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Quickbeds.com joins Travelport’s Rooms and More™

July 28, 2015 • admin
Travelport, a number one provider of critical transaction processing solutions and information for the worldwide travel industry, today announces that Quickbeds.com has joined its industry-leading hotel booking engine, Travelport Rooms and More™. The implementation of hotel content from Quickbeds.com will provide an extra 4,200 Australian-based hotel offerings to the already extensive Travelport Rooms and More database. Quickbeds.com (a division of Flight Centre Ltd) is the 21st supplier to be implemented in Travelport Rooms and More for the reason that engine was launched in 2011. The engine was introduced by Travelport to assist travel agents improve the efficiency of looking for hotel content across numerous websites and aggregators. It searches multiple sources on behalf of the user and returns a straightforward-to-read list of accommodation choices that optimises content choice and potential...
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Singapore’s Changi Airport

July 27, 2015 • Alicia
Changi Airport in Singapore is one of the busiest airports in south-east Asia. In 2014, Changi handled more than 54 million passengers and nearly 2 million tonnes of cargo and was voted the world’s best airport by airport users. With three terminals and a fourth due to open sometime in 2017, people must wonder what is special about Changi, marking it out as different from other airports. Terminal 1 includes a roof top swimming pool which overlooks the runway. If you are not prepared for a swim, then you can have a drink at the poolside bar. Other attractions at the terminal include a cactus garden with more than a hundred different species of cactus and desert plants, a craft room for passengers with a creative streak and an exciting...
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News: WTTC confirms Korea as host for Asia Summit

July 26, 2015 • admin
World Travel & Tourism Council has confirmed it could hold its regional Asia Summit in Korea in September, in recognition of the hot acceleration of tourism within the region. WTTC Asia Summit will occur in Seoul from September 10th-11th. The public sector and leading private sector organisations in Korea are hosting the Summit, that will bring tourism leaders together from all over the world to have interaction in lively debate around current issues and future trends. Speakers will include chief executives from regional and global hotel companies, airlines, cruise lines, tour operators, travel management and online agencies; ministers of tourism; high level representatives from the NGO sector and opinion formers from the arena of finance, academia and the media.  WTTC president David Scowsill said: “The Summit can have a pan-Asian...
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News: President Bill Clinton to keynote WTTC Global Summit

July 24, 2015 • admin
President Bill Clinton, founding father of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd president of america, will deliver the keynote address on the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit 2013. The event opens in Abu Dhabi today. Other Summit speakers include greater than 40 leading public figures, including Sir David Frost, British journalist and media personality, Daryl Hannah, American actress and activist, Sir Jonathon Porritt, environmentalist, David de Rothschild, adventurer and environmentalist, David Scowsill, WTTC president, and James Hogan, chief executive, Etihad Airways. Co-hosted by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) and Etihad Airways, the worldwide Summit could be held in Abu Dhabi’s five-star Jumeirah at Etihad Towers with a Gala Dinner going on on the magical Emirates Palace hotel. Scowsill said: “The 2013 WTTC Global...
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W Hotels to go into Israel with W Tel Aviv

July 24, 2015 • admin
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc today announced that it’s going to debut the W brand in Israel in 2015 with the outlet of W Tel Aviv – Jaffa and The Residences at W Tel Aviv – Jaffa. Owned by Manhattan-based RFR Holding, the hotel could be set inside a historic 19th century heritage building within the revitalised ancient port neighbourhood of Jaffa. W Tel Aviv – Jaffa is being designed by acclaimed British architect John Pawson together with Ramy Gill Architects and concrete Designers, who has also designed the brand new Jaffa port. “We are delighted to expand our relationship with RFR Holding, who also owns W South Beach Hotels & Residences, as we open the 1st W Hotel in Israel,” commented Roeland Vos, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts,...
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