Category Archives: Travel Services

IHG’s Hotel Indigo strengthens its presence in South East Asia with the opening of Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong

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SINGAPORE, 2016-Jul-07 — /Travel PR News/ — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has expanded the South East Asian footprint of its boutique hotel brand, Hotel Indigo, with the opening of Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong. Hotel Indigo is the world’s first globally branded boutique hotel brand and no two hotels under… Read the full press release

EVA Air to increase nonstop flights on its Paris route to daily service from October 10, 2016

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Luzhu District, Taiwan, 2016-Jul-07 — /Travel PR News/ — EVA Air, a new addition to the elite ranks of the world’s 5-Star airlines, is increasing nonstop flights on its popular Paris route from four times a week to daily service on 10 October, 2016. The airline will continue to serve the route on Wednesday, Friday and… Read the full press release

The Gerald R. Ford International Airport’s transfer to an Authority approved by the FAA

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Grand Rapids, Mich., 2016-Jul-07 — /Travel PR News/ — The Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GFIAA) is officially operating. The Authority transition was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today, with support from Kent County Commissioners and government officials. For 60 years, Kent County owned and operated the Airport, through its Department of… Read the full press release

Lufthansa starts three times a week nonstop flights from Munich to Teheran

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Starting 4th July from Munich to Teheran COLOGNE, GERMANY, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Lufthansa is flying nonstop once again from Munich to Teheran. Starting 4th July, 2016, the connection under flight number LH 602 will begin three times a week at 22.10 pm, arriving at the Iranian capital at 5.20 am. The Airbus A330-300… Read the full press release

Hilton London Hyde Park completes its £5.4 million makeover

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Over £5 million invested in a complete hotel makeover LONDON, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Hilton London Hyde Park fully completes its £5.4 million refurbishment this month. The work included a full revamp of meeting space, common areas and guest rooms. The number of rooms offered by the hotel has increased and there has been… Read the full press release

Air Tahiti Nui and Human Underwater Society to promote the underwater heritage of French Polynesia

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In June 2016, Air Tahiti Nui and Olivier ARCHAMBAUD, founder and President of the Human Underwater Society (HUS), signed a partnership in order to promote the underwater heritage of French Polynesia. After wondering about Man’s place on Earth, then, looking at the stars and wondering about his place in the Universe, the HUS now invites… Read the full press release

Wizz Air Holdings Plc announces passenger statistics for June 2016

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for June 2016. In June 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its customer offering and strengthen its network with the following announcements: • Launching 8 new routes to/from Hungary… Read the full press release

Wizz Air celebrates its first Bergamo flight operated with one of its brand new Airbus A321 aircraft

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today celebrates the memorable milestone of its first Bergamo flight operated with one of the airline’s brand new, state-of-the-art Airbus A321 aircraft. Bergamo was one of the first airports WIZZ added to its low-fare route network in… Read the full press release

Wizz Air welcomes József Ujhelyi as Chief Flight Operations Officer

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings plc (‘Wizz Air’), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces it has appointed József Ujhelyi as the Chief Flight Operations Officer and member of the company’s Leadership Team effective immediately. In his new role, Ujhelyi will be reporting to Diederik Pen,… Read the full press release

Wizz Air celebrates the opening of its newest Romanian base in Iasi

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SIXTH BASE IN ROMANIA, 1 BASED AIRBUS A320, 8 ROUTES Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Jul-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, and Romania’s largest airline today celebrates the opening of its newest Romanian base in Iasi. The airline is initially deploying one Airbus A320 aircraft to be based… Read the full press release

Lufthansa launches new direct flight from Frankfurt to San José, California along with new concept FlyingLab

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From 1 July, Lufthansa will fly nonstop from Frankfurt to San José Passengers test digital innovations on board the LH488 Live conference on digital trends of Lufthansa, Instagram, Mercedes Benz and Visit San José Passengers experience the new destination with Lufthansa at different events COLOGNE, GERMANY, 2016-Jul-05 — /Travel PR News/ — From today (July… Read the full press release

