Two destinations along the eastern end of Long Island’s South Shore have proven themselves to be the most expensive in New York this summer. A recent survey from NewYorkHotels.org has ranked Montauk and East Hampton the costliest locales in the state based on their lodging cost. Twenty main destinations throughout the state of New York were compared in coming...
Travellers don’t yet appear to understand that, when the liability keeps growing as new frequent flyers join the program and start flying, it is inevitable that frequent flyer benefits must periodically be reduced.
CHANGES to Australia’s biggest frequent flyer program were not only inevitable, but the professional points hunters saw it coming.
In fact, much of the criticism since Qantas announced...
FIRST, airlines started charging for checked luggage that used to be included in the ticket price. That alone is an entire new industry created in the past decade that now consumes around $30 billion worldwide in travellers’ cash.
The consequence wasn’t so much unforeseen as “What the hell! We’ll do it anyway”. Being forced to pay for checked luggage prompted...
Fast-growing Turkish Airlines is ready to start the first express services between Australia and Europe.
DESPITE Qantas’s long-cherished ambition to become the first airline to operate the world’s longest non-stop air route between Australia and Europe, it is expected to be beaten to the prize in the next two to three years by the world’s fastest-growing carrier, Turkish Airlines.
From its...
Airports operator BAA has agreed to sell Stansted Airport, following a three year legal battle with the Competition Commission.
In 2009 the Competition Commission ruled that it must sell Stansted because of the lack of competition between London airports.
BAA was ordered to sell off Stansted and Gatwick, in addition to selling off either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports.
The airport operator has...
United Arab Emirates -Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) are set to launch their largest roadshow in Saudi Arabia in a bid to further increase the number of visitors from the Kingdom.
The roadshow will include stops in Jeddah, Riyadhand Dammam which will begin on August 26. The delegation comprises more than 20 of Abu Dhabi’s leading...
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