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Kuwait Air To Buy 25 New Airbus Jets

  Kuwait Airways has signed a contract with Airbus to buy 25 new aircraft and lease 12 others in the biggest overhaul of its fleet since the 1990 Iraqi invasion. “The company will start to receive the new planes from...


Man Removed From Plane Over Infectious Disease Alert

  Officials removed a man with an unspecified infectious disease – possibly tuberculosis – from a US Airways Express flight with 70 passengers on board shortly after it landed in Phoenix over the weekend, autho...



Hyatt Times Square Opens in Manhattan

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Times Square New York, the seventh hotel to be added to the Hyatt-branded portfolio in Manhattan. The 487-room hotel stands 54 stories high, making it the ...


Sheraton Launches Two Hotels in Samoa

The hotels will join the Starwood Hotels Resorts group immediately, and will relaunch as the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel and the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Resort, respectively, by mid-2014 following extensive renova...



Biden Seeks To Defuse China Air Zone Row

  US Vice President Joe Biden will seek a delicate balance between calming military tensions with China and backing ally Japan against Beijing on a trip to Asia this week that is being overshadowed by a territorial row in ...


W Hotels Opens Its First-Ever Ski Retreat W Verbier

As the 45th hotel globally, W Verbier and The Residences at W Verbier marks the entrance of W Hotels into Switzerland. With the spirit of Ibiza set on ice, the hotel is located at the base of the mountain in the Medran area of ...