»»Sleeping Pods at Vancouver International Airport

Sleeping 30 minutes at Vancouver International airport would cost you 9.50 Canadian dollars.

That is what MetroNaps, company that runs a few sleeping pods in the U.S. departures area of Vancouver airport, charges for a half hour nap.
The service also includes a blanket and noise-canceling headphones.

Dallas-Fort Worth International makes available podcasts, downloadable at its website, covering information on terminal’s parking, dining options, shopping etc…


 

»»United Airlines Announces International Route Changes

United Airlines announced several schedule changes over the next months.
Because of strong business travel demand on routes to Asia, the nation’s second-largest carrier will add 40 weekly flights to Asia over the next nine months.

United will move its Tokyo service from New York JFK to Washington Dulles International Airport.

It also no longer will fly from New York to London, having agreed to sell such route to Delta Air Lines.
Based on this deal, Delta is expected to begin daily round-trip service between JFK and London’s Gatwick airport later this year.

United Airlines will still fly to London from Dulles, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.


 

»»Vietnam Airlines Plans Direct Flights to US

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has announced that Vietnam Airlines is planning to start a direct service to US.

Trinh Ngoc Thanh, head of the airline’s marketing division, said they still need to resolve a number of issues related to the US’s high aviation standards on safety.

Vietnam Airlines intends to offer a direct service to Vietnameses living in the US — more than a million, and American passengers visitingViet Nam — 300,000 last year, as well.

United Airlines is the only carrier providing direct air service between Viet Nam and the US. (Source)


 

»»Business Travelers Face Tighter Corporate Travel Policies

A survey by travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel found one in four business travelers regularly breaks their company travel policy.

However the companies are also taking corporate travel policies more seriously and as a consequence of that, have becoming increasingly tight and made mandatory rather than serve as a guideline for the employee. That means, when choosing a service, crucial is the cost and not the welfare of the employee.

The study was carried out on a sample of 2,000 business travelers.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel, also revealed 89 per cent of the business travelers of the sample, said their companies had corporate travel policies.


 

»»Smoking Banned at Marriott Hotels

Following a trend started by other hotel chains, Marriott International Inc. will make all of its hotels in the United States and Canada smoke-free starting in September.

Marriott’s move is involving more than 2,300 hotels and corporate apartments and nearly 400,000 guest rooms under the Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard, Marriott ExecuStay, Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, Fairfield Inn, and TownePlace Suites brands.

Smoking will not be allowed in any guest rooms, restaurants, lounges, meeting rooms, and public space areas.

How are customers going to react? Some hotel chains estimate around 90 percent of customers have been requesting nonsmoking rooms.