Sabre Corporation and Premier Inn International have entered into a strategic technology agreement under which Premier Inn will implement Sabre’s SynXis Enterprise Platform across the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. Premier Inn International will move its hotels in the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia to Sabre’s SynXis Central Reservation and SynXis Booking Engine solutions. The UK’s largest hotel …
efore we left, George’s mum made me swear not to let our six-year-old-son out of my sight for the duration of the festival. Even as I was nodding in agreement I knew keep this promise would be almost impossible – but I didn’t reckon on breaking it quite so spectacularly or, as things turned out, so willingly. Before I’d even …
Ryanair has launched its biggest ever Newcastle winter schedule, with two new routes to Lanzarote and Tenerife, a new winter service to Malaga, and more flights to Alicante and Dublin, with further growth planned. The schedule is expecyed to deliver 330,000 customers per year and support 250 jobs at Newcastle Airport, as Ryanair doubles its Newcastle traffic. In Newcastle, Ryanair’s …
owe my existence to skiing. At least that’s what my grandparents believed. Just before the Second World War they fled Prague for England with other Czech Jews, and after travelling across the border by train, stopped at a hotel for the night. Everyone was understandably tired and most went to bed early. But my grandfather stayed at the bar and, …
Marriott International in Europe will double in size once its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts is complete. In Europe, the company will reach over 123,000 opened or signed rooms when Marriott’s 61,000 open rooms join with Starwood’s 40,500 open rooms and the combined pipeline of 21,500 rooms. Starwood’s luxury brands, including St. Regis, Luxury Collection and W Hotels, will …
One of the most challenging phases of life, the teenage years is troublesome both for the teens and family. While there is the joy of your little one finally reaching the threshold of adulthood- there is also the fear of drug or alcohol abuse or any other sort of addiction that have become almost synonymous with teenhood. It’s often the …
Several tourists miss out on the varied experience that Agra has to offer in their hurry to cover the famed ‘Golden Triangle’. You might think to yourself that you’ll take a flight to Agra, have a quick look at the main event – the Taj Mahal – before flying on out to Delhi. But you really are skipping past a …
Americans travelling to Cuba later this month are being moved out of Havana hotels to make room for President Barack Obama’s entourage and being sent tantalisingly close to a place U.S. law effectively forbids them from visiting: the beach. Obama will make his historic trip to the Communist-ruled Caribbean island on March 21-22 with hundreds of people in tow, crowning …
Gangasagar Fair … devotees worshipping the sun just after their bath. Picture: Abhijit Banerjee/2016 Sony World Photography Awards FROM Hindus bathing in Bengal to Tibetan monks wrapped in rich red capes sprinkled with snow flakes and kids riding reindeers in Mongolia, this year’s entries in the Sony World Photo awards provide the ultimate snapshot of the world’s diverse cultures and …
The amazing snap. Picture: Big Pixel Studio TO the uninitiated, this panoramic snap of Shanghai’s waterfront is just an amazing shot of the sprawling city landscape — but on closer inspection, a shocking surprise lies in wait. The mesmerising 24.9-billion-pixel panoramic photograph has gone viral on the internet as users zoomed in close enough to see a naked man perched …