Travel

Courtyard Takes Lobby Experience to New Heights

June 6, 2011

Long lines at check-in counters and security screening are making air travel more stressful and tiring than ever before. Now there’s rest for the weary business traveler as Courtyard by Marriott brings its innovative Refreshing Business lobby experience to airports across the country. Offering comfortable couches, communal work tables and the brand’s award winning 55-inch [...]

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Frequent Flyers – How to Get Your Airport Travel Down To An Art

May 25, 2011
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Getting around internationally is more than just getting on a plane. After 9/11, there are a number of stricter rules on planes. This has meant a lot of changes. Some people slide right through all the checks while you still wait in line? How do they do that? This article gives a range of hints [...]

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Long-Term Holiday Checklist

May 5, 2011
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If you are planning a long term holiday you should give some careful thought about how you will go about storing your household items. These days there are plenty of shelving systems available that makes storage a lot easier and it certainly pays to investigate the options. Naturally, it is easy to get caught up [...]

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Airport Safety Tips

April 11, 2011
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With heightened security at all airports around the world you will find they are not the fun and exciting places they once used to be. You will need to change the way you thought about travel. You can get into trouble in airports fast these days, and so here is a guide to surviving them. [...]

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4 tips for airport car hire

January 18, 2011
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Airport car hire has become extremely popular for those embarking on a trip abroad. When you are on holiday or traveling, car hire is the best way to give you the freedom to explore a new country or area. You will be able to travel wherever your mood takes you and reach some far out [...]

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8 Tips on Dealing With Airports and Flights

January 14, 2011
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Preparing for your flight these days means more than just making sure you have travel insurance and packing your suitcase. With increased airport security and measures, are you taking a long time to get past immigration from when you check-in? Why is it some people just seem to glide by and others don’t? Here are [...]

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Another Baggage Handlers’ Walkout in Helsinki

January 18, 2010

Another walkout by baggage handlers at Helsinki Airport began on Monday evening. The job action initially involved 20 employees of ISS Aviation, which handles luggage for Blue1, Lufthansa, SAS and other airlines. It is expected to last until 9 am Tuesday. Carriers using the airport’s Terminal 1 said they would try to stick to their [...]

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Finnair cancels also Tuesday’s scheduled flights due to pilots’ strike

November 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Due to Finnair’s pilots’ strike scheduled flights are also cancelled on Tuesday. Altogether Finnair has cancelled over 400 flights because of the strike. The cancelled flights affect 32 000 passengers. Finnair aims to operate all of its leisure flights regardless of the strike. Leisure flights are operated by Finnair’s management pilots and [...]

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