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Volume 3, Issue 3, January 22 2010 |
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Air China and other Chinese carriers are expected to handle a total of 260 million passengers this year, up more than 13 percent from 2009. Thanks to injections of funds from the Chinese government, carriers including China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines were back in the black during 2009. Domestic air travel and business travel also recovered quickly in China.
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Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts launched a multilingual user-friendly mobile website that allows guests to reserve, modify or cancel a booking with real-time availability. Members of Shangri-La's guest recognition programme, Golden Circle, can use their profiles for quicker reservations.
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Continental Airlines will resume non-stop flights from Hong Kong (HKG) to Guam (GUM) from April 2, subject to government approval. The direct flight will be operated twice-weekly by Continental Micronesia utilizing its fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, each with a total of 155 seats, including 14 business-class seats and 141 coach-class seats.
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Best Western has opened its first hotel in Laos. Enjoying a prime location in the capital city Vientiane, it is the first property in the chain’s plans for a network of hotels in Laos. The 44-room Best Western Vientiane’s facilities include a restaurant serving a variety of local dishes as well as Western cuisine, a fitness room, a swimming pool, a business centre and complimentary Internet.
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India’s Kingfisher Airlines has upgraded King Club, its frequent-flyer programme. King Platinum is an additional exclusive tier of membership and there are new features to ensure that passengers enjoy quick and flexible tier upgrades.
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Air New Zealand is to increase capacity by 30 percent on flights to ski resort area Queenstown (ZQN) from Auckland (AKL), Sydney (SYD), Melbourne (MEL) and Brisbane (BNE). The southern hemisphere ski season and additional flights will start in April.
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SkyCity Marriott Hotel, at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is offering guests the chance to eat dinner at four of its restaurants in one evening to enjoy a variety of cuisines for HKD 398. Diners can eat at the Man Ho Chinese restaurant, SkyCity Bistro, Velocity Bar and Grill and The Lounge, and order as many dishes as they like, during dinner hours (18:00 - 22:30).
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Cathay Pacific is promoting Ski Frenzy Holidays to Hokkaido, one Japan’s leading destinations for skiing and snowboarding. Packages start from HKD 6,500 for a three-night package from Hong Kong.
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Pullman Pattaya Aisawan is celebrating its opening with special introductory rates. Located on Wong Amart Beach in North Pattaya, the hotel is just minutes away from the Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping mall and a short distance from Pattaya’s lively downtown area.
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Luxury train operator Orient-Express is scheduling its first-ever crossing of the Friendship Bridge connecting Thailand with Laos, aboard the legendary Eastern & Oriental Express, in February 2010. Previously the train was only able to go as far as Nong Khai with onward travel via road.
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Couples are invited to spend some quality time together and be pampered by the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s Couples Relaxation Programme. The hotel’s award-winning spa, Plateau, is offering luxurious treatments, plus a glass of complimentary champagne and hand-made Grand Hyatt chocolates.
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