Iberia implements Amadeus Airline Fare Families

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Iberia increases branding, differentiation and upsell opportunities of its products through Amadeus-connected travel agents. Madrid, Spain, 2016-Jul-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Iberia’s full range of branded fares can now be booked by Amadeus’ global travel agency community, following the carrier’s implementation of Amadeus Airline Fare Families. With Amadeus’ industry-leading merchandising technology, Iberia increases branding, differentiation… Read the full press release

Philippine Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines announce code-share agreement

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Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Jul-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Philippine Airlines (PR)  and Hawaiian Airlines (HA) recently forged a code-share partnership which will provide passengers convenient connections between the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands. “Philippine Airlines is proud to forge a codeshare partnership with Hawaiian Airlines from Honolulu in O‘ahu to the  inter-island points of Līhu‘e,… Read the full press release

Cruise Lines International Association announces its 2016 Port & Destination Summit on September 20 in Santa Cruz, Tenerife

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Washington DC, 2016-Jul-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the unified voice and leading authority of the global cruise community, announced its 2016 Port & Destination Summit, taking place on Tuesday, September 20 in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, one day ahead of Seatrade Cruise Med, the largest cruise industry gathering in Europe. Restructured… Read the full press release

PHILIPPINES: Cebu Pacific launches three more routes in the Eastern and Western Visayas regions

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​Offers Php599 all-in Introductory seat sale Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Jul-05 — /Travel PR News/ — The Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), further strengthens its presence in the Eastern and Western Visayas regions with the launch of three more routes. Starting November 19, 2016, CEB will launch daily flights between Cebu and Ormoc and Cebu… Read the full press release

Allegiant announces 12 new routes, three new cities and “Christmas in July” sweepstakes

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ALLEGIANT'S SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY - PRESS CONFERENCE AND "PACK YOUR BAGS" FLYAWAY CONTEST

Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) today celebrates the upcoming holiday travel season by announcing 12 new routes, three new cities and a sweepstakes to give away seats on each of the 24 inaugural flights. In conjunction with the new routes that will launch just in time for the holiday travel season, the company is celebrating with a… Read the full press release

dnata to provide cargo handling services for China Eastern’s flights to and from Shanghai

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Amsterdam, 2016-Jul-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Global air services provider, dnata, has signed an agreement with Chinese carrier – China Eastern, to provide cargo handling services for the airline’s flights to and from Shanghai. China Eastern operates four weekly flights between Shanghai and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using the Airbus A330 aircraft. dnata Amsterdam already handles… Read the full press release

Vienna Airport announces easyJet’s new flights to Lyon starting autumn 2016

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Vienna Airport: easyJet adds Lyon to its winter timetable 2016/17   VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 2016-Jul-04 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet announced to add a new destination to its upcoming winter timetable, inaugurating flight service from Vienna to Lyon. Starting as of autumn 2016, the airline will offer three weekly flights from Vienna to the French city…. Read the full press release

Flint’s Bishop International Airport announces United Airlines’ new nonstop service to New York/Newark Airport

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Flint, Michigan, 2016-Jul-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Flint’s Bishop International Airport (FNT) is taking a bite out of the Big Apple, with today’s launch of United Airlines’ new nonstop service to New York/Newark Airport (EWR). Newark is one of three commercial airports serving the metropolitan New York area. FNT serves a region of almost 3… Read the full press release

Christchurch Airport welcomes the development of the city’s new Convention Centre

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Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016-Jul-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Christchurch Airport, the South Island’s largest tourism business, has warmly welcomed announcement of the timeline and development of the city’s new Convention Centre. Chief Executive Malcolm Johns says a convention centre is an essential piece of enabling infrastructure for a city. “Christchurch needs world-class enabling infrastructure which lets… Read the full press release

Tourism Australia and Air New Zealand sign new A$1.5 million marketing agreement

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Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Jul-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Tourism Australia and Air New Zealand have deepened their commercial relationship, signing a new A$1.5 million marketing agreement aimed at promoting Australian tourism within key markets served by the New Zealand national carrier. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) extends an existing deal, which has seen the… Read the full press release

