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Volume 3, Issue 14, April 8, 2010 |
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On Tuesday, anti-government protestors in Bangkok defied a government ban to march along 11 key routes in the Thai capital. This followed brief skirmishes between protestors and riot police outside the Four Seasons Bangkok; the first clashes since the protests by the red-clad United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship began about three weeks ago.
Continental Airlines re-launched its non-stop service to Guam (GUM) from Hong Kong (HKG) on April 2. The twice-weekly direct flight will depart from Hong Kong every Monday and Friday.
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On April 1, Starwood Hotels & Resorts opened its 1,000th hotel on Qiandao Lake in a national forest park in Zhejiang province. The 250-room Sheraton Qiandao Lake Resort is located 140 km outside Hangzhou.
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Singapore Airlines’ launched a new five-times-weekly service to Munich (MUC) and Manchester (MAN) from Changi International Airport (SIN) on March 29. Munich is Singapore Airlines’ second destination in Germany after Frankfurt (FRA), which is served with two daily flights, one of which carries on to New York (JFK).
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InterContinental Hotels Group has opened its first re-branded Holiday Inn in India. The Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport is part of IHG’s USD 1 billion global re-branding exercise launched in 2007 across 3,200 Holiday Inn properties and 430,000 rooms.
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India’s Jet Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air. From April 12, Jet Airways will place its flight code on all Gulf Air-operated flights between Bahrain (BAH) and Mumbai (BOM), Delhi (DEL), Chennai (MAA), Kochi (COK) and Thiruvananthapuram (TRV).
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To celebrate the opening of the Renaissance Phuket Resort and Spa, Marriott has two special introductory packages. Located on Mai Khao beach in the north of Phuket island the Renaissance Phuket Resort and Spa has 150 deluxe rooms, four one-bedroom suites, 25 one-bedroom villas with private pools and one oceanfront three-bedroom villa.
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All Nippon Airways is offering double mileage rewards on international and domestic flights to members of the ANA mileage club. The AMC Double Smile campaign runs until May 31 and is valid for all international flights operated by ANA, but not international codeshare flights operated by other airlines.
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Soneva Fushi and Soneva Gili by Six Senses are offering guests the opportunity to give something back and extend their holiday in the Maldives. Guests are invited to stay at either resort for five nights, without charge and to spend five hours of each day working on local community projects, such as marine conservation, teaching children, planting trees and learning how to turn waste into wealth.
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Emirates is offering soccer fans the chance to see more football matches in South Africa with free tickets when booking Emirates packages for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Book before April 15 and receive up to three complimentary group match tickets.
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Business-class passengers from Asia travelling to Europe can enjoy one last taste of Bavaria before they fly. Lufthansa’s newly renovated Business Lounge in Terminal 2 at Munich Airport (MUC) now incorporates features of a traditional Bavarian beer garden with a modern-day twist.
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