Category Archives: Business

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft: Horizon Air converted two of seven previously acquired Q400 NextGen aircraft options to firm orders

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Order will increase Horizon Air’s fleet to 54 Q400 aircraft; reinforcing the airline’s standing as the largest operator of Q400 turboprops worldwide TORONTO, 2015-1-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Seattle-based Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (“Horizon Air”) has converted two of seven previously acquired Q400NextGen aircraft options to firm orders…. Read the full press release

InterContinental Hotels Group announces the opening of Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh West-Green Tree hotel following a $4 million renovation

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Renovated hotel offers easy access to downtown Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh International Airport   ATLANTA, 2015-1-26 — /Travel PR News/ — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] announces the opening of the 199-room Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh West-Green Tree hotel, following a $4 million renovation by the ownership. At the closest IHG full service hotel to Pittsburgh,… Read the full press release

Edmonton International Airport announces significant developments that will bring $225 million in investment to the region and will create approximately 1000 jobs

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Significant developments at airport contribute to provincial economy Alberta, Canada, 2015-1-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Today the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) had two significant development announcements that together will bring $225 million in investment to the region and will create approximately 1000 jobs. Ivanhoé Cambridge announced immediate leasing opportunities for a new retail centre, the Outlet Collection… Read the full press release

Enterprise CarShare announces the launch of its services in San Francisco with more than 20 locations available throughout the Bay Area

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Local Fleet to Exclusively Feature Chevrolet Vehicles At Launch SAN FRANCISCO, 2015-1-23 — /Travel PR News/ — Enterprise CarShare today announces the launch of its services in San Francisco with more than 20 locations available throughout the Bay Area beginning Feb. 2. Enterprise CarShare is partnering with General Motors to offer a fleet made up exclusively of… Read the full press release

The new Alitalia unveils strategic plan following the completion of equity investments by Etihad Airways and Alitalia’s existing shareholders

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Rome, 2015-1-23 — /Travel PR News/ — The strategy for the new Alitalia was unveiled today, with an unequivocal commitment by the new executive team and strategic investors to reinvent the airline. Alitalia will introduce new routes, new product and service standards, a new cost management strategy and new branding, as the foundations to build a… Read the full press release

More than 78 million passengers handled by Iberia Airport Services in 2014

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Biggest growth in holiday airports like Ibiza, Alicante, and Malaga It also handled 52 million pieces of luggage, a 3% rise in the year Iberia’s handling unit also attended 8.5% more children flying alone (UMs), a total of nearly 100,000 MADRID, 2015-1-23 — /Travel PR News/ — Last year Iberia’s handing division, called Iberia Airport Services,… Read the full press release

RCI adds CardConnect™ and TrackResults to its RCI® Affiliate Access program

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The addition of secure payment transaction, and reporting and analytics services expands the business solutions available to RCI affiliates Parsippany, N.J., 2015-1-22 — /Travel PR News/ — RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), continues to grow its RCI® Affiliate Access program with the addition of… Read the full press release

Wyndham Vacation Rentals: Choose from nearly 2,000 vacation rental properties across Condé Nast Traveler’s top-ranked ski destinations

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Parsippany, N.J., 2015-1-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Slip into warm boots, hit the country’s best slopes, and head back to a professionally managed vacation rental property. With Wyndham Vacation Rentals, the world’s largest professional manager of vacation rentals and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), skiers and snowboarders have a choice of… Read the full press release

UNWTO announces activities at FITUR 2015, 28 January – 1 February 2015, Madrid, Spain

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MADRID, 2015-1-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Models of sustainable tourism production and consumption, the role of technology in accessible tourism for all, the future of tourism in the Middle East and North Africa, tourism investment in Africa and shopping tourism are among the many topics to be addressed at UNWTO activities during the International… Read the full press release

Sheremetyevo International Airport 2014 performance: The volume of serviced passengers grew by 7.9% over 2013, reaching 31,568,000 passengers

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Sheremetyevo Airport has provided services to more than 31 million passengers since the beginning of the year. Sheremetyevo International Airport has summarized its performance for 2014. The volume of serviced passengers grew by 7.9% over 2013, reaching 31,568,000 passengers. MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 2015-1-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Passenger traffic for international airlines in 2014 remained at the same level of the previous year, totaling… Read the full press release

