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TRAVEL DAILY ASIA TRAVEL DAILY INDIA TRAVEL DAILY MECRUISE NEWS UKwww.traveldailymedia.com/uk Wednesday 3rd July 2013 ▶ P 4Art installed into Cardiff AirportSPARKTaking risks with technologyCardiff Airport has introducedvarious art and multimediainstallations to improve its welcome toincoming passengers. The ‘welcomewall’; a walkway featuring DylanThomas poetry and a beach wallshowing off Wales’ beaches have allbeen put up as part of a project tocelebrate the country’s culture in itsTitan Airways signs Jet2 dealTitan Airways has increasedits airline activity for thesummer with a new Jet2 deal.One of Titan’s Boeing 757 aircrafthas been damp leased to thenorth-based low-cost carrier’sQUOTEOF THE DAY“It is atremendoushonour and a dayI will forevertreasure”ThomsonAirways’ MD ChrisBrowne acceptsher OBEpublic areas. “First impressions areimportant. Cardiff Airport is a majorgateway into Wales for air passengersand this new project will showcase auniquely Welsh approach to business,culture, the arts, tourism and events,”said Wales’ First Minister CarwynJones. Its displays will be updatedduring the three-year project.Manchester base while anAirbus A320 will be heading toNewcastle. Both will be usedthroughout the summer up toSeptember and will be decked outin Jet2’s livery.IN NUMBERS10Months minimal Thaihas pushed back A380London launch11.4Metre-squared sizePremier Inn’s new ‘hub’rooms are50,000Rooms in pubs acrossthe UKTravel companies needto be braver when it comesto updating their technologysystems or risk losing out inthe future, a developer hassaid. Bharat Patel, commercialdirector at CodeGen told TravelDaily that a ‘tick box’ approachto fi nding a new front, mid andback office system needs tobe eradicated and businessesshould consider how technologycould change in the future.He advised companies intoconsider how systems are nowautomating many functionsand how doing so could makeworkfl ow for employees better.“The travel industry lacksa good IT consultancy to really look at the engine of a company andsee what the business needs,” he explained. “Consultants look atthe functions but do not think about the future and in thinking in thetraditional mentality means they do not get the benefi t of a new system.”Taking on what Patel calls ‘legacy’ systems such as GDS and otherreservations, ticketing and back office platforms, he said CodeGen’sTravelbox product had been previously ruled out by companies by pricealthough it has other benefi ts, although some companies are taking therisk. Its module-based system includes more than 30 options coveringreporting and dynamic packaging to ticketing, shopping cart and visamanagement.“Companies need a shake up and need new software that does not‘plug holes’ or build on old systems but delivers the entire offering,”he said. “It is a big decision to make [to change technology systems]but technology is critical now and businesses need someone whounderstands both the IT and business processes to choose a solution.Monarch is a client of ours and chose to transform its business usingtechnology, not the other way around.”Likewise CodeGen has also encouraged IATA to not be afraid totake risks with technology for its New Distribution Capability (NDC),highlighting how the travel industry is usually behind in the tech stakes.“Standards like NDC is what other industries have been doing for 20years,” said John Andrew, managing director at Cool Travel which worksto consult businesses with CodeGen. “Technology is often so central to abusiness that it is tough to make that change but IATA needs to make theright decision keeping the future in mind too.”Thinking forward is a constant theme within talks with Patel andAndrew. CodeGen, with its head office in Sri Lanka, prides itself on anacademic approach to business and in its research and development(R&D) arm to see what the next big thing is. Boasting that CodeGen wasusing today’s buzzwords years ago and has already spent more thanthree years working with HTML 5; the company is to use its knowledgeto produce a series of white papers. Although like most technologycompanies, it will hold back on revealing too many secrets and on-goingprojects.“The papers will focus on what products are out there now and thechallenges the industry faces with areas like mobile, HTML 5, airlineinventory, revenue management and NDC,” added Andrew.follow us onAdvertise with TDUK today! Email us at advertising@traveldailymedia.comManaging Editor: Amanda Greenwood * | Editor-in-Chief: Mark Elliott *30 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4NB Tel: +44 (0) 207 2530888Travel Daily UK is a publication of Travel Daily Media Limited (UK). All content is fully protected by copyright law. Written permission from the Editor-in-Chief Mark Elliott (mark@traveldailymedia.com) is required to reproduce any material.While every care has been taken in the preparation of Travel Daily UK no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. Content is published in good faith. Responsibility for editorial comment is taken by Amanda Greenwood.
TRAVEL DAILY ASIA TRAVEL DAILY INDIA TRAVEL DAILY MECRUISE NEWS UKwww.traveldailymedia.com/uk Wednesday 3rd July 2013 ▶ P 5Ethiopian flies to South AmericaEthiopian Airlines hascapital of Togo.launched its fi rst fl ights toThe addition of Sao Paulo andSouth America. On 1 July 2013, Rio de Janeiro will bring Ethiopian'sthe African carrier commenced total network to 75 destinations onservices from Addis Ababa to the fi ve continents. The Brazil serviceBrazilian cities of Sao Paulo and also follows the recent launch ofRio de Janeiro, using its Boeing B787 Dreamliner services to the787 Dreamliner. Flights will operate Korean capital, Seoul. Click herethree times a week via Lomé, the for full storyGREENMake Holidays Greener Month kicks offMore than 18 travel companies have pledged to be moresustainable this July to mark Make Holidays Greener Month. AITO,Cosmos, Hilton, Holiday Extras, Kuoni, Thomas Cook, Travel Mattersand TUI UK & Ireland are amongst the companies that have signedup to make staff and customers more aware of green issues andholidays.Initiatives include Thomas Cook’s use of the Travel Foundation’sGreener Excursions tool, while Cosmos has rolled out a greenthemedquiz for its staff and AITO is offering tips to ‘link what’s local’.Headline sponsor Cyprus Tourism Organisation has also adoptedthe campaign’s local theme and had invited tour operators andtravel agents to take part in a Facebook poll to gather views from theindustry (www.facebook.com/cyprustourismorganisationuk). Thosewho participate in the poll could win a fam trip place.UK hotels urged to ‘act now’ to save energyHotels in the UK have been urged to “shape up” to save energyand help cut down on “spiralling” costs.With some properties in Europe thought to be spending morethan GBP1,000 on electricity per room every year, management fi rmEcompter has encouraged hotels to look into their carbon footprintand implement a strategy that also involves how its customers andstaff use electricity and water during their stay.“Hotel policies alone, however well intentioned, are not goingto bring about kind of changes in energy use needed to cut costs,improve profi tability and have a positive effect on the environment.Hotels can only achieve this by working in partnership with theirguests and their staff,” Ecompter’s founder and CEO Ville Valorintasaid.Dubai Airports to limit carbon footprintwith new concourseDubai Airports is working towards making Concourse D - whichwill become the new home of more than 100 international airlines thatfl y to Dubai International when it opens in 2015 - as energy efficientand sustainable as possible, the company has said.Under the supervision of Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects(DAEP), the new building will implement several green initiatives thatwill reduce the environmental impact of the new facility.These include adopting recycling programmes duringconstruction, the use of renewable energy as well as utilising locallysourced and recycled building materials. For Dubai Airports andDubai Aviation Engineering Projects the intention is to promotehealthy, durable, affordable and environmentally sound practices indesign, construction and eventual operation. Click here for full storyEYEONLATIN AMERICAHoliday٭ Inn expands in EcuadorIHG has opened a new Holiday Inn hotelin Ecuador. The 122-room Holiday Inn HotelGuayaquil Airport is a new-build propertylocated adjacent to José Joaquín de OlmedoInternational Airport in Ecuador's secondbiggest city. Facilities include a swimming pool,business centre, fi tness centre, lobby bar andeight meeting rooms. It becomes the secondIHG-branded hotel for Ecuador, following the Holiday Inn Express Quito,and the company also has plans to launch a new Holiday Inn at QuitoAirport in 2016.Meliá to launch Tryp Hotels in Peru ٭Meliá Hotels International has announcedplans to launch a new Tryp hotel in Peru. Dueto open in Peru's capital Lima in 2016, theTryp Lima Mirafl ores will feature 140 roomsplus a restaurant, fi tness room and meetingrooms. Located in the Mirafl ores area, which ispopular with tourists, the new hotel will targetboth leisure and business travellers. It willbecome Meliá Hotels' second property in the city, following the MeliáLima Hotel. The company is also planning to bring its Innside brand toPeru.Aeromexico adds US services ٭Aeromexico has added several newservices from Mexico City to destinations inthe US this summer. Effective 1 July 2013,the carrier has add a second daily fl ight onits Mexico City-Orlando route, and a fourthdaily service between the Mexican capital andMiami. In addition, Aeromexico has startedoperating six more weekly fl ights betweenMexico City and Los Angeles. In a separate move, the Mexican airlinehas leased three Embraer E170 regional aircraft from Finnair for aperiod of six years.Guatemala tourism climbs ٭Visitor arrivals to the Central Americannation of Guatemala have increased in 2013.According to the latest data from the country'sMinistry of Economy, international arrivalsclimbed 8.8% in the fi rst quarter of 2013. AndGuatemalan specialist Martsam Travel said85% of visitors to the country visit one or moreof its three UNESCO World Heritage sites -Antigua, Tikal and Quirigua - which form the backbone of a new 10-yearsustainable tourism development plan implemented in 2012.JetBlue launches Costa Rica flights ٭JetBlue Airways has launched a newroute to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.Effective today, the US carrier will serve theCentral American country with daily directfl ights from Fort Lauderdale-HollywoodInternational Airport in Florida, using its 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. Destinations in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean now make upalmost a third of JetBlue's entire route network. The carrier previouslylaunched fl ights between Orlando and San Jose in 2009.follow us onAdvertise with TDUK today! Email us at advertising@traveldailymedia.comManaging Editor: Amanda Greenwood * | Editor-in-Chief: Mark Elliott *30 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4NB Tel: +44 (0) 207 2530888Travel Daily UK is a publication of Travel Daily Media Limited (UK). All content is fully protected by copyright law. Written permission from the Editor-in-Chief Mark Elliott (mark@traveldailymedia.com) is required to reproduce any material.While every care has been taken in the preparation of Travel Daily UK no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. Content is published in good faith. Responsibility for editorial comment is taken by Amanda Greenwood.
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