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Etihad renews spaces on aircraft

Posted on 20/05/2014 by admin

A380 debuts “The Residence” means a living room with a separate area with double bed and en suite shower

Etihad: "The Residence"

Etihad: “The Residence”

News on aircraft Etihad.
A380 of the company will debut “The Residence”, a living area with a separate bedroom and a bathroom with shower attached. Guests will also enjoy a personal butler. The A380 also characterized by apartments in First, private suites with a fully flat bed and recliner separated.
On airplanes, the company is introducing the EX3 Panasonic entertainment system on both fleets, providing more than 750 hours of on-demand entertainment, games and high-definition screens in all classes. The system has video touchscreen devices. Headsets with noise reduction system of the fund are available in all all classes, with audio jack built-in magnets to ensure a better quality of sound.

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Abu Dhabi, the first quarter record for tourism

Posted on 20/05/2014 by admin

The data, released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, show about 834 771 visitors in the first three months of the year, a 32% compared to the same period of 2013

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Tourist arrivals in Abu Dhabi in his 152 hotels have recorded its best first quarter ever in terms of number of guests, nights spent and profits. The data just released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority show about 834 771 visitors in the first three months of the year , a 32% compared to the same period of 2013.
The nights spent in the Emirate totaled 2.6 million , an increase of 22% compared to Q1 of 2013 and with an employment level of 79% (+8% on 2013) . Profits grew by 11 % to 1.5 billion dirhams (just over € 294 million ) with the food & beverage sector in the Lead with a growth of 11 % to 595 million dirhams ( 116 million euro ) .
” These data are very encouraging considering that the portfolio of hotels Emirate is constantly evolving , with a growth of 10% in the last year in the availability of the rooms ,” said Jasem Al Darmaki , deputy director general , TCA Abu Dhabi.
“Our primary focus is to promote the Emirate and its vast tourism portfolio with the objective of increasing the average length of stays , which now stands at just over 3 nights and emphasizing products to both the consumer and to the trade and focusing a lot on the value-for -money that is the destination , “concluded Al Darmaki .

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Air Traffic according to IATA

Posted on 24/04/2014 by admin

In February, an overall increase in demand of 5.4% compared to February 2013

IATA air traffic

IATA air traffic

Although a slowdown compared to 8.2% in January, the cumulative growth in traffic for the first 2 months was 6.9% (+5.2 in the first two months of 2013). All regions except Africa showed an increase in traffic. In Europe, international traffic grew by 5.8% compared to February 2013.

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Fiumicino Rome Airport: new service release identity card

Posted on 24/04/2014 by admin

The Rome Fiumicino Airport offers a new service release in view of the identity card for passengers with expired document.

Fiumicino Rome Airport

Fiumicino Rome Airport

The desk for the issuance of identity cards to passengers with expired document is located in the Departures area, with a detachment of the registration office of the Municipality of Rome and is open to all citizens. Of course the service is not extended to passports.

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Fifa: 9,539 Italians will go to Brazil to follow the World Cup

Posted on 24/04/2014 by admin

Will be 9,539 Italian fans who will travel to Brazil this summer to follow the World Cup Soccer. This is what emerges from the latest data released by FIFA in respect of the sale of tickets for the World Cup.

Brasil 2014

Brasil 2014

The 9,539 Italian fans currently in possession of the tickets will begin their journey in Manaus, where Italy will play its first match against England, continuing to Recife, where the National Team will meet Costa Rica, and Natal, where play the match against Uruguay.
In addition to Brazil and the United States (who have received the highest availability of tickets of the total), the European country with the highest number of tickets required is Germany, with 53 583. The number of tickets received from the British fans is slightly lower with a total of 53,387, while France is at an altitude of 31,608. There are 17,298 tickets for Switzerland, 14,741 in Holland, 12,985 in Spain, 10,003 and 9,937 for Russia to Israel.

Maè Group informs you that will accompany you in the long journey of the World Cup 2014 in a dream destination to watch the best matches of our national team.

For any information please contact us!

