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“Czech quarter” in Shanghai reaches completion (Radio Prague)
Radio Prague first reported back in 2004 on plans to build a “Czech quarter” in the Chinese city of Shanghai. That project is now a reality, with apartment blocks, villas and a hotel built to resemble the architecture of Prague - in fact the hotel is modelled on Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall. There’s also, inevitably, a Czech-style pub.
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Sheraton gets new manager (The Prague Post)
Christoph Knichel, 41, is the new general manager at the Sheraton Prague Charles Square Hotel.
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Kayak.com launches three tools (eyefortravel.com)
Kayak.com has launched three tools including the industry's first search result collaboration feature for real-time sharing of air, hotel, rental car and cruise searches.
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Thanksgiving bounty (The Prague Post)
Fall is one giant roast fowl feast. Just when you’ve recovered from gorging on turkey for Canadian Thanksgiving (the second Monday of October), along comes St. Martin’s Day (Nov. 11) with its traditional succulent goose.
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tripwolf partners with HotelsCombined.com (eyefortravel.com)
Social travel guide www.tripwolf.com has formed API partnership with HotelsCombined.com. tripwolf.com already offers city guides, pictures, travel blogs and maps for more than 250,000 destinations, attractions, sights and points of interest.
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JetLite's new website launched (eyefortravel.com)
JetLite, Jet Airways' wholly-owned all-economy subsidiary, has launched its all-new website, www.jetlite.com.
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Carlson and Expedia to launch a flexible pricing pilot (eyefortravel.com)
Carlson Hotels Worldwide has signed a new multi-year distribution agreement with Expedia, Inc. Carlson Hotels properties will have access to promotional and merchandising opportunities within group's global marketplace of more than 60 Expedia- and hotels.com-branded sites worldwide.
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Air France-KLM reports a 96.2 percent fall in second quarter earnings (eyefortravel.com)
Air France-KLM Group reported a net profit of euro28 million ($35.4 million) for the July-September period, down 96 percent from euro736 million a year earlier.
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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou refuses to approve accounts (eyefortravel.com)
easyJet is facing a rift with founder and board member Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou over the carrier's accounting and business strategy.
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"We are encouraging all of our franchisees and owners to resist discounting" (eyefortravel.com)
Stephen P. Holmes, chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide, has emphasised that aggressive discounting is not a good formula and often leads to failure. "The US lodging industry has been one of the strongest sectors over the past few years but it is not immune to this economy.
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