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National Car Rental becomes the official car rental partner of the Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox

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National Car Rental Announces New Sponsorships with Four Major League Baseball Teams Sponsorship Agreements Add Astros, Orioles, Rangers and White Sox to National’s MLB Portfolio ST. LOUIS, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — National Car Rental today announced four new sponsorship agreements designating National as the official car rental partner of the Houston Astros, Baltimore… Read the full news article

Enterprise Rent-A-Car included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women for the 11th consecutive year

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been named as a leader in workplace gender equality by being included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women for the 11th consecutive year. The unranked alphabetical list is published in partnership with Business in the Community, the Prince’s Responsible Business Network, as part of… Read the full news article

Winnipeg Richardson International Airport achieves Level One Mapping certification under the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program

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Winnipeg, Canada, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. (WAA) is pleased to announce that Winnipeg Richardson International Airport has achieved Level One Mapping certification under the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program. “Winnipeg Airports Authority is committed to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and developing innovative reduction strategies to continue on our journey towards becoming a… Read the full news article

Travelport hosted its annual Travel Industry Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia

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LANGLEY, UK, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry hosted its annual Travel Industry Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, this week. The event, coupled with an exhibition, attracted Namibia’s travel industry leaders- including suppliers and agents from across… Read the full news article

China’s largest airline China Southern Airlines extends multi-year content agreement with Travelport

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LANGLEY, UK, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform, and China Southern Airlines, China’s largest airline, today jointly announce the extension of their multi-year content agreement. The agreement ensures Travelport customers worldwide will continue to have full access to the airline’s fares and inventories via the Travelport Travel Commerce Platform…. Read the full news article

Travelport at the 2016 Arabian Travel Market

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Langley, UK, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — With travel and tourism expected to support over 8% of the Middle East’s total employment by 20251, travel technology leader leverages the Arabian Travel Market to demonstrate role of technology in driving industry’s growth Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions… Read the full news article

ASL Airlines France annonce l’ouverture d’une nouvelle ligne régulière vers Oujda au départ de Bastia

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Bastia, FRANCE, 2016-Apr-25 — /Travel PR News/ — ASL Airlines France continue à développer son réseau de lignes passagers et annonce l’ouverture d’une nouvelle ligne régulière vers Oujda au départ de Bastia. « L’ouverture de la ligne Bastia-Oujda par ASL Airlines France vient renforcer notre réseau de lignes régulières qui relie entres elles des régions entretenant… Read the full news article

Delta Orlando Lake Buena Vista opens in partnership with JHM Hotels

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Bethesda, Md., 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Delta Hotels and Resorts announced today the official grand opening of the Delta Orlando Lake Buena Vista in partnership with JHM Hotels. This is Delta’s first branded hotel in the United States and signals the global expansion of the Delta brand. A new Delta logo was revealed in… Read the full news article

Marriott highest-ranking hotel company on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list

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Bethesda, Md., 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Marriott International was recognized as #9, up four spots from last year, on the 2016 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity, making it the highest-ranking hotel company on the list.  The company was also ranked on specialty lists for its LGBT (#3), recruitment (#10) and supplier diversity (#12) efforts. … Read the full news article

Marriott VP Loyalty: We’re evolving how we engage with, recognize, and reward our loyal guests

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Marriott Rewards Empowers Members to Get the Most Out of Travel. Bethesda, Md., 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Marriott Rewards, the award-winning loyalty program of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR), today announced three new benefits that make it easy for members to explore the things they love and experience travel to the fullest. The new… Read the full news article

Oman Air Lead Sponsor of the Omanisation Careers Fair (OCF) 2016

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Muscat, Oman, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Oman Air is to be the Lead Sponsor of the Omanisation Careers Fair (OCF) 2016, which will be held from 19th-21nd April 2016 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre, Muscat. The event, which is held annually under the patronage of Ministry of Manpower, enables employers of all… Read the full news article

Ukraine International Airlines to launch non-stop flights between Ivano-Frankivsk and Alicante, Spain

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Effective 26 June 2016, Ukraine International Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled flights between Ivano-Frankivsk and Alicante, Spain. Tickets are already available on UIA official website, at the carrier`s Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorized travel agencies. Kiev, Ukraine, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — The new weekly flights will be operated on modern Boeing 737… Read the full news article

Vincent Zhou appointed general manager Hilton Yantai Golden Coast, China

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YANTAI, China, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Hilton Yantai Golden Coast recently announced the appointment of Vincent Zhou as general manager of the hotel. Vincent will be in charge of hotel operations and management, reporting to David Kelly, vice president of operations, North & South China, Hilton Worldwide. With over 18 years of hospitality experience… Read the full news article

Abu Dhabi Airports reports 9.5% increase in passenger traffic in Q1 2016 at Abu Dhabi International Airport

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Abu Dhabi Airports has reported a 9.5% increase in passenger traffic during the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), compared to Q1 in 2015. Between January and March this year, 6,044,025 passengers traveled through AUH, compared with 5,521,110 during the… Read the full news article

Virgin Trains recognized for its new Customer Information Screens (CIS) at the SmartRail Europe Innovation Awards

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Virgin Trains has received international recognition for its new Customer Information Screens (CIS) at the SmartRail Europe Innovation Awards. The judges awarded Virgin Trains ‘Project of the Year’ for its innovative-thinking that increases efficiency and improves passenger experience through new-look information screens at Euston. The screens display a pictogram,… Read the full news article

Virgin Trains together with over 20 organisations celebrated the Isle of Anglesey in the House of Commons

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Yesterday Virgin Trains joined over 20 organisations to celebrate the Isle of Anglesey in the House of Commons. Anglesey Day, an annual event organised by Albert Owen, MP for Anglesey, brings together organisations from across the island to showcase what it has to offer. This year’s event focused on… Read the full news article

Virgin Trains and Virgin StartUp partner to encourage entrepreneurs to grow their businesses

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LONDON, 2016-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Virgin Trains is encouraging entrepreneurs to grow their businesses with a series of pop-up stalls at stations across its east coast route. It has teamed up with Virgin StartUp to help the budding businesses promote and trial their products to customers at Newcastle, Darlington York and Doncaster stations as… Read the full news article

SwimTrek heads to the Maldives!

