Make Simple Payments at The Check-in Counter With Lufthansa Group’s Amadeus Airport Pay

Make Simple Payments at The Check-in Counter With Lufthansa Group’s Amadeus Airport Pay   From June 2017 onwards, customers will be able to pay with Amadeus Airport Pay for ancillary services while checking in COLOGNE Germany, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — The Lufthansa Group will now enable secure and simple payments at the check-in… Read the full news article

Lufthansa Aviation Training To Update Fleet For Its Flight Training School in Phoenix

Lufthansa Aviation Training To Update Fleet For Its Flight Training School in Phoenix   COLOGNE Germany, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is to buy 25 new Cirrus SR 20 aircraft for its flight training school in Phoenix, Arizona. The total volume of investment will amount to around EUR 11.5 million…. Read the full news article

Lufthansa Launches Into the Winter Season With Six New European Destinations from Frankfurt

Kuusamo, Cluj and Timişoara from Frankfurt added to the programme Summer destinations Reykjavik, Palermo and Santiago de Compostela will be continued from Frankfurt for the first time this winter All destinations for the coming winter are bookable effective immediately COLOGNE Germany, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Lufthansa will today (06.06.2017) launch into the winter… Read the full news article

Meet First Bus’ New Customer Service Improvement Director

Aberdeen, Scotland, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — First Bus has announced the appointment of Elaine Rosscraig to a newly created position in the business, Customer Service Improvement Director. Elaine joined First Bus earlier this year from the TAS Consultancy and prior to that was Head of Customer Insight at Stagecoach for 14 years. Elaine… Read the full news article

FirstGroup Signs Five-Year Partnership With Bridgestone

Aberdeen, Scotland, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Leading transport operator FirstGroup has signed a $110m, five-year deal with tyre supplier Bridgestone. The deal is FirstGroup’s first international procurement agreement for direct goods or services, and is also the largest commercial fleet contract in Bridgestone’s history. The contract will see Bridgestone, the world’s largest tyre… Read the full news article

Hainan Airlines To Add Three Times A Week Flights Between Shanghai and Brussels

Hainan Airlines To Add Three Times A Week Flights Between Shanghai and Brussels   Belgium, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — As of next winter season, Hainan Airlines adds a direct flight between Shanghai Pudong and Brussels Airport three times a week. The flights are scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and will be operated by… Read the full news article

Brussels Airport Strengthens Commitment To Improving Its Environment and Energy Performance With The Circular Procurement Green Deal

Brussels Airport Strengthens Commitment To Improving Its Environment and Energy Performance With The Circular Procurement Green Deal   Belgium, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Brussels Airport Company is signing up to the Flemish Government’s Circular Procurement Green Deal. This implies that, over the coming two years, the airport operator undertakes – where possible – to… Read the full news article

Aerodrome Training to be Provided by Airports Council International and International Civil Aviation Organization

Aerodrome Training to be Provided by Airports Council International and International Civil Aviation Organization   Montreal, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on a wide range of aerodrome training services to benefit the 1,940 ACI… Read the full news article

National Air Transportation Association’s Distinguished Public Service Award Given to LAWA Attorney

Los Angeles, California, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Eduardo “Eddie” A. Angeles has been recognized with a National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) “Distinguished Public Service” award for his commitment to advancing a “Safety First” culture in aviation.  Angeles, a Senior Assistant City Attorney for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Legal Division, received the award yesterday… Read the full news article

GBTA Foundation in Partnership with Hilton Releases Study on the Bleisure Traveler

Overwhelming Majority of Bleisure Travelers Stay at Same Lodging for Business & Leisure Portions of Trip Alexandria, VA, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — In the past year, over one-third (37 percent) of North American business travelers extended a work trip for leisure, according to a new study released today (June 8, 2017) by the GBTA… Read the full news article

GBTA Announces IAC Chairman and Senior Executive Barry Diller As Featured Speaker in 2017 Convention

Alexandria, VA, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today (June 8, 2017) announced Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Chairman of Expedia, Inc. Barry Diller as a featured speaker at GBTA Convention 2017, July 15 – 19 in Boston. A… Read the full news article

Celebrities Travel To Vienna Via Austrian Airlines in Support Of the Life Ball

Life Ball Aircraft from New York arrived on time at 9.37 a.m. in Vienna On board Ute Lemper, Amanda Lepore, Dionne Warwick and many more VIENNA, Austria, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Today (06/09/2017) at 9.37 a.m. local time, flight OS 1088 from New York carrying a total of 181 passengers landed in Vienna. Quite… Read the full news article

OAG Names Aeroflot as One of the World’s 20 Largest Airlines by Passenger Capacity

Moscow, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot has been named as one of the world’s 20 largest airlines in terms of passenger capacity by OAG, a leading global provider of digital flight information. This represents a strategic breakthrough for Aeroflot, which is targeting a position among the global elite by improving its key indicators,… Read the full news article

Enjoy Fully-Flat Seats In Business Class During Aeroflot’s A330 Aircraft’s Evening Flights Between Moscow and London

Moscow, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) has begun service with widebody Airbus 330-300 aircraft on its evening flights between Moscow and London. Starting 1 June 2017, Aeroflot is operating A330-300 airliners with a total of 302 seats (268 in Economy Class and 34 in Business Class) on its evening… Read the full news article

Business Traveller’s High Taste Awards Names Aeroflot’s On-Board Meals as Best in Russia and CIS

Moscow, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot has won the Best On-Board Meals in Russia and CIS and Best Special Meals nominations at Business Traveller’s prestigious High Taste Awards. The awards were presented in Russia for the first time at a ceremony on June 7 at Moscow’s Radisson Royal hotel. Category winners were determined… Read the full news article

