Dublin hotel rates
have jumped 70 per cent year-on-year, according to HRS. The figures from Q2 2016 showed the rate is now £163 per night, up 69.6 per cent from the same period in 2015.
Northern Ireland has provided
funding to prevent United Airlines axing its Belfast-New York route. Financial assistance of around £9 million has come from the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Corporate Travel Management (CTM)
has announced a partnership with Russian TMC Unifest Travel. Headquartered in Moscow, Unifest additionally has fully-owned offices in regional hubs such as St Petersburg, Ekatyerinburg, Ufa, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.
HAILO AND DAIMLER- OWNED MYTAXI
have merged, creating Europe’s largest smartphone-based taxi-hailing firm. The newly formed company will operate under the Mytaxi brand and have a combined 70 million passengers and 100,000 registered taxi drivers in more than 50 cities across nine countries.
Online booking agency
Booking.com
has added its one-millionth property to its portfolio of hotels.
BCD MEETINGS & EVENTS
has acquired events
agency Zibrant as it aims to strengthen its business in the European market. The meetings and
events arm of the travel management company will welcome 130 employees who have an “established market presence in the UK”.
The milestone has been reached following the addition of Greydon House, a new boutique hotel in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to
Booking.com’s inventory.
Portuguese airline TAP
has increased the number of flights operating to and from London Gatwick.
The carrier will add two
frequencies to its Gatwick- Porto route, taking the number of weekly flights between the two destinations to 14. TAP will also increase its weekly flights on the Gatwick- Lisbon route from seven to 12.
Hilton Hotels and Resorts has opened
its latest hotel in Edinburgh – the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton. The iconic 211-room Grade B-listed property has undergone a £17 million refurbishment following the takeover of the hotel by Amaris Hospitality Group.
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LUTON AIRPORT HAS EXTENDED
its free wifi access to four hours, the same as at Heathrow. The service, provided by Arqiva, offers free internet for longer than both Stansted (60 minutes) and Gatwick (90 minutes).
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