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Hulhumale Malé, Republic of Maldives, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — If you’re looking for a swimming paradise look no further; SwimTrek in conjunction with Secret Paradise Maldives are heading to the Maldives!  Join them for a liveaboard escape to the country of 26 coral atolls containing well over a thousand palm fringed islands. SwimTrek was founded in 2000 by Simon Murie who… Read the full news article

Kurumba Maldives awarded Maldives’ Leading Resort 2016 and Indian Ocean’s Leading MICE Hotel 2016 at the 2016 World Travel Awards

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MALDIVES, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Kurumba Maldives is proud to announce that they have been awarded two accolades in the 2016 World Travel Awards as follows: Maldives’ Leading Resort 2016 Indian Ocean’s Leading MICE Hotel 2016 The first award highlights Kurumba as Maldives’ Leading Resort, which is presented to the best 4.5 to high… Read the full news article

Allegiant treated nearly 1,000 passengers with surprise refunds for tax season

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LAS VEGAS, NV, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Click to tweet: .@Allegiant refunds airfare to nearly 1,000 passengers for tax season http://gofly.us/Afoyy Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) passengers were treated to a tax season surprise last weekend, as the company provided all passengers on six separate flights with surprise refunds for the airfare portion of their itinerary. One flight per… Read the full news article

Woodland Park Zoo celebrates Mother’s Day with half-price admission for moms on Saturday, May 7

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SEATTLE, WA, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — WHAT: Celebrate Mother’s Day at Woodland Park Zoo with the 26th annual Mom & Me on Saturday, May 7. Moms receive half-price admission to the zoo on the day of the event! The Northwest family tradition features a day of fun for moms and families on the North… Read the full news article

PATA Youth Symposium to be held on Wednesday May 18 at the University of Guam

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BANGKOK, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Human Capital Development Committee will organise a PATA Youth Symposium on the morning of Wednesday May 18, at the University of Guam, Guam, USA. Under the theme ‘Weaving Our Islands’ Tourism Future Together: Protecting culture, enhancing quality of life and generating an environmentally friendly island experience’,… Read the full news article

The Pacific Asia Travel Association and the Reef-World Foundation announce new organisational partnership

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Partnership to strengthen focus on marine tourism in the Asia Pacific Region BANGKOK, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the Reef-World Foundation(Reef-World) have announced a new organisational partnership, recognising the positive impacts that their mutual support and endorsement can have in the areas of marine conservation and in the sustainable development of… Read the full news article

Aeroflot welcomes new Sukhoi Superjet 100 into its fleet

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MOSCOW, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new Sukhoi Superjet 100(registration number RA-89064)in enhanced FULL specification produced by JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. The plane has been named in honour of Russian Distinguished pilot Yuri Ovsyannikov. The new SSJ-100 has been transferred to Aeroflot under a financial lease agreement from… Read the full news article

Queenstown Airport announces completion of runway and airfield lighting upgrade

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Queenstown, New Zealand, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Queenstown Airport will be ready to receive after-dark flights from the end of April following the completion of a runway and airfield lighting upgrade. The enhancements to the runway and airfield lighting were key conditions set by New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Australia’s Civil Aviation… Read the full news article

GBTA Foundation research reveals that 88 percent of North American Employees satisfied with business travel experiences

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New Research Reveals Key Drivers for Business Travel Satisfaction TORONTO, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — New research to be unveiled today by the GBTA Foundation at GBTA Conference 2016 Toronto reveals that nearly 9 in 10 employees (88 percent) in North America are satisfied with their business travel experiences. The GBTA Foundation, the education and… Read the full news article

Eurostar opens ticket sales for dedicated train for England vs Wales game on 16th June

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Sales open for dedicated train #forthefans travelling to England vs Wales game on 16th June LONDON, 2016-Apr-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Eurostar today announces a dedicated train for the England vs Wales game on 16th June, to take fans to the centre of the action of the Euros this summer. Ticket sales open on Wednesday… Read the full news article

Texan designer and principal of Whitespace Interiors Michael Dalton selected to lead Four Seasons Hotel Austin meeting space enhancements

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Austin’s unique spirit reflected in summer enhancement Austin, TX, 2016-Apr-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Stepping into the soon-to-be-refurbished ballroom at Four Seasons Hotel Austin is like a homecoming of sorts for Michael Dalton, principal of Whitespace Interiors and the designer hand-selected to lead the downtown Austin Hotel’s upcoming meeting space enhancements. A Texan and… Read the full news article

Nobu Doha at Four Seasons Hotel Doha celebrates its first anniversary with special omakase menu throughout May 2016

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Sip and savour throughout the month of May with a commemorative omakase menu Doha, Qatar, 2016-Apr-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Nobu Doha, the city’s premier award-winning restaurant by renowned chef Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa located at Four Seasons Hotel Doha, is celebrating the restaurant’s first anniversary.  Recognised throughout the region as “the” place to sip and… Read the full news article

Recent poll ranks Los Angeles International Airport in top 10 of world’s most scenic airport landings

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Only U.S. airport to rank in the top 10, in annual poll conducted by PrivateFly  Los Angeles, California, 2016-Apr-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has been voted one of the world’s most scenic airport landings in a poll of global travelers and travel industry experts coming in at number 9.  Conducted… Read the full news article