20 June, 2008
The US Government is imposing tougher restrictions on Australians wanting to visit America.
Australia is currently one of more than two dozen countries that enjoy visa waiver rights for short-term travel to the US.
But from the beginning of next year Australians wanting to travel to America will have to register with the US Government at least [...]
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20 June, 2008
As Dubai’s popularity among tourists and business people increases, there is a growing demand for Islamic, or Sharia-compliant, hotels that apply a no-alcohol policy and tailor their services to suit Muslim culture.
Some hotel chains follow a detailed set of Islamic rules for operating hotels, while others just adhere to Islam’s ban on alcohol owing to [...]
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20 June, 2008
Lesson learned from June disasters
British Airways said Wednesday that it would not shift remaining long-haul flights to London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 until after the busy summer period.
After switching some long-haul flights to the problem-plagued new terminal in early June, British Airways and the airport operator BAA said they would transfer the rest in two [...]
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4 April, 2008
Domestic travellers flying Qantas will soon be able to send SMS messages and emails while in the air, but voice calls are off limits for now.
Qantas has committed to implementing the technology following a trial on one of its domestic 767 planes, which ran from April last year to January this year.
Vanessa Hudson, general manager [...]
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