Daily Archives: December 28, 2015

Tourism Australia and City of Sydney to project series of short film sequences onto Sydney Harbour Bridge’s two 79m high concrete pillars

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Sydney, Australia, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Stunning new footage of Sydney harbour, the city’s iconic beaches and animals from Taronga Zoo will be beamed onto the pylons of Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. In a world-first tourism initiative between Tourism Australia and City of Sydney, a series… Read the full press release

VIA Rail Canada: trains to operate normally with minimal delays despite forecasts of heavy snowfall and freezing rain

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High Demand For Seats Continues Throughout the Windsor to Quebec City Corridor and on Halifax-Montreal services Montréal, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — With a winter storm hitting the Maritimes and forecasts of heavy snowfall and freezing rain for Quebec and Ontario for the next 36 hours, travel throughout the region will be challenging. VIA Rail… Read the full press release

Interstate Hotels & Resorts Presents Awards to Housekeeping Teams at the Company’s Inaugural Executive Housekeepers Conference

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ARLINGTON, Va., 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Interstate Hotels & Resorts – the leading U.S.-based global hotel management company – proudly announces the 2015 Interstate Housekeeping Awards presented to outstanding teams during the Company’s inaugural executive housekeepers conference, “Clean Sweep 2015”. Approximately 160 of Interstate’s Executive Housekeepers attended the first ever “Clean Sweep” conference… Read the full press release

TradeWinds Island Resorts to invest more than $2.4 million into current and new employees for 2016

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Resorts Investing $2.4 million in Current and New Employees ST. PETE BEACH, Fla., 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — In January 2016, the TradeWinds Island Resorts – the Island Grand and Guy Harvey Outpost – will be looking to fill more than 100 full and part-time positions at the popular beachfront resorts, including housekeepers, cooks, reservations… Read the full press release

S7 Group member airlines report 5.2% more passengers in January-November 2015 vs the same period last year

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Novosibirsk, Russia, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Group1 member airlines summarized the results of their activity in November 2015. From the beginning of the year the airlines carried 9 813 283 passengers, which is 5.2% more than in January-November 2014. In November 752 496 passengers used services of the airlines, which is 0.9% more than in November 2014…. Read the full press release

S7 Airlines, Etihad Airways will operate code-share flights from Moscow to Singapore with a convenient connection at the Abu Dhabi airport

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Novosibirsk, Russia, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, and Etihad Airways, the national carrier of UAE, announce the extension of the code-share agreement. From 16 January 2016 the airlines will operate code-share flights from Moscow to Singapore with a convenient connection at the Abu Dhabi airport…. Read the full press release

Bombardier Transportation to supply six BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Swift Light Rail Vehicles to the Rotterdam Transport Company RET

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Bombardier continues long-standing partnership with Rotterdam Transport Company RET Total number of Bombardier vehicles ordered by RET now stands at 167 BERLIN, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order to supply six BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Swift Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) to the Rotterdam Transport… Read the full press release

New Zealand’s newest exclusive luxury lodge to open in late 2016 on Helena Bay

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Helena Bay sits amongst the countless inlets, coves and bays that form the unspoiled Tutukaka Coast, on the northeast perimeter of New Zealand’s North Island. National Geographic Traveler magazine ranked this relatively unknown New Zealand gem second-equal on a list of 99 of the World’s Top… Read the full press release