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Rosewood Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to add its second property in Austria, joining the recently opened Rosewood Vienna. The luxury group will manage the historic Hotel Schloss Fuschl when it reopens in late 2023 following a full renovation programme. The hotel is currently marketed under Marriott’s Luxury Collection, but will close for the […]

Finally TfL said that it will open new docking stations later this year at Burgess Park Albany Road, South Bermondsey station, Clements Road, Harris Academy, Brandon Street, Crimscott Street and The Blue – all within the London Borough of Southwark. The changes come as the scheme reported its busiest ever month in July 2022, with

Amsterdam Schiphol airport has launched a scheme to compensate passengers who have missed a flight as a result of long queues at security control. The Dutch airport has seen ongoing disruption due to staff shortages and rising demand as travel bounces back following the Covid-19 pandemic. The temporary scheme applies to passengers who arrived at

Vueling has announced three new winter-sun routes from Gatwick starting in December. The low-cost carrier will offer three flights per week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday ) to Tenerife South launching on December 6, followed by a twice-weekly service (Wednesday and Saturday) to Gran Canaria from December 7, and two flights per week (Thursday and Saturday)

Network provider O2 is offering customers complimentary access to a pop-up lounge at Gatwick airport until October 9. The O2 Roam Freely lounge, located airside in Gatwick North Terminal’s departures area, is complimentary for all O2 and Virgin Media customers, owing to the Virgin Media O2 joint venture business in the UK. Many mobile network

Icelandic low-cost carrier Play has reported ‘record-breaking’ passenger numbers for the month of July. The airline carrier 109,956 passengers last month, a 25 per cent increase from the previous month. The number of passengers flown last month is also more than the total who flew with the airline in 2021. The airline says that the

One of UK rail’s leading train operators has been forced to reintroduce the same sparse schedules it ran during the height of the pandemic. From August 14 Avanti West Coast says it will operate a maximum of four trains an hour from London Euston. It means there will be just one train every hour (on

According to this page on Todd Architect’s website “the hall’s transformation into a destination hospitality and leisure scheme includes approx. 150 stylish hotel rooms and eight new bars and restaurants at ground and basement levels”. The project will include the “rejuvenation” of a 1,500-seat events space, as well as the addition of a members’ club

Jetblue has launched its service from London Gatwick to Boston, with plans to offer five daily flights between the US and the UK by October. The inaugural flight took off from Boston’s Logan International airport on August 4 and landed at Gatwick early on August 5. The daily flight times are as follows: BOS-LGW departs 1837,

On August 6, Finnair is launching new direct flights from Helsinki to Mumbai in India. Flights to the Indian city will initially operate three times a week, increasing to four times weekly in November. Customers will experience Finnair’s state-of-the-art A330, which offers a choice of flying in Business Class or Economy Class. The new route