The Star Alliance connection service is now available at London Heathrow Airport.This assists passengers with tight connections between two Star Alliance member airline flights.Dedicated connection service staff use special software to monitor the transfer window for customers with onward flights.Cases,…
Travelport will be ready to implement a new booking code for non-binary gender airline passengers when it goes live at the start of June.The new code offers the option to choose “X”, rather than “M” or “F”, when a passenger…
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has stepped in to support holidaymakers who were booked to travel with the Holiday Place.The London-based company ceased trading earlier.There are believed to be around 450 people currently abroad on ATOL protected packages booked with…
As Sydney ignites its annual festival, Steve Braunias is illuminatedBrought to you by Instagram. The annual Vivid festival of lights opened in Sydney on Friday at the stroke of 6pm, and I was there to witness the first, long night…
After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling to reverse the trend.Travel from China to the U.S. fell 5.7% in 2018 to 2.9…
Shadow Play by Peppers has officially opened during a ceremony hosted by the lord mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp, in the city’s thriving Southbank arts and entertainment district.To mark this occasion, the Capp was joined Accor apartments and leases senior…
Air New Zealand has signed commitments to purchase eight Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners.The planes, valued a US$2.7 billion at list prices, will be powered by GE Aviation’s GEnx-1B engines.The first of these highly fuel-efficient aircraft will join the Air New Zealand…
Onyx Hospitality Group has appointed Paul Halford as general manager of the soon-to-open Ozo Phuket at Kata Beach.Halford joins Onyx with close to 20 years of hospitality industry experience at hotels and resorts in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Thailand, including…
Eligible travellers from seven non-EU countries can now use ePassport gates to enter the UK in changes being made to the border from today.Visitors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States will be able…
Authorities in Queensland have partnered with Uber to launch a new submarine experience on the Great Barrier Reef.Guests will be able to hail scUber, branded as the first rideshare submarine experience in the world, from Monday in order to head…
