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TRAVEL DAILY ASIA TRAVEL DAILY INDIA TRAVEL DAILY MECRUISE NEWS UKwww.traveldailymedia.com/uk Wednesday 31st July 2013 ▶ P 2Pullman PhuketArcadia NaithonBeachPULLMANPHUKETARCADIA.COMACCORHOTELS.COMWHERE EXTRAORDINARY PLACESMEET EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCESThomas Cook awarded LouisHotel damagesCase sets precedent in hotel health and safety...Thomas Cook has beenawarded a damagespayout by Louis Hotelsafter two children died of carbonmonoxide poisoning in one of itshotels in 2006.Robert and ChristianneShepherd died in an apartmentin Corfu back in October 2006with Thomas Cook cleared ofresponsibility in 2010.The tour operator has nowsuccessfully claimed back GBP1million of damages and courtfees after two its employeeswere cleared of negligentmanslaughter, according toa BBC report. It has set aprecedent for future cases oftour operators claiming againsthotels.The manager and twomembers of staff at the LouisCorcyra Beach Hotel in Gouviawere convicted of manslaughterand damages have been paidto the children’s parents. Theirfather Neil and his partner RuthBeatson were both left in a comabut survived after from fumes wentinto their room from a broken gasboiler.Hygiene auditors Check SafetyFirst said the case outlined theLuton Airport sale expected this weekimportance of tour operatorsholding their own checks intohotels that are in their programmes.Click here for full storyThomson’s Dreamliner flies fromEast MidlandsThomson Airways kicked off itsBoeing 787 Dreamliner schedulefrom East Midlands Airport yesterday.The new Dreamliner flew to Sanford,Orlando with 291 customers onboard.“Our aim has always been to make theDreamliner as accessible as possiblewww.rembrandtbkk.comto our customers, who we know wantto fly from their local airport. By flyingthe state-of-the-art aircraft from EastMidlands we’re opening up a wholehost of exciting long haul destinationsto the region,” said Chris Browne,managing director of Thomson Airways.An announcement into the saleof Luton Airport is expected tobe made by current owners Albertisthis week, according to the FinancialTimes. Spanish airport operatorAena is said to be fi nalising a dealto take over the London airportand could see details released thisweek. The operator is said to bekeen on owning Luton due to itsfl ight schedule into Spain. Abertissold off Belfast International lastweek and also sold Cardiff Airport tothe Welsh Government in March.Egypt denies 55% drop in air trafficWIN WITH QATAR AIRWAYS!Qatar Airways was recently announced as Best BusinessClass in the World at the Skytrax 2013 Awards – no doubt duein part to the five-star cuisine served on-board.Here’s your chance to win £50 of Love 2 Shop vouchers, justname one of the celebrity chefs that created the unique anddiverse menu of dishes for their discerning passengers.Here’s a link to help!Egyptian aviation officials havedenied reports that passengertraffic at Cairo International Airporthas fallen by 55% during the pastfew weeks of unrest. A report byDutch news agency DPA said thattraffic fell to "its lowest ever," whichpushed six airlines to cancel theirfl ights to and from Cairo, calling itprofi tless. But Cairo Airport’s PRdirector Ahmed Saleh told DailyNews Egypt: "55% is a horribledecrease, and there is no withdrawalin number of passengers. We arefunctioning properly, especiallysince we are in the Umrah season."It would be expected that CairoAirport’s numbers would have, orwill be, affected by arrivals from theUK due to a current travel warningto the country and some companiescancelling tours to the city.To enter, send your answer, full name, email address, companyname and location to info@traveldailymedia.com with ‘QatarAirways competition’ in the subject lineAdvertise with TDUK today! Email us atadvertising@traveldailymedia.comEditor: Amanda Greenwood * | Editor-in-Chief: Mark Elliott *30 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4NB Tel: +44 (0) 207 2530888