Aeroflot becomes first Russian airline to introduce electronic customs declarations

Moscow, 2017-Jun-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot, in partnership with the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS), has become the first Russian airline to fully introduce an automaticised information system to provide advance information about aircraft and goods transported on international flights. The system eliminates the need for hard copies when preparing an aircraft’s General… Read the full news article

Choice Hotels announces new Cambria Hotel in Calabasas, California; Expected to open in 2019

ROCKVILLE, Md., 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ —  Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest hotel companies, has signed an agreement with Rondell Oasis, LLC, which is managed by the Malibu based Weintraub Real Estate Group, to develop a new Cambria Hotel in Calabasas, Calif. The three-story, 121-room Cambria property will be… Read the full news article

Choice Hotels announces aggressive growth and development plans for Cambria Hotels in 2017

ROCKVILLE, Md., 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest hotel companies, today (June 5, 2017) announced aggressive growth and development plans for its upscale brand Cambria Hotels in 2017. Cambria now has 30 hotels open across the United States, and more than 70 in the pipeline…. Read the full news article

Ascend Hotel Collection to execute new member agreements and expects new openings every month throughout 2017

ROCKVILLE, Md., 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Ascend Hotel Collection, the first and largest soft brand of any multi-brand hotel company, continues a year of rapid growth executing new member agreements and expecting new openings every month throughout 2017. As part of Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, the Ascend Hotel… Read the full news article

The new Four Seasons Hotel Megève appoints Francois Arrighi as General Manager

The new Four Seasons Hotel Megève appoints Francois Arrighi as General Manager   Megeve, France, 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Francois Arrighi has been named General Manager of the new Four Seasons Hotel Megève.  Opening in time for the 2017/18 ski season, the all-new hotel will be the company’s third in France, and its fifth… Read the full news article

Oakland International Airport welcomes Norwegian’s nonstop service to Barcelona, Spain

Oakland now a top California gateway to Europe Oakland, CA, 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Oakland International Airport (OAK) and Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) launch a major expansion from the increasingly popular San Francisco Bay Area airport today (June 7, 2017). Norwegian will launch its award winning Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights from OAK to the Catalonian capital,… Read the full news article

Oakland Board of Port Commissioners President Michael Colbruno honored as a role model within the LGBT Bay Area community

Michael Colbruno honored as an “OUTstanding voice” in Bay Area Business Oakland, Calif., 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Oakland Board of Port Commissioners President Michael Colbruno has received the “OUTstanding Voices” award from the San Francisco Business Times. The annual award honors business leaders who are role models within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and… Read the full news article

Hong Kong recognised as Asia’s Leading City Break Destination at 2017 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony

Hong Kong recognised as Asia’s Leading City Break Destination at 2017 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony   London, 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Hong Kong has been recognised as Asia’s Leading City Break Destination at the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2017 in China. Hosted by the luxury… Read the full news article

American Hotel & Lodging Association appoints Amanda Franks as Vice President of Campaign Communications

Washington, D.C., 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced the appointment of Amanda Franks as Vice President of Campaign Communications. Franks is a veteran communications and political affairs professional, having spent her career assisting elected officials and organizations with strategic policy planning and message development. “I’m thrilled to… Read the full news article

Woodland Park Zoo to host HOOT for the HOOD: a neighbor appreciation event on June 23

SEATTLE, 2017-Jun-09 — /Travel PR News/ — WHAT: Join Woodland Park Zoo in celebrating its neighbors from Fremont to Phinney Ridge, and Green Lake to Wallingford at HOOT for the HOOD: a neighbor appreciation event. Press is invited to attend. Woodland Park Zoo is nestled between some of the hippest and most active neighborhoods in… Read the full news article

Preferred Hotels & Resorts shares bucket-list-worthy experiences to travelers for the second half 2017

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., 2017-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ —According to an annual study conducted by Project: Time Off, nearly 662 million paid vacation days go unused in the United States each year. To encourage cubicle dwellers to make the most of their hard-earned vacation days in the remaining months of 2017, Preferred Hotels & Resorts,… Read the full news article

Kenya Airways restructuring efforts received support from the Government of Kenya

NAIROBI, 2017-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Kenya Airways Plc confirms it has received the Government of Kenya’s support to the restructuring efforts and that the Cabinet had approved the terms of this support, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. The support confirmed by the… Read the full news article

Airbnb pilots new platform to make it easier for people to open their homes to refugees and displaced people

San Francisco, USA, 2017-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Airbnb, the world’s leading hospitality company, today ( JUNE 7 2017) piloted  airbnb.com/welcome, a new platform that will make it easier for people to open their homes to refugees and displaced people. Anyone who wants to share their space with a refugee for free can volunteer… Read the full news article

Ryanair launches €9.99 Hamburg rescue fares for customers affected by Easyjet’s closure of its Hamburg base

Ryanair launches €9.99 Hamburg rescue fares for customers affected by Easyjet’s closure of its Hamburg base   DUBLIN, Ireland, 2017-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (7 June), launched €9.99 Hamburg rescue fares to accommodate customers affected by Easyjet’s closure of its Hamburg base at the end of the winter season…. Read the full news article

The Europäischer Hof Baden-Baden undergoes extensive renovation and conversion works; scheduled to reopen in 2019

Symbolic laying of the foundation stone for the new build Luise Wing Main, Germany, 2017-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — The Europäischer Hof Baden-Baden, the founding hotel of Steigenberger Hotels AG, is currently undergoing extensive renovation and conversion works. Developer Martin Buchli, Baden Baden’s Mayor Margret Mergen, Head Architect Peter W. Kruse and Matthias Heck,… Read the full news article