Accorhotels has opened
a flagship Novotel property in London’s Canary Wharf, featuring a restaurant, bar and rooftop terrace on the top floors. This 313- room hotel – which had been due to open in October 2016 – is around 10-minutes’ walk from Canary Wharf station.
Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) plans
to expand its business travel foothold in Germany. It has acquired Opodo Corporate, which will operate as FCTG Corporate until the end of 2017 with transition to Flight Centre’s travel management brand, FCM, from January 2018.
Norwegian has been
added to the UK government’s list of preferred airlines for its corporate travel. The new deal will provide discounted air travel for central government officials to more than 50 destinations from the UK.
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Icelandic airline Wow Air
is to offer business class seating, priority boarding and increased baggage allowance as part of a new ‘three-tiered ticketing system’, starting on June 1.
QANTAS
has launched inflight wifi on its Boeing 737-800, enabling connectivity on Australian domestic flights. Available in beta mode; it will be rolled out across 80 aircraft by the end of 2018.
HOTEL GROUP HYATT
has introduced personalised in-room
streaming from providers including Netflix and
Youtube. It will launch the service in a number of US hotels, and has partnered with content provider Sonifi, offering its Staycast streaming technology to guests.
Flybe’s chief financial officer
has resigned. Philip de Klerk will leave on October 1 to take up a CFO position at manufacturing firm Low & Bonar.
LONDON CITY CHIEF EXECUTIVE DECLAN COLLIER IS STEPPING DOWN, THE AIRPORT
HAS ANNOUNCED. He will remain in the posi- tion until a successor has been found.
Portuguese airline TAP
has introduced new fares for intercontinental flights, which include hand baggage-only for long-haul. This is aimed at giving passengers more choice when buying tickets.
CATHAY PACIFIC CEO
Ivan Chu has stepped down. The carrier posted its first loss in eight years under Chu last month. He will be replaced by the airline’s chief operating officer Rupert Hogg.
IHG has confirmed that
data-stealing malware attacked 1,200 of its franchisees’ properties at the end of 2016.
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