THE FINAL WORD
To the ends of the earth Welcome to the Final Word, The Business Travel Magazine's digest of the lighter
side of the business, kicking off with Hobbits, elves and dwarves...
In its second annual run-down of the world’s best airport restaurants, review website
thedailymeal.com has revealed its top ten, whittled down from a preliminary list of over 100 contenders. Restaurants were judged in two categories – cuisine and style/service – with the combined scores deciding the overall rankings.
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Le Sommelier Bar & Bistro Copenhagen Airport
2
Porta Gaig El Prat del Llobregat, Barcelona
3
Salt Lick BBQ Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
4
Napa Farms Market San Francisco International Airport
5
Tortas Frontera Chicago O'Hare International Airport
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ir New Zealand, the ‘Official Airline of Middle Earth’, has once again piggy-
backed on the success of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies – famously shot amid spectacular New Zealand land- scapes – with the latest movie release this winter. A second of the airline’s Boeing
777-300s was given a Middle Earth makeover, this time by
A taxi ride from Vienna to Calais, a £30 fi sh cake, 50 Louis Vuitton handbags and ladies undies – they’ve all featured on employees’ expense claims, according to a recent survey by Access aCloud
emblazoning the sides of the aircraft with a 50-metre long image of Smaug the dragon. Both aircraft operate on Air New Zealand's London-Los Angeles- Auckland route. A 'Just Another Day in Middle Earth' promotional video was also launched and featured flight attendants, pilots, engineers and baggage handlers sporting pointy elf ears, gnarled Hobbit feet and bushy beards.
Air New Zealand’s Jodi Williams
believes there is a perception that New Zealand is tucked away at the bottom of the earth and that this perceived distance barrier stops some travellers visiting the country. “For travellers from the majority of Air New Zealand’s long-haul destinations, including London, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Middle-earth is just a single sleep away,” says Williams.
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Bubbles Seafood & Wine Bar Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Uptown Brasserie JFK International Airport, New York City
8
Obrycki’s Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
9
Encounter Los Angeles International Airport
10
Crust LaGuardia Airport, New York City
top ten... airport restaurants
All hail Rio (and Leeds), says BA R 90 THE BUSINESS TRAVEL MAGAZINE
io de Janeiro, Las Vegas, Austin, Moscow… and Leeds. They’re among the cities tipped by
British Airways as the top stops for the year ahead.
Presumably the Yorkshire city finds itself among this glitzy group because this year’s Tour de France
begins there on July 5th (
www.letour.yorkshire.com). No prizes for
guessing why Rio makes the cut, though, with the World Cup kicking off in Brazil on June 12th and the final taking place in the ‘marvellous city' on
July 13th (
www.fifa.com/worldcup). The airline tips Las Vegas thanks
to Britney Spears’ two-year show residence at Planet Hollywood; Austin, Texas, for its burgeoning live music scene; and Moscow for connections to the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Johannesburg, Chengdu,
Santorini, Glasgow and Oporto all make the list of 2014 hot spots too, all of which, of course, feature on the airline’s network. "Next year is all about vibrant
destinations – it’s time to go big, or go home!” says British Airways’ Claire Bentley. “We’re planning extra capacity on Brazil flights for football fans and look forward to new flights to Texas and top European cities by summer.”
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