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JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Opens Its Doors to Guests
By January, 2013 the hotel will have all nine restaurants and five bars and lounges open, with the Grand Opening scheduled to take place in February, 2013. The highly anticipated 5-star JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai has op...
First Pullman Hotel Opens in the UK
Accor has launched its first upscale Pullman hotel in the UK, just three minutes walk from the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras in London. Entering the market as London’s newest upscale hotel brand, the UK’s first Pu...
Gulf Air Cuts Boeing, Revises Airbus Order
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s struggling national carrier, has cut its order for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and also revised a deal with Airbus, as it restructures its fleet to cope with a tough market. Gulf Air said on M...
Virgin Atlantic Reveals 100,000 Tons of CO2 Savings Due As It Publishes Third Annual Sustainability Report
Ground-breaking new computer software will reduce Virgin Atlantics fuel emissions by 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, thus helping the environment while saving the airline almost $32 million in fuel costs. This innova...
SAS To Cut Jobs, Sell Assets To Survive
Loss-making airline SAS will shed nearly 6,000 staff through cuts and asset sales to secure loans from banks and Nordic governments to help it survive a global downturn and fierce competition. SAS, one of the European fl...
Emirates A380 Returns To Sydney After Engine Fire
An Emirates Airbus A380 bound for Dubai was forced to return to Sydney on Sunday night when one of its engines caught fire soon after take-off. The flight, with 380 passengers on board, was just 20 minutes into its fligh...
