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  • News: Airport Cities World Conference 2013 speaker line up and programme announced

    London-based event organiser UBM Live has announced the overall programme and speaker line up for this year’s Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition (ACE) 2013 within the City of Ekurhuleni, South Africa. 

    High profile figures from the Airport City community, including Professor John Kasarda, director of the centre for air commerce on the University of North Carolina, Sotiris Pagdadis, global head of airports at PWC and Chris Choa, principal at AECOM, will head a comprehensive line up of senior industry figures who shall be travelling from world wide to chat on the event.

    This year’s ACE will happen on the Emperors Palace Hotel within the City of Ekurhuleni, South Africa, from April 24-26, 2013, and should be the 1st time it has ever been hosted on African soil.

    During the two-day conference and exhibition, leading authorities at the airport city and aerotropolis concepts could be joined by a range of government officials, airport CEOs, and industry experts from all corners of the globe.

    Speakers include influential and well-respected figures reminiscent of Jeff Fegan, CEO of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Larry Cox, CEO of Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Kim Day, manager of aviation at Denver International Airport, and Rajeev Kumar Jain, CEO of Mumbai International Airport, who will join many others to return to South Africa and discuss the most recent developments, trends, success stories and best practices from inside the airport city community.

    Conference sessions will see these experts tackling and discussing topics consisting of the original economic, geographical and cultural challenges in airport city and aerotropolis development; the relationships between stakeholders and regions; the latest airport city projects; masterplanning; investment and infrastructure development, commercial development and airport real estate; non- aeronautical revenue development and plenty more.

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  • News: Hebridean Island Cruises returns to Norway in 2014

    Hebridean Island Cruises, operator of the world’s smallest luxury cruise ship, Hebridean Princess, can be returning to Norway in 2014 for the primary time in five years.

    Hebridean Island Cruises will offer a complete of 3 different itineraries in August 2014 sailing to a couple of Norway’s best known fjords including Hardangerfjord, Sognefjord, Ulvikfjord and Raunefjord.  The call follows a survey conducted amongst loyal guests soliciting for suggestions on cruising areas.

    Hebridean Island Cruises may even extend its popular footloose walking programme to incorporate Footloose within the Fjords, featuring numerous walks in Balestrand, Laerdral, Fjaerland, in addition to the original opportunity to affix a glacier walk in Sogndal.

    Chief Operating Officer, Ken Charleson commented:

    “We wanted our guests to be interested by developing the cruise programme for 2014 and beyond. We asked for concepts on where to sail outside of Hebridean Princess’ home waters of Scotland. After receiving an overpowering variety of responses Norway emerged because the clear favourite.

    “We have carefully crafted a variety of itineraries which reflect the real nature of a Hebridean cruise, offering guests the chance to go to distant, off the beaten track places and the opportunity to sail through a dramatic landscape, famous for its mountains, glaciers and fjords.”

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  • Fattal Hotels takes over Queen Moat Houses portfolio

    Israeli hotel company, Fattal Hotels, in conjunction with a consortium of international investors has signed a binding agreement to accumulate the complete share capital of the Queens Moat Houses.

    Queens Moat Houses maintains a portfolio of hotels that presently contains 20 hotels, 15 of them Holiday Inns, four Best Western Hotels and one Queens Hotel.

    The properties can be found in Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Wolfsburg, Hanover, Baden-Baden, Aachen, Mönchengladbach and Karlsruhe.

    The portfolio comprises approximately 3,600 rooms, 28 bars and 29 restaurants in addition to 154 conference rooms with a complete area of 9,675 square meters.

    “The investment is according to our expansion plans – the hotels complement our existing Leonardo chain of hotels perfectly.

    “We still wish to keep growing and are negotiating further projects in major cities in Europe,” explained David Fattal, chief executive of Fattal Hotels/Leonardo Hotels.

    With this new portfolio, Fattal Hotel Group grows to 85 hotels with over 16,000 rooms.

    Some 54 hotels and eight,449 rooms can be found in Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary and Germany) and 31 hotels with 7,600 rooms can be found in Israel.

    Following the QMH Germany portfolio acquisition, Fattal Hotels could be managing 45 hotels in 20 cities in Germany.

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  • The F1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix now lower than a month away

    The Sepang International Circuit, 50km from Malaysia’s Capital of Kuala Lumpur is once more preparing to welcome over 100,000 spectators for The F1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix from 22 – 24 March 2013.  The race is now in its 15th Anniversary and promises to be probably the most biggest sporting activities in South East Asia in 2013.

    Sepang’s circuit isn’t just used for the Petronas grand prix, but has events all year round from the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, to the Sepang 1000KM Endurance Race. For people that want to emulate their heroes, Sepang International Circuit also offers track days for both cars and motorcycles.

    Whilst in Malaysia enjoying the grand prix, visitors are encouraged to use the Malaysia Grand Prix Sale that runs nationwide from 08 March to fourteen April 2013 with bargains on offer around the country.  Kuala Lumpur alone is home to 23 world class shopping malls, all fully equipped with the most recent designer stores and has recently become an obligation free shopping destination. a visit to the enduring Petronas Towers, the tallest twin structure building on earth at 452 metres, is a must-see in Kuala Lumpur and the Skybridge at the 41st floor provides breathtaking panoramic views of the town. Malaysia’s capital can be renowned for its diverse range of food from around the globe and the celebration of a colourful mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures.

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  • News: Orbitz releases first native app for iPad

    Orbitz today launched the Orbitz Flights, Hotels, Cars app for iPad, an extension of its top-rated mobile apps. The Orbitz app for iPad is the simplest fully native, in-app experience that permits consumers to go looking and book all three major components of a visit. Designed specifically for the iPad, the recent app brings the similar speed, ease of use and exclusive mobile-only discounts to consumers because the award-winning Orbitz iPhone app –  a 2012 inductee into the App Store Hall of Fame and the sole travel booking app given the App Store’s Editors’ Choice designation.

    “Nearly 30% of U.S. adults own a tablet that is up from 2% below three years ago.1 In this unprecedented era of tablet growth, Orbitz is bringing the winning characteristics to iPad that buyers most value in travel apps – a quick, easy solution to search and book travel and get great deals,” said Chris Orton , president of Orbitz.com. “Unlike competitive travel apps that send users on a wild ride across multiple booking sites, the hot Orbitz iPad app is the sole app that enables consumers to book flights, cars and hotels in a unbroken, in-app experience.”

    Highlights of the recent Orbitz iPad app:
    *  Unrivaled speed and simplicity of use:  Search and book flights, hotels, and rental cars in a flash with a dual list/map view of hotels, the facility to check details of multiple flights, rental cars, or hotels from a single screen, and strong sorting & filtering capabilities.
    *  Exclusive mobile-only deals:  Save as much as 50% off hotels in hundreds of popular destinations worldwide with Orbitz Mobile Steals.
    *  Convenient travel tools: View travel itineraries 24×7 even without an online connection, add a visit itinerary to the iPad calendar, and get 1-tap access to information on flight delays and gate changes.

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