A survey of more than 14,500 frequent travelers, representing 160 countries around the world, voted Singapore’s Changi airport as the world’s favorite, closely followed by Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok.
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News on Royal Intel and important announcements
According to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast released at the end of September, pent up trip demand coupled with supply base changes are likely to cause rates to slightly increase in most travel categories by the end of 2010. Business class airfares in particular are expected to increase in line with reduced capacity and on-going business demand for international travel.
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Japan Tourist Board (JTB), Kinki Nippon Tourist (KNT), Nippon Travel Agency (NTA), and JALPAK Travel have announced their optimism in recording favorable customer estimates during the current spring/summer season. These optimistic estimates, the aforementioned travel industry players note, will be comparable to or exceeding that of last year after suffering from setbacks in customer numbers in May and June due to impacts related to the H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak.
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Indonesia’s Garuda is set to resume flying to Europe in the first half of 2010. This announcement comes after the EU Air Safety Committee recommends the lifting of the flight ban on Garuda and three other Indonesian carriers. The country’s Transportation Minister, Jusman Syafii Djamal, intonated that the European Commission should allow Garuda, Mandala Airlines, Airfast Indonesia, and Prime Air to fly in EU airspace.
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Dear MIG Colleagues,
In anticipation of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009, Royal Intel is inviting NTOs and tourism entities across Europe to take part in a new study project: Climate Solutions – Technical Visits. With Climate Solutions – Technical Visits, Royal Intel is offering an extensive – and as always very generously priced – study of Asian technical visits to Europe – or specifically technical visits from China, India, Japan, and Korea focused on climate solutions to the individual project member countries. Read the rest of the article…
