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News: Moscow hotel offers unique Russian language lessons to its guests Planning a vacation or business trip to Moscow? If you’re one of those extra-curious people for whom simple sight-seeing isn’t enough and you feel the dire need to truly explore and understand the Russian culture—then Renaissance Moscow Olympic Hotel is the perfect place for you....more News: CLIA names Thomas Fischetti chief financial officer Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) today announced that it has named Thomas Fischetti to the position of chief financial officer, reporting to CLIA President and CEO Christine Duffy. His responsibilities for the global cruise industry trade association include financial management, accounting, contracting and internal controls, IT, human resources and oversight of the association’s facilities....more News: American flyers willing to pay more for personal space As summer travel season approaches, Americans planning vacations – particularly those planning on flying – have a lot of decisions ahead. With the increasing “a la carte”-ization of air travel, flyers are faced with an ever increasing number of choices as to what levels of comfort and convenience they want and are willing to pay for....more News: KLM adds Russian and Norwegian to its social media service Today, KLM starts servicing customers in Russian and Norwegian on social media. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines customers can now post their travel-related questions in no less than nine languages on Facebook and Twitter....more News: Natasha Bedingfield announced as featured singer for Royal Princess naming ceremony Adding yet another special touch to the naming ceremony launching Royal Princess, British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield will perform at the June 13 naming ceremony of the new ship in Southampton, Princess Cruises has announced....more News: Darmstadt ranks among top 10 convention cities in Germany Green Globe member the Darmstadtium can look back to a successful year 2012. The momentum gained last year has been carried into the New Year, and the first quarter of 2013 shows a great surplus in sales....more News: Cambria Suites continues strategic expansion Cambria Suites, the stylish all-suite, all new construction hotel brand which is franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest lodging companies, continues to attract demand from developers. Today, the upscale hotel brand announces two hotel franchise agreements in the rapidly expanding business communities of McAllen, Texas and West Fargo, North Dakota....more News: Flight attendants protest at Charlotte Airport against knives in passenger cabin Flight Attendants have held a press conference (Thursday, May 16) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to continue to engage the traveling public in efforts to keep the aircraft cabin free of knives that have been used as weapons. According to a recent Washington Post article “now the chatter is that the TSA may decide to put the new rules into effect over the Memorial Day weekend.” TSA officers have expressed concern not only with the dangers of allowing knives in the security checkpoints and beyond, but also noted that these new procedures would slow security lines....more News: Hilton London Islington gets £5.2m refurb Hilton London Islington has announced the £5.2 million refurbishment of its guest rooms, to be completed June 2013, with the addition of seven new bedrooms, bringing the total number to 191....more News: Dubai Airports to upgrade runways in 2014 Dubai Airports will conduct an extensive runway enhancement project at Dubai International (DXB) during an 80 day period commencing May 1, 2014....more
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