Fraport Traffic Figures – May 2019: Frankfurt Airport Reports Solid Growth Barbara Kingstone June 18, 2019 Airport/Airport Hotels, News, Travel Tips Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 6.2 million passengers in May 2019, an increase of 1.4 percent year-on-year. The growth rate would have been one percentage point higher, if FRA had not been affected by a...
Pearson International gets fit! Barbara Kingstone October 16, 2013 Airport/Airport Hotels, News Entrepreneur and fitness guru, David "Patch" Patchell-Evans, has opened a large, modern, glassed-in, fitness centre at Toronto's Pearson International Airport's Terminal 1, Gate F. This is one of...
Frankfurt Airport Opens Pier A-Plus as Scheduled Barbara Kingstone October 7, 2012 Airport/Airport Hotels, Europe, Germany, Hotels Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) new Pier A-Plus – the 2624 feet-long westward expansion of Terminal 1 – opened on schedule after about four years of construction. Flight operations begin on October 10, 2012,...
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport: Redefining Air Travel Subhasish Chakraborty June 18, 2012 Airport/Airport Hotels, Health Travel, India With the successful completion of the construction of phase I of the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), the Ministry of Civil Aviation granted permission to officially begin operations from...
Twenty five tips for the traveller Barbara Kingstone November 21, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Health Travel 1. For the habitual traveller, there’s nothing more exciting than planning and packing. Yet for others, organizing for that long-awaited trip becomes a stress-filled ordeal. The trick is in knowing...
The Joys of flying. Flying high at Schiphol is a pleasant surprise Barbara Kingstone October 27, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Europe, The Netherlands Is it a mall, maybe Las Vegas or even a culinary village. Ah, it’s Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. With over 40 million travelers each year, and rated fourth busiest airport in Europe, the airport...
Fly in, Fly out, Meet in the Middle at The Sheraton Gateway Toronto Barbara Kingstone October 22, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Canada, Hotels, North America The Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto International Airport is the only hotel directly connected to the airport and it now offers a meeting package so delegates can fly in for a meeting and then easily fly out...
The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel Barbara Kingstone May 3, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, North America, United States It’s never an inconvenience to have to stay over in Los Angeles. One of my favorite hotels, when in need, is The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel, a free shuttle service just 5-7 minutes from LAX. It’s a...
Airport Hotels that make traveling easier Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Antigua, Asia, Hotels I recall several years ago arriving on a late flight from Myanmar to Don Muang Airport in Bangkok, I had to stay overnight for my early morning flight. Not bad, I thought, thinking that I’d be able to rush...
The joys of flying Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Europe, The Netherlands Flying high at Schiphol is a pleasant surprise Is it a mall, maybe Las Vegas or even a culinary village. Ah, it’s Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. With over 40 million travellers each year, and rated fourth...
