The Ibis Styles Manila Araneta City, which opened in March 2024, is a wallet-friendly property with direct access to the Gateway Mall 2. all.accor.com Amenities at the 350-room Seda Manila Bay, which opened in Parañaque in 2023, include a 390-capacit

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AIR NEW ZEALAND has carried out a trial of “single-use cup-free flights”, as it explores how to reduce the millions of cups used on its aircraft each year. The carrier trialled the initiative on six domestic flights in March, with customers being enc

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CATHAY PACIFIC HAS REVEALED mock-ups of its new premium economy product in Hong Kong. The new cabin is set to debut on the upgraded Boeing 777-300ER aircraft later this year, alongside the new business class Aria suite. The seats will remain the same

SINGAPORE AIRLINES HAS ANNOUNCED a partnership with Samoan-New Zealand chef Monica Galetti. The MasterChef judge and former owner of Mere restaurant in London, which closed in April, will curate menus for business class, first class and suite custome

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (ACI) World has published a new study forecasting air passenger numbers and the top markets for air travel demand over the next 30 years. The World Airport Traffic Forecasts 2023-2052 report projects that global air pas

Travel writer Oliver Smith retraces sacred travel routes across Britain in this non-fiction book, discovering prehistoric, pagan and Christian sites as well as contemporary places of pilgrimage such as football stadiums and music festivals. Bloomsbur

David has been writing about consumer technology for more than two decades. He is based in London but travels to tech events worldwide, regularly visiting Berlin, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. On page 64 he outlines the benefits of VPNs for busin

I am a member of Asiana Club and last year decided to consolidate and channel all my business class frequent travel on Star Alliance airlines to be credited to my Asiana Club account. My objective was motivated by Asiana Airlines’ website statement t

Airline alliances have made the news recently, with the announcement by SAS that it is to leave Star Alliance at the end of August. This follows the restructuring of the Scandinavian carrier, with SkyTeam member Air France-KLM taking a stake. SAS is

BACKGROUND The first Raffles hotel in London, owned by the Hinduja Group and operated by Accor, opened in September 2023. It is housed in The OWO, a legendary Edwardian Baroque-style building, with the guest experience built around its exceptional hi

MANCHESTER will soon boost its connections to China, with a direct service to Shanghai launching this summer. Juneyao Air initially announced the route in 2019, but had to postpone its launch due to the pandemic. On July 1, the carrier will begin its

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