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Shangri-La Hotel, at The Shard, London Opens in the Summer of 2013
Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, will open its first property in the United Kingdom in the summer of 2013. London’s first elevated luxury hotel will occupy levels 34 to 52 ...
FAA Faces Obstacles In Approving 787 Fix
Boeing said this week it could move “really fast” to get its 787 Dreamliner back into the skies once regulators approved a fix for battery problems on board the plane. Regulators may not move so quickly. The ...
ANA Had Previous 787 Electric Panel Problems
All Nippon Airways had three instances of electric distribution panel trouble in its Boeing 787 Dreamliners before it grounded the aircraft in January and had to replace the panel twice, a spokesman said. In the most ser...
Qatar Air Says Airbus Dropping Smallest A350
Qatar Airways cast doubt on the future of the Airbus A350-800 on Wednesday, saying the European plane maker had decided to pour all its efforts into two larger variants. Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker, who ...
Boeing, Cathay Pacific Announce Order for Three 747-8 Freighters
Order bolsters airline’s 747-8 Freighter fleet to 13 airplanes Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Cathay Pacific Airways today announced an order for three 747-8 Freighter airplanes. The order, valued at approximately $1 billion at li...
Waldorf Astoria Berlin Officially Open
Some 800 high-profile guests from the world of showbiz, society, business and media attended the exclusive grand opening of Waldorf Astoria Berlin this week. Well known performers including Elisa Schmidt, Claudia Lahmann Orches...
