C ONTENTS S EP TEMBER 2018 REGULARS


14 UP FR O N T Airline and hotel news from around the world


22 INBO X Your letters and online comments


76 4 HOUR S IN... MINNE A P OL IS Te Minnesota state capital has a thriving urban scene


79 OP INION Do hotel star ratings mean anything? And what’s the difference between nonstop and direct flights?


106 BT ARC HIVE 6


Business Traveller reports on the latest tech... in 2002


THE REPORT


94 TRIED AN D TE STED FL IGHT United B767-300 Polaris business class, New York to London


96 TRIED AN D TE STED


H OT E L S Sheraton Cairo Hotel and Casino; Conrad Cairo; Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa, Lausanne; Schweizerhof Hotel, Bern; New Road Hotel, London; Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam


102 SMA R T TR AVEL L ER HAND BAG G AGE LIMIT S Te new rules for transatlantic flights: size, weight and number of items differ between airlines


104 SMA R T TR AVEL L ER CH E APER R AI L F AR E S In the UK it pays to shop around, and book well ahead


SEP T E M B ER 2 0 18


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98 40 F EATURES


26 THE HYGGE LIF E Copenhagen combines business and pleasure with aplomb


46 TERMINAL VELOCI T Y A new terminal at Seoul’s Incheon airport aims to ease the bottleneck


52 TURBULENT TIMES Fasten your seatbelts as the aviation industry hits disruption


62 GETTING HANDS ON Luxury hotels are offering “experiences” to lure guests


72 S P IRITED AWAY Rottnest Island is like a capsule version of Western Australia


84 MY OTHER WATCH IS A PORSCHE Porsche Design is more tied into the car brand than ever before


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A SOUND INVE STMENT Behind the scenes at Steinway’s Hamburg piano factory


ON THE COVER THE BIG SLEEP S EP TEMBER 2 01 8 £4.30


HAND B A G G A GE ONLY What you can carry on


low-cost transatlantic flights B O G O TA


Does a new president equal a new era for Colombia?


C OP ENHA GEN


Work meets pleasure in the Danish capital


P LU S


Tried and Tested • United’s Polaris New York-London


NE W Y OR K HOT EL S Splash out in Manhattan


New York has an ever-growing array of stylish hotels to try


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L IF TING THE CLOU D S A peace accord and a new president signal a bright future for Bogota in Colombia


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