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Frankfurt airport: passengers more mobile boarding

Posted on 31/03/2014 by admin

Two-thirds are checked in online, and a fifth goes with the boarding pass on your smartphone

Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport

Passengers at Frankfurt are the biggest users of check-in and boarding pass made ​​by cabinet. A survey of Sita states that two-thirds of the patrons of the airport regularly perform check in online from home or office and nearly one-fifth of the 58 million passengers using boarding passes from your smartphone. Regarding the kiosks for operations self-made, they are used by 37%. On a single mode “lack” slightly, and it is checked in to the mobile: only 6% finalizes here. The survey of Sita was carried out in six airports in the world.

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High spenders and inclined to the technology here is the new Chinese travelers

Posted on 31/03/2014 by admin

Chinese travelers are 256 million and photographed them to the latest survey of PhocusWright: one in two couples traveling and many more are expected to travel abroad in the next three years

China

China

With high disposable income, likely to devices such as smartphones and tablets , and numerous. To be precise , 256 million. There are many ” new Chinese travelers ” as photographed them in his last PhocusWright China Travel Consumer Report, presented to the audience the latest edition of ITB in Berlin.
That the potential is enormous leaps to the eye in comparison to the other two certainly more mature markets , the U.S. and Germany between 2012 and 2015 the growth of the travel market in China is estimated at around 34 % for the other two powers are talking , respectively , 14% and 8%.
How and where you travel
Of these, more than 250 million travelers , says PhocusWright , more than 50 % plan to travel and spend more this year. It falls a myth : the new class of Chinese tourists do not travel in groups, or better, it only does 20%. More than one in two ( 57% ), traveling in pairs , 35% of family and friends with more or less the same number , 35% and 39%. Half have traveled outside the borders of household , and there are excellent prospects for development if, as the study says , 62% of respondents who have traveled so far only within the People’s Republic of planning to do it abroad in the next three years (although to do the lion’s share are expected to be , as now, the nearby destinations of the rest of Asia) .

 

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Dubai easier for EU citizens

Posted on 31/03/2014 by admin

Thirteen other countries will not need a visa for entry in the Emirate

Dubai

Dubai

Dubai eases the entry procedures for those EU countries that still require a visa. Starting from March 22, in fact, it is no longer necessary to ask for the citizens of thirteen nations including Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, countries that go so to join those, fifteen, who already foresaw the entrance to Dubai without a visa.

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Expo 2015: unveiled the logo of the Italian Pavilion

Posted on 07/03/2014 by admin

It will be a shoot tricolor symbol “of diversity, but in a way which show the unit, summarized in a unique representation of our country”

Expo Logo 2015

It will be a shoot tricolor, which gives “the idea of gardens”, “youth and the future”, the logo of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2015, which was presented today. According to Diana Bracco, President and Commissioner General of Expo 2015 Italy Pavilion, the logo chosen is “the whole of Italy in its many joints, its a lot of diversity.” Bracco, as you read in the press sources, called it a “logo young, fresh, with the colors of Italy,” symbol “of diversity, but in a way which show the unit, summarized in a unique representation of the our country. “

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Alitalia expands its flights in the Balkans

Posted on 07/03/2014 by admin

The Eastern Europe in the development plans of the company

Alitalia Plane

East Europe and the Balkans in the foreground in the development of the business plan for Alitalia . The airline currently serves the area east with 18 direct connections to Albania , Poland, Armenia , Bulgaria, Georgia , Greece, Montenegro , Serbia, Ukraine and Hungary. “Over the course of 2013 – says the company – the market share on routes served by Alitalia has grown by 6.5 percentage points , an increase of ‘ 8 % of the number of passengers carried .” From 1 May Alitalia will inaugurate a new daily between Rome Fiumicino and Skopje, capital of Macedonia. Flight schedules are designed to promote , in addition to business trips and those of the Macedonians living in Italy, also connections from Macedonia to the rest of the international and intercontinental network of Alitalia, through the hub of Rome Fiumicino . It will also strengthen our presence in Poland , Czech Republic and Greece , with a new route from Milan Linate Airport to Warsaw and with the summer seasonal flights from Milan city airport to Prague, Athens , Thessaloniki and Heraklion. “Alitalia – says the company wants to give – a practical response to the growing demand for traffic between Italy and the area of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, also linked to increased economic cooperation and trade between Italy and countries of the eastern region .

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Fifa: 9,539 Italians will go to Brazil to follow the World Cup

Posted on 24/04/2014 by admin

Will be 9,539 Italian fans who will travel to Brazil this summer to follow the World Cup Soccer. This is what emerges from the latest data released by FIFA in respect of the sale of tickets for the World Cup.