Tourism Australia: Jin Air to start seasonal twice-weekly service from Incheon, South Korea to Cairns, North Queensland from December 2016

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SEOUL, 2016-Jul-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Tourism Australia in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland has entered a new deal with Korean airline Jin Air in Seoul today to secure a new seasonal service to Cairns. The new partnership agreement will see the two organisations support a seasonal twice-weekly service from Incheon Airport in the… Read the full press release

Shannon Airport announces Ryanair’s winter 2016 schedule

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Ryanair’s Shannon winter 2016 schedule will deliver two new winter routes: Fuerteventura (Sunday) and Malaga (Tuesdays and Saturday) 12 routes in total including: Berlin, Krakow, Kaunas, Lanzarote, London Gatwick, London Stansted Manchester, Tenerife, Warsaw and Wroclaw. Shannon, Ireland, 2016-Jul-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Declan Power, Head of Aviation Development at Shannon Airport welcoming the announcement… Read the full press release

Park Inn by Radisson announces the launch of its newly refreshed website

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Brussels, Belgium, 2016-Jun-30 — /Travel PR News/ — Park Inn by Radisson, one of the world’s most dynamic and colorful hotel brand, is delighted to announce the launch of its newly refreshed website. The new parkinn.com is live now, and has been enhanced and improved to make guests’ bookings and enquiries easier, brighter and more enjoyable…. Read the full press release

The Calgary Airport Authority marks 25-year anniversary of its world-famous White Hat Volunteer program

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Calgary, AB, 2016-Jun-30 — /Travel PR News/ —  The Calgary Airport Authority celebrated the 25-year anniversary of its world-famous White Hat Volunteer program at Calgary International Airport (YYC) today. Representatives of The Calgary Airport Authority Board and Executive team gathered with the 440-plus volunteers to mark the milestone with a commemorative luncheon. During the celebration,… Read the full press release

St. John’s International Airport Authority hosts family-oriented events for travellers this summer

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St. John’s, NL, 2016-Jun-30 — /Travel PR News/ — St. John’s International Airport Authority hosts family-oriented events including an Entertainment Series for travellers in the Airport Terminal Building over the summer season. “We’re delighted to showcase the local talent of our province,” said Marie Manning, Director of Marketing and Business Development with the St. John’s International… Read the full press release

Lufthansa to take off with broadband internet on board its short- and medium-haul flights this October

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Green light from EASA: Supplemental Type Certificate issued Cologne, Germany, 2016-Jun-30 — /Travel PR News/ — In October of this year, the first Lufthansa short- and medium-haul aircraft will take off with broadband internet on board. Lufthansa’s entire A320 family fleet is expected to have the innovative technology installed by mid-2018. One key milestone has already… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways hosts distinguished members of the Indian film industry on board its double-daily flights to Madrid

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Leading Indian and International film celebrities grace event in the Spanish capital city, Madrid DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Jun-29 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways was proud to be the official airline partner of the 17th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations in Madrid this weekend, attracting leading celebrities from the Indian and International film fraternity. The… Read the full press release

WorldSIM is now the most connected mobile network in the world

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With the launch of WorldSIM Infinity, WorldSIM’s network now encompasses 50 million Wi-Fi hotspots and 600 mobile networks in 200 countries. LONDON, 2016-Jun-29 — /Travel PR News/ — WorldSIM, is now the most connected network in the world. Known for their roaming solutions, today WorldSIM announced the launch of WorldSIM Infinity; a combination of worldwide… Read the full press release

London City Airport welcomes British Airways’ new flights from London to Alicante

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LONDON, 2016-Jun-29 — /Travel PR News/ — England and Spain have a new happier connection thanks to the launch of British Airways flights from London City Airport to Alicante. As the two countries commiserated on their joint exit from the Euro 2016 football finals last night, customers were celebrating the start of the new four-times-a-week service… Read the full press release