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News: Etihad announces strongest ever 1Q results

June 14, 2015 • admin
Etihad Airways, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary of operations, has recorded its strongest ever passenger for a primary quarter. The Abu Dhabi-based airline posted Q1 2013 passenger revenues of US$900 million (2012: US$758 million), a rise of nineteen per cent. Passenger numbers in Q1 2013 grew by 18 per cent, rising from 2.3 million to a record 2.8 million. The average seat factor was 80.5 per cent, four percentage points higher than the former year (2012: 76.5 per cent), despite a 12 per cent increase in capacity. The seat factor is above IATA’s current global average of 77.1 per cent. Etihad Cargo also had its strongest first quarter, with tonnage up 20 per cent from 85,152 to 101,776 tonnes. James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad...
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Multi-billion Euro-Vegas project planned for Madrid

March 2, 2015 • admin
Las Vegas Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. has chosen Madrid for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort project which have been dubbed “EuroVegas” and can be Europe’s biggest casino and conference centre. The latest plans for this exciting project were revealed by the company’s chairman and chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson on the Jerusalem International Tourism Summit. The 79 year old entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman, whose career spans six decades, was honoured for his tremendous contributions within the travel and tourism industry earlier today on the Summit. Widely credited for reworking Vegas from a gamingcentric regional location into the leading convention and exhibition city inside the U . s ., the tycoon now has his sights set on Madrid . He revealed to delegates on the Jerusalem forum that his...
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Multi-billion Euro-Vegas project planned for Madrid

February 6, 2015 • admin
Las Vegas Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. has chosen Madrid for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort project which have been dubbed “EuroVegas” and should be Europe’s biggest casino and conference centre. The latest plans for this exciting project were revealed by the company’s chairman and chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson on the Jerusalem International Tourism Summit. The 79 year old entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman, whose career spans six decades, was honoured for his tremendous contributions within the travel and tourism industry earlier today on the Summit. Widely credited for reworking Vegas from a gamingcentric regional location into the leading convention and exhibition city within the Usa, the tycoon now has his sights set on Madrid . He revealed to delegates on the Jerusalem forum that his vision is to...
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Multi-billion Euro-Vegas project planned for Madrid

January 25, 2015 • admin
Las Vegas Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. has chosen Madrid for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort project which have been dubbed “EuroVegas” and can be Europe’s biggest casino and conference centre. The latest plans for this exciting project were revealed by the company’s chairman and chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson on the Second Jerusalem International Tourism Summit. The 79 year old entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman, whose career spans six decades, was honoured for his tremendous contributions within the travel and tourism industry earlier today on the Summit. Widely credited for remodeling Vegas from a gamingcentric regional location into the leading convention and exhibition city inside the America, the tycoon now has his sights set on Madrid . He revealed to delegates on the Jerusalem forum that his vision is...
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News: Secretary of State for Transport to communicate at ABTA’s Travel Matters 2013

September 29, 2014 • admin
ABTA today announced that the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP, will deliver the keynote address at Travel Matters on 26 June 2013.  Now in its fourth year, this invitation-only conference will offer delegates a completely unique opportunity to listen to from, and interact with a superb line-up of speakers from Government and the industry. Delegates at Travel Matters 2013, going down at Millbank Media Centre in Westminster, will discuss and debate aviation capacity, the competitiveness of the UK’s travel and tourism sector, tourism’s Olympic legacy, and the opportunities, challenges and barriers to inspiring business and consumer confidence, under the theme “An Agenda for Growth”. The Secretary of State will speak alongside ABTA’s Chief Executive, Mark Tanzer, and there’ll be an industry perspective keynote from...
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