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announces key management changes following the new organisation structure

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Cologne, Germany, 2015-1-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announces three key management changes following the new organisation structure decided by its Executive Director Patrick Ky and announced on 1 September 2014. Effective 5 January 2015, Luc Tytgat has been appointed by the EASA Management Board as Director of the… Read the full press release

Swissport: The Executive Aviation FBO in Nice announced the appointment of Rochdi Touri as new FBO Director Swissport Executive Aviation

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NICE, France, 2015-1-20 — /Travel PR News/ — The Executive Aviation FBO in Nice, part of Swissport Executive Aviation and a joint venture of Swissport International and Universal Weather and Aviation Inc. today announced the appointment of Rochdi Touri as new FBO Director Swissport Executive Aviation. Rochdi Touri will start in his new position effective… Read the full press release

Wyndham Hotel Group signed management agreement to manage new-construction 450-room beachfront Wyndham Grand Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida

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PARSIPPANY, N.J., 2015-1-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,590 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced the signing of a management agreement to expand its upscale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts® brand in Florida with the addition of a beachfront Wyndham Grand® resort in… Read the full press release

Wyndham Vacation Rentals 2014-15 Ski Trends Research Report explores today’s ski and winter vacations

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Next Generation covets variety, value and convenience in a ski vacation  Parsippany, N.J., 2015-1-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Younger adult skiers and snowboarders want their friends by their side, a good deal in their pockets, and plenty of off-mountain entertainment. These are among the findings of a recent study of today’s ski and snowboard traveler conducted… Read the full press release

The Whistler Blackcomb Snow School’s Never Ever Days to return to the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb January 17 and 18

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450 Adults New To Skiing/Snowboarding Will Receive a Lesson, Lift Ticket, Rental Gear & Après For Only $25 WHISTLER, BC, 2015-1-16 — /Travel PR News/ — The Whistler Blackcomb Snow School’s wildly popular Never Ever Days will make a return to the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb January 17 and 18. The annual event has become a key… Read the full press release

Çelebi Ground Handling opens new business lounge for premium airline cardholders and VIP travelers at the non-Schengen Terminal 2B and at the General Aviation Terminal of Budapest Airport

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Çelebi Ground Handling has opened a new business lounge for premium airline cardholders and VIP travelers at the non-Schengen Terminal 2B and at the General Aviation Terminal of Budapest Airport. The Celebi Platinum Lounge at the top of the transit area of Terminal 2B offers an unbeatable view of the airport apron and also quick… Read the full press release

Air France inaugurated its new La Première cabin on board flight AF254 to Singapore and Jakarta

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PARIS, 2015-1-16 — /Travel PR News/ — On 12 January 2015, Air France inaugurated its new La Première cabin on board flight AF254 to Singapore and Jakarta, on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. On this occasion, Frédéric Gagey, Chairman and CEO of Air France declared: “With our new La Première suites, we intend to offer… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport: Industry analyst Chris Tarry looked at a number of the key areas that the Airports Commission has highlighted as central to the UK’s runways debate

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Leading aviation analyst Chris Tarry outlines the industry developments and emerging trends that point to the future shape of the aviation market   Chris Tarry: “To dwell in the past rather than look at what is likely to happen in future will result in London’s aviation market failing to realise its full potential”  Gatwick CEO: “Gatwick… Read the full press release

South African Airways one of only two global carriers to achieve Stage 2 status of the IATA Environmental Assessment Programme (IEnvA)

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Johannesburg, 2015-1-16 — /Travel PR News/ — South African Airways (SAA) this week became one of only two global carriers (alongside Finnair) to achieve Stage 2 status of the IATA Environmental Assessment Programme (IEnvA); a comprehensive airline environmental management programme. IEnvA seeks to introduce sustainability standards for airlines to cover all areas of an airline’s operations… Read the full press release

IATA: five airlines successfully completed stages of the IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) program

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Geneva, 2015-1-15 — /Travel PR News/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that five airlines have recently successfully completed stages of the IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) program. IEnvA is an innovative, voluntary, two-stage evaluation process designed to drive airline environmental performance improvements through independent assessment. Finnair and South African Airways have completed the IEnvA Stage… Read the full press release

