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Virgin Atlantic's Flagship Clubhouse At Heathrow Celebrates First Birthday

Virgin Atlantic would like to wish its flagship Clubhouse at Heathrow many happy returns as it celebrates its first year of operation since its redesign. 

Qatar Airways Begins Scheduled Flights Between Doha and Denpasar

Qatar Airways views Bali as an important part of a wider expansion plan into Asia. The addition of Bali, as well as Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam this week sees Qatar Airways now flying to 14 destinations across the Far East, with Hong Kong, Osaka, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Yangon, Manila and Cebu, all part of its growing Asian network.

Virgin Atlantic Announces Alliance Agreement With ANA

Virgin Atlantic Airways and Tokyo based ANA (All Nippon Airways) are delighted to announce that they have agreed a new alliance agreement under which both carriers will work more closely together.

Qatar Airways Launches Chennai and Bali

The latest moves in Qatar Airways’ huge expansion across Asia and the Indian sub-continent took off yesterday with flights from its base in Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, to Chennai (formerly known as Madras) and the tropical island of Bali.

Niki Takes Delivery of First A319

Austrian carrier NIKI has taken delivery of the first A320-family aircraft to be fitted with the new cabin that Airbus has developed for the type.

S&P Upgrades Gate Gourmet Credit Rating

Standard & Poor’s has upgraded the credit rating on global airline caterer Gate Gourmet, which is co-headquartered in Reston, Va., and Zurich, Switzerland.

DO & CO Acquires Catering Of The AUA Group - Agreement Reached With AUA and SAVE

DO & CO Restaurants & Catering AG has acquired the airline catering businesses at Vienna, Linz, Graz, Salzburg and Bratislava of AIREST from the Italian SAVE group.

Gate Gourmet Wins ITCA's Silver Mercury Award

Gate Gourmet won the Silver Mercury Award in the Category “Training and Skills Development” for its SPICE program at the recent annual International Travel Catering Association (ITCA) Convention in Cologne, Germany.

A Practical Look at Pandemic Planning

In a recent survey, 73% of companies believed a pandemic flu represents a real threat to the United States.* Barely half feel they are prepared. Is your company as ready as it needs to be?

The Conference Center at Harvard Medical invites business leaders to Business Preparation for Pandemic: A Leadership Summit hosted by Harvard Business School Publishing and Harvard Medical Publications on May 14-16, 2007 in Boston.

2007 Industry Events

Marine Hotel Association Orlando, April 15 - 17

World Regional Airports Congress 2007, London, April 17-18

Aircraft Interiors Expo 2007, Hamburg, April 17 - 19

RFID World Asia 2007, Singapore, April 24 - 27

Asia Pacific Airports World 2007, Singapore, May 7-9

WAEA Week, Zurich Mariott Hotel, May 21 - 24

Rail Infrastructure MENA 2007, Dubai, June 3 - 5

IFSA Thailand, June 4 – 8

Africa Rail 2007, Johannesburg, June 25 - 29

African Ports and Harbours Congress 2007, Johannesburg, June 25 - 29

Asia Pacific Aviation Summit 2007, Sydney, July 23 - 25

IFSA – Houston, September 8 – 10

Asia Pacific Travel Catering 2007, September 5 - 7

RFID Australia 2007, Sydney, Spetember 11 - 13

World Low Cost Airlines Congress 2007, London, September 17 - 19

ITCA Dubai, December 11 – 13

Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline Congress 2008, Singapore, Jnauary 22 - 24