News IN BRIEF
n Italian hotel group Royal Demeure has moved its headquarters from Rome to London and appointed a UK- based sales team. The group, which is part of investment company TDA Capital, operates six properties in Italy, including the flagship Hotel d’Inghilterra in Rome.
n Marlin
Apartments is relaunching its 9 Byng Street property in Canary Wharf following a £9 million refurbishment. The 39 serviced apartments range from studios to a two-bedroom penthouse, and all feature complimentary broadband, 24-hour concierge and underfloor heating.
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British Airways announces first A380 routes to LA and Hong Kong
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BRITISH AIRWAYS HAS CONFIRMED that Los Angeles will be the launch destination on October 15 for its first A380 aircraft. BA will then add the A380 to its
GTMC GTMC: new members
MEON VALLEY BUSINESS TRAVEL and Top Flight Travel have become the latest corporate travel agencies to join the Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC).
Meon Valley employs more than 100 staff across two UK offices – the company’s headquarters in Petersfield, Hampshire, and its subsidiary, Quorn Business Travel, based in Leicester.
Top Flight Travel was formed in 1992 and is Uniglobe’s largest affiliate member in Europe. The TMC, which employs more than 60 staff, is based in Reading and also has an office in London.
HOTELS DISTRIBUTION
HRS AGREES DEAL WITH GET THERE
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CORPORATE HOTEL PORTAL HRS has signed a distribution deal with Sabre’s online booking specialist Get There. The agreement means that 250,000 hotels affiliated to HRS will be made available to Get There’s corporate clients by the end of this month. HRS’s CEO, Tobias Ragge, said: “Working with Get There complements our systematic multi-channel strategy and will mean all Get There corporate customers can benefit from our wide hotel portfolio instantly. From the hotels’ perspective,
the connection to Get There will allow yet another global distribution channel with extended coverage, particularly in the huge US market.” Get There’s reservations system is used by around five million unique users per month across the world and it managed more than US$9.5 billion in business travel spend last year. Suzanne Neufang, president of Get There, said: “HRS has such a vast and unique range of hotels which we know will be of great value to our customers.” n See Tech talk, p24
Finnair to join IAG’s transatlantic business
FINNAIR IS TO JOIN the British Airways and American Airlines joint business across the Atlantic.
The move is scheduled to take place “later this year” and will increase the number of flights and services available through the joint business, which also includes BA’s sister company Iberia .
The joint business should
also benefit from the proposed merger between American and US Airways which is scheduled to be completed by the autumn, subject to approval from regulators. Finnair will add its AY code to selected American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia flights between North America and Europe.
AIRLINES
Hong Kong route from November 15. BA’s A380 configuration
will accommodate 469 passengers in four classes: First 14 seats at the front of the main deck.
Club World (business class) 44 seats on the main deck, 53 seats on the upper deck. World Traveller Plus (premium economy) 55 seats on the upper deck.
World Traveller (economy) Both decks, totalling 303 seats. BA has also ordered another 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, on top of an existing agreement to buy 24 B787s.
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