| Journal: TWUK | Section: |
| Title: | Issue Date: 06/11/00 |
| Author: | Page Number: 92 |
| Copyright: Other |
Airlines
Carriers set to raise awareness of services
Airlines highlight reasons to celebrate
Air Jamaica
Air Jamaica is using this year’s World Travel Market to raise awareness of its non-stop scheduled champagne service from Heathrow to Jamaicaand to highlight its continuing growth and routeexpansion.
During January-August this year, the airlinecarried 74,000 passengers on its London route compared with 50,000 during the same period in 1999. April was a very good month when, for the first time, the airline earned a larger market share from the UK to Jamaica than British Airways. Its share of the market was 33%, compared to BA’s 29%.
This shift reflects the Jamaican national carrier’s overall worldwide share to the destination, that has advanced to 48%, three points up on last year and ahead of any single carrier.
Air Jamaica: raising awareness of its champagne service
BWIA
Next week’s World Travel Market is an important one for Caribbean airline BWIAwhich will becelebrating its 60th anniversary on the first day of the show, November 13.
Newly rebranded, BWIA recently signed acomprehensive bilateral alliance with United Airlines, and BWIA delegates on the stand, which will include president and chief executive officer Conrad Aleong, will be able to update the trade on the relevance of this deal to its British customers.
BWIA can now offer a more convenient check-in service, while the agreement also expands United’s presence in the Caribbean by providing its customers with services to Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago.
BWIA is expanding its short-haul fleet by taking delivery of new Boeing 737-80 and Bombardier Dash-8Q300 aircraft.
BWIA
Next week’s World Travel Market is an important one for Caribbean airline BWIAwhich will becelebrating its 60th anniversary on the first day of the show, November 13.
Newly rebranded, BWIA recently signed acomprehensive bilateral alliance with United Airlines, and BWIA delegates on the stand, which will include president and chief executive officer Conrad Aleong, will be able to update the trade on the relevance of this deal to its British customers.
BWIA can now offer a more convenient check-in service, while the agreement also expands United’s presence in the Caribbean by providing its customers with services to Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago.
BWIA is expanding its short-haul fleet by taking delivery of new Boeing 737-80 and Bombardier Dash-8Q300 aircraft.
BWIA: expanding its fleet
Hotel round-up
* The Palmetto beach hotel will be exhibiting at the Antigua and Barbuda stand. It is currently being refurbished and will reopen in time for the winter season on November 23. Additional features include a bar on the hotel’s private beach and a recreation room for children within the hotel clubhouse, providing a wide range of activities. The hotel will also offer a boat for guest excursions, such as scuba diving, fishing and snorkelling. Horse-riding has also proved popular and the hotel is continuing to offer this facility.
* Time out @ Jolly Beach, Antigua, will reopen on December 15 following extensive $10m renovation. Representatives will be on the Antigua and Barbuda stand to discuss a new wedding package. Costing $635, the package includes organisation of the ceremony, contracting of the wedding official, legal fees, a taxi ride to the capital city, champagne toast and wedding cake at the reception, wedding licence and certificate. Weddings take place at the resort’s gazebo, located near the beach, or at other locations if preferred. Other additions to the Tradewinds-owned property are a beach grill and international buffet plus Italian, Greek and Caribbean restaurants.
* Marriott and REnaissance hotels will be informing visitors about several new initiatives across their Caribbean and Latin America portfolios. The Aruba Marriott and Stellartis Casino now has a Nortel companion system with 25 in-house cell phones available for use by guests. The Mandara Spa opens next month. In Cancun, the new JWMarriott Resort and Spa opens on February 1. It will have a European spa, dive pool, freshwater lagoon and a health club offering all facilities. The Curacao Marriott Beach Resort and Emerald Casino has launched a dive package available until December 18. Meanwhile, The Renaissance Grand Beach Resort in Curacao will be offering its Escape to Romance package until December 15.
* Elegant resorts has appointed David Ashworth as director of food and beverage and corporate chef, at the Colony Club Hotel, Barbados. Ashworth has worked in the UK, UAE, Antigua, Singapore and Malaysia. He previously worked at the Imperial Queens Park Hotel in Bangkok. Meet him at the Barbados Tourism Authority stand.
* radisson cable beach resort in the Bahamas recently won the Thomson Gold Medal Award for best Faraway Shores accommodