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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
TRAVEL DAILY ASIA TRAVEL DAILY INDIA TRAVEL DAILY MECRUISE NEWS UKwww.traveldailymedia.com/uk Wednesday 31st July 2013 ▶ P 3Flybe signscharter sales dealFlybe has signed a deal with AirCharter Service to help sellcharter flights to tour operators.ACS will be contacting touroperators and cruise companiesto charter Flybe’s Dash 8s andEmbraer 175 and 195s. “Welook forward to growing our touroperator business in conjunctionwith our new partner,” said Flybe’sdirector of sales Stephen Hobday.ANA confirmslife after AirAsiaANA will create a new Tokyobasedlow-cost carrier,following the end of its Japanesejoint venture with AirAsia.The Japanese airline agreed todissolve its partnership with AirAsiain June 2013, with ANA buyingAirAsia's stake in the business. Andwhile operations under the AirAsiaJapan brand are due to ceasein October 2013, ANA has nowconfi rmed that it will establish a newlow-cost carrier by the end of theyear. Click here for full storyNew Disneyland Paris packagesfrom Jet2e-montagne training revampedOnlinetrainingwebsitee-montagnehas gonethrough arevamp readyfor the nextwinter season.The travel tradeportal includesinformationon the Frenchmountainsand holidaysand has beenjointly producedby Pierre &Vacances,Savoie MontBlanc TourismBoard, FranceMontagnes, theESF (Ecole deSki Francais),equipmentprovider SkiSet and travel insurance companyEurope Assistance. The siteis split into seven themes thatexplain resorts, accommodation,dining options and links to otherrelevant sources.“Pierre & Vacances hasembraced this new tool to aidsales to the French mountains. Webelieve it will appeal to all agentsfrom homeworkers to large sizedtour operators,” said Cathy Rankin,BA to add Hyderabad frequencyBritish Airways has announcedthat it will increase itsfrequency on its London toHyderabad route.Starting 27 October 2013, theairline will fl y daily to the SouthIndian city of Andhra Pradesh. Thedaily fl ights will be operated on aBoeing 777-200 in a three classconfi guration.Christopher Fordyce, regionalcommercial manager for BritishAirways in South Asia said, “It isUK & Ireland sales and marketingmanager at Pierre & Vacances.The e-learning course wasoriginally launched in 2010 andwill now be updated on a regularbasis.a joyous moment for us at BritishAirways to further enhance ourservices to India, which is oursecond largest market outsidethe UK. Hyderabad is truly a keymarket in our South Asian network.”British Airways had increasedits Hyderabad service to six fl ightsper-week from fi ve fl ights per-weekin October 2012, after reporting20% increase in general capacityfrom the city. Click here for fullstoryPassengers up for Holland ferry routeJet2holidays will put newDisneyland Paris packagesup for sale next week as well asseveral new city break options. Itsnew Disney packages come asJet2 announced a new route fromEast Midlands to Paris for spring/summer 2014 in addition to itsLeeds Bradford and Manchesterservices to the French capital.The new option is part of the touroperator’s latest City and ShortBreaks brochure which includesthree new city destinations. Theseinclude Newcastle to Krakow; LeedsBradford to Dusseldorf and LeedsBradford and Manchester to LasPalmas. Its New York breaks arealso back following popular demand.Click here for full storyStena Line has seen a 5.9%increase in passenger trafficon its route from Harwich to theHook of Holland. The ferry operatorcarried 246,000 people on the routein the fi rst six months of 2013, up14,000 from the fi rst six months in2012. In addition the company sawa 9.6% uplift in cars carried and5.7% boost in coach traffic. DuringMay particularly the operator saw apassenger increase of 21.3%.“The Harwich–Hook of Hollandservice remains of huge strategicimportance for Stena Line andwe will continue to explore waysto enhance services on the route,ensuring the best possible pricing tosustain our strong growth,” said LarsOlsson, general manager for travelon the North Sea at Stena Line.Click here for full storyAdvertise 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
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