Priceline Partner Network has signed a partnership with MapQuest to power its newly launched feature to book travel, MapQuest. The partnership will give travellers access to thousands of hotel, airline and rental car services during the MapQuest ecosystem.
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa has announced the appointment of Julian Moore as General Manager, effective April 2013. Julian returns to the Maldives property, having been portion of the pre-opening team within the lead as much as the hotel’s launch in 2009.
With a career in hospitality spanning 30 years, Julian brings a wealth of expertise to Hadahaa. He has an intensive understanding of leading luxury island resorts, managing new and existing properties, and has over five years experience within the Maldives. Julian also has vast knowledge of Hadahaa, having spent two years as General Manager of the valuables prior to the hole.
Originally from Australia, Julian has previously held management positions at Coco Palm Dhunikolhu, Maldives; Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa, Maldives; The Royal Mirage, Dubai; Longitude 131, Australia; and Meridien Hotels & Resorts, Thailand. Previous to joining Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa, Julian was General Manager at Pacific Resort Aitutaki inside the Cook Islands, where he was selected General Manager of the Year for the South Pacific in both 2011 and 2012 on the annual HM Industry Awards in Australia.
Speaking about his appointment, Julian said: “I am delighted to go back to Hadahaa and to enroll in the renowned Hyatt brand. Since its launch in September 2009, Hadahaa has become one of the vital finest luxury resorts within the Maldives, and i’m excited to be able to construct at the excellent work of the former GM, Pierre Lang.”
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa underwent an in depth refurbishment in 2012, to coincide with the launch of a brand new regional airport inside the south of the Maldives. Maldivian now flies five times daily to Kooddoo Airport the Gaafu Alifu Atoll, reducing the inner journey time to Hadahaa by nearly half (now 1 hour from Male).
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Stansted Airport is in Essex, almost on the border with Hertfordshire and just 30 miles north-east of the centre of London. It has been operating as a commercial airport since the mid 1960s. Since 1997 passenger numbers increased dramatically with the rise in popularity of low cost budget airlines. In 2007, passenger numbers reached a peak of 24 million. Although numbers have waned since then, there was an 11% annual increase last year (2014) when nearly 20 million passengers used the airport.
Qatar Airways marked another route milestone yesterday with the official launch of scheduled passenger flights to Chicago – its fifth North American destination. Initially starting as a thrice-weekly service, the Doha-based airline will enhance capacity at the non-stop Chicago path to a regular operation from June 15.
In a letter from the book, “Green Growth and Travelism – Letters from Leaders,” Frank McCosker shows how the web technology revolutionises the best way people travel and the way the disruptive technology, “Super Wi-Fi,” can actually provide the much-needed cheap and seamless access to the net.
This “Super Wi-Fi” technology leverages unused TV spectrum to supply Internet access at broadband sorts of speed. Its main advantages are that it may possibly cover distances anywhere between three and ten times more than those covered by existing unlicensed wireless solutions and that its signal is way less impeded by obstructions equivalent to walls and buildings.
The Super Wi-Fi cannot only reduce the digital divide between rural and concrete areas, in addition to between developed and fewer-developed countries, at a reasonable price, it might probably also achieve this sustainably. Indeed, base stations may be designed to run on wind or solar energy, therefore, making a green and sustainable broadband solution.
As expanding connectivity goes hand in hand with expanding tourism, such disruptive innovation is primordial. McCosker predicts that universal access to broadband can be one of the crucial important drivers of financial growth supporting the expansion of inbound and outbound tourism within the coming decade.
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