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation won GOOD DESIGN Award for its BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Monorail 300 system

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GOOD DESIGN Awards recognize innovative and cutting-edge designs INNOVIA Monorail 300 system offers iconic aesthetics, mass transit capacity and fast-to-build infrastructure BERLIN, 2015-1-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has won a GOOD DESIGNTM Award for its BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Monorail 300 system. This driverless transit system is designed on the principles… Read the full press release

UK Airports: A cut in Air Passenger Duty in one part of the country should be matched, immediately, by a cut everywhere

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LONDON, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — A cut in Air Passenger Duty in one part of the country should be matched, immediately, by a cut everywhere, according to the Airport Operators Association (AOA), the trade body that represents over 50 UK airports. In November the Smith Commission published proposals – which were subsequently supported… Read the full press release

InterContinental Hotels Group announced a partnership with one of Australia’s leading authorities on healthy cooking Teresa Cutter

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New menus to fuel success and stimulate meeting productivity LONDON, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced a partnership with Teresa Cutter, one of Australia’s leading authorities on healthy cooking. The founder of The Healthy Chef will develop a range of fresh and healthy menu options exclusively for the MICE… Read the full press release

Global Travel Newspaper Korea named Aeroflot the best foreign airline in The Republic of Korea

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Moscow, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — According to the ranking provided by the leading South Korean travel newspaper Global Travel Newspaper Korea (GTN Korea) Aeroflot has received the maximum score in 2014. Aeroflot has overtaken such global airline leaders as Air France, KLM, British Airways, Korean Air, Emirates, Qatar Airways. Aeroflot’s leadership in GTN ranking proves the effectiveness of the Company’s Strategy,… Read the full press release

Wizz Air announced 17% passenger growth in 2014

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Budapest, Hungary, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today that it carried 15.8 million passengers in 2014, representing 17% passenger growth year on year. At year-end, the airline had flights on sale to 106 destinations in 37 countries on a total of 355 routes…. Read the full press release

National Car Rental to give its Emerald Club members additional control in 2015 with the enhancement of its “Virtual Aisle” mobile app feature

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Emerald Club Members Can Choose Exact Rental Car Prior to Arrival at Rental Facility ST. LOUIS, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — National Car Rental is giving its Emerald Club members additional control in 2015 with the enhancement of its “Virtual Aisle” mobile application feature. Now with expanded service at 19 of National’s U.S. rental facilities, the “Virtual… Read the full press release

India’s newest full service carrier Vistara to distribute all of its fares and offering through Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform

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New Delhi, India, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry, and Vistara, India’s newest full service carrier and a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons Limited, today jointly announce a new distribution and merchandising… Read the full press release

Marriott International named MIPTV’s 2015 Brand of the Year in recognition of its highly innovative all-screens initiative through its global Content Studio

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Global Hospitality Leader Named MIPTV Brand of the Year 2015. PARIS, 2015-1-14 — /Travel PR News/ — The global hospitality leaderMarriott International, Inc., (NASDAQ: MAR) has been named MIPTV’s 2015 Brand of the Year in recognition of its highly innovative all-screens initiative through its global Content Studio. MIPTV 2015 will host the Brand of the Year… Read the full press release

Hilton Worldwide opens second Hilton property in Myanmar – Hilton Ngapali Resort & Spa

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Second Hilton property in Myanmar is located in the country’s popular beach destination MCLEAN, Va. and THANDWE, Myanmar, 2015-1-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Hilton Worldwide today announced the opening of Hilton Ngapali Resort & Spa, its second property in Myanmar. Located on the west coast of Myanmar facing the Indian Ocean, Ngapali is one of the most… Read the full press release

The Lufthansa Group transferred 115 routes from Lufthansa to Germanwings

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Cologne, Germany, 2015-1-13 — /Travel PR News/ — The Lufthansa Group has made a successful start to the new year with the transfer of the Düsseldorf–Zurich route from Lufthansa to Germanwings today (Thursday, 8 January 2015). One of the biggest structural projects ever undertaken by the company has thus been successfully completed on time. The… Read the full press release