Brasil 2014

Brasil 2014

The 9,539 Italian fans currently in possession of the tickets will begin their journey in Manaus, where Italy will play its first match against England, continuing to Recife, where the National Team will meet Costa Rica, and Natal, where play the match against Uruguay.
In addition to Brazil and the United States (who have received the highest availability of tickets of the total), the European country with the highest number of tickets required is Germany, with 53 583. The number of tickets received from the British fans is slightly lower with a total of 53,387, while France is at an altitude of 31,608. There are 17,298 tickets for Switzerland, 14,741 in Holland, 12,985 in Spain, 10,003 and 9,937 for Russia to Israel.

Maè Group informs you that will accompany you in the long journey of the World Cup 2014 in a dream destination to watch the best matches of our national team.

For any information please contact us!

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Alitalia expands its flights in the Balkans

Posted on 07/03/2014 by admin

The Eastern Europe in the development plans of the company

Alitalia Plane

East Europe and the Balkans in the foreground in the development of the business plan for Alitalia . The airline currently serves the area east with 18 direct connections to Albania , Poland, Armenia , Bulgaria, Georgia , Greece, Montenegro , Serbia, Ukraine and Hungary. “Over the course of 2013 – says the company – the market share on routes served by Alitalia has grown by 6.5 percentage points , an increase of ‘ 8 % of the number of passengers carried .” From 1 May Alitalia will inaugurate a new daily between Rome Fiumicino and Skopje, capital of Macedonia. Flight schedules are designed to promote , in addition to business trips and those of the Macedonians living in Italy, also connections from Macedonia to the rest of the international and intercontinental network of Alitalia, through the hub of Rome Fiumicino . It will also strengthen our presence in Poland , Czech Republic and Greece , with a new route from Milan Linate Airport to Warsaw and with the summer seasonal flights from Milan city airport to Prague, Athens , Thessaloniki and Heraklion. “Alitalia – says the company wants to give – a practical response to the growing demand for traffic between Italy and the area of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, also linked to increased economic cooperation and trade between Italy and countries of the eastern region .

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Air France-KLM, 3.8% of pax in January

Posted on 27/02/2014 by admin

The group has transported 5.7 million passegger

Air-France-Klm

Air-France-Klm

Air France-KLM in January has transported 5.7 million passengers, an increase of 3.8% compared to January 2013. The global traffic of the group has posted a +3.6%. The offer is generally increased by 1, 3%, with a significant increase in the Americas (+5.1%), driven by Latin America (+11%). The load factor reached 83, 3%, +1.8%.

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China aims to simplify visa application procedures

Posted on 27/02/2014 by admin

The Chinese government would try to manage visas in function of time, from 1 to 3 months, and no more for the number of entries required by the traveller 

Cina

Cina

China is considering to simplify the procedures for visas before the end of 2016. The news is reported by the foreign press, including Chinese newspapers.

The People’s Republic of China would be also willing to manage visas in function of time, from 1 to 3 months, and no more for the number of entries required by the traveller. Concretely, it would be possible to apply online for the visa and the confirmation would be sent, as in the case of ESTA U.S., after the submission of the application.

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Alitalia among the most punctual airlines, says FlightStats

Posted on 27/02/2014 by admin

The carrier won the tenth place ranking

AlitaliaAlitalia in the topten of the most punctual airlines in the world. The Italian company won the tenth place in the ranking made ​​by FlightStats, American independent body monitoring the operational performance of airlines. In the twelve months of 2013, Alitalia was taking off in 84 hours, 62% of cases and 83 land at the scheduled time, 65% of flights.

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Business Travel Centre: in 2014 the resumption of business

Posted on 19/02/2014 by admin

THE RENEWED OPTIMISM OF TRAVEL MANAGER AND THE RISE OF EXPENDITURE OF BUSINESS TRAVEL

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Business travel

The resulting data showed, in 2013, a loss in the number of business trips of 0.2% compared to 2012, a total of 29.8 million trips made. Increase in spending on business travel, which in 2013 rose to quota18, 8 billion euro, an increase of 2.1% over the previous year. The data not only confirms the predictions of last year, but seems to confirm the end of the cyclical downturn in the market for travel, also by virtue of the fact that for 2014 the forecast of travel managers have come back positive.

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