Use Google Calendar to Track Your Busy Life
Organize your schedule and share events with friends! rnWouldn't it be great to be able to keep track of all the events in your life, coordinate schedules with friends and family, and find new things to do -- all with one online calendar? We thought so, too. Learn Morernrn *rnrnSeeing the big picturernWith Google Calendar, you can see your friends' and family's schedules right next to your own; quickly add events mentioned in Gmail conversations or saved in other calendar a read more
WestJet to launch Quebec City service in May
Beginning May 18, WestJet will launch daily non-stop service between Toronto and Quebec City, coinciding with the celebration of the city’s 400th birthday. The addition of Quebec City marks WestJet’s 27th destination within Canada. Introductory fares between Toronto and Quebec City will start at $99 one-way. The announcement of this new destination is part of WestJet’s enhanced summer schedule, which also includes new seasonal non-stop service between Regina-Toronto, Saskatoon-Toronto and Abbot read more
British Airways To Launch U.S.-European Carrier
BA said the first route to be flown by OpenSkies will be from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to either Paris or Brussels. It will introduce a second aircraft by year-end to serve whichever of those two destinations is not chosen for the inaugural route. OpenSkies will fly a fleet of elderly Boeing 757s, all of them transferred from the main BA fleet. The carrier intends to operate six 757s by the end of 2009. read more
FAA Wallowing in Air Travel Blues
Agency Under Fire for Reported Near Crashes, Record Delays and Computer Glitch
The Federal Aviation Administration better fasten its seat belt -- the month of June is off to a turbulent start.
Fresh reports of multiple midair near collisions in New York's heavily trafficked airspace surfaced today along with an investigation opened by the National Transportation Safety Board into a runway incursion in late May at San Francisco International Airport. Last Friday, a computer glitch, compou
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Hotel Travel News - Sustainabilty pushed at WTTC summit
With tourism accounting for 234 million jobs, 10 percent of GDP and growing at a global average rate of 4.5 percent, Jean-Claude Baumgarten, chairman of the WTTC started the tourism debate with the question: "How can we build a new civilisation that is environmentally conscious, yet can still continue to grow?"
Nicholas Walsh, EVP for AIG Insurance also focused on the importance of involving all tourism stakeholders in prioritising the environment and climate change under the "Breaking Ba
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IHG Launches Environmental Initiative
InterContinental Hotels Group recently announced that The Hotel Management Group, the company's Americas Operations division, will launch an environmental initiative to replace over 250,000 incandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights in guest rooms at over 200 properties across the Americas. read more
Airline Travel News - Qantas plots new base at Cairns
Qantas has announced that it would establish a new base in Cairns from September, following a decision to close its Australian Airlines operation.
General Manager of Qantas, Mr John Borghetti, said the Qantas Group — which currently employed around 950 people in Cairns — would remain a major employer in Cairns, continuing to directly employ more than 900 people.
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