Business Travel Tips

Air Canada has launched “Flight Pass for Business“, a new business promotion which simplifies a company’s travel management process.

Companies can purchase multiple one-way flights at a time, for multiple employees to use whenever they fly on business in Canada and between Canada and the U.S, on flights operated by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz™ or Air Canada regional partners.

The Flight Pass for Business is designed for companies of any size, from small to large, offering 100 journeys over the course of a year for up to 25 different fliers. Find out details.

American Airlines will let passengers know latest fare sales via cell phones.

Verizon, Spirit, Nextel, Alltel, and Virgin allow their customers to sign up the service by texting ‘AA’ to 22898.
Everyone with a compatible phone can also sign up on the American Airlines webpage.

Beginning May 14, the
BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, first Global CDMA/GSM BlackBerry, will be available through Verizon Wireless’ business sales channels.

“The BlackBerry 8830 is built on an exciting new device platform that combines CDMA and GSM/GPRS roaming support with the latest in industrial design and functional innovations,” said Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer at Research In Motion.

Verizon Wireless announced, on May 14 it also will be available the new Global BlackBerry service, an “always-on, always connected” wireless e-mail solution that allows customers to place and receive voice calls from more than 150 countries and send and receive e-mails in the United States, Canada and more than 60 countries worldwide.
CDMA/GSM BlackBerry smartphone, coupled with Always-On Global E-Mail, keeps travelers connected in more than 60 countries. (see press release)

Continental Airlines offers its BusinessFirst class passengers traveling from Hong Kong and Beijing free helicopter transfer service between Newark Liberty International Airport and the downtown or mid-town Manhattan heliports.

This eight-minute transfer, that normally costs US$159 one-way, will be free of charge through June 30, 2007.

Passengers departing New York can check in and obtain boarding passes at the Manhattan heliport.
The helicopter transfer service operates Monday through Friday from 6:40 AM. to 6:30 PM.

Travelers in Japan will soon have access two more Sheraton brand hotels. Starwood Hotels & Resorts opened this month Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Osaka and Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo.

The Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Osaka is located in Uehonmachi in Osaka, adjacent to a major railway station (40 minutes by train from Kyoto) and in proximity to the business districts.

The Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo is located in the area of Shirokane, close to the business and commercial districts such as Shinagawa, Ebisu and Shibuya.