck
Luggage, Travel Items · December 17, 2008
Samsonite has reedited its original 1920s trunk. The Upright 50 (in the pictures) is carry on sized with wheels and handle for ease of transport and features a TSA compatible lock system. The Black Label Trunk collection comes in black and cream and each piece is hand-finished. Available for mid December....
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Trains, Cars Programs · December 14, 2008
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Turbulence forecast
Tools, Travel Resources · December 7, 2008
According to wikipedia, turbulence or turbulent flow is “a fluid regime characterized by chaotic, stochastic property changes. This includes low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time.” However we’re more interested...
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Hotel location, location, location!
Hotels, Travel Resources · December 3, 2008
Maps-mania is everywhere on the web and these guys had launched a maps-mania tool to select your hotel based on location: www.seeyourhotel.com. Users search for a location and get a full size map with markers for all hotels in the area. Then they can view pictures, video and reviews of the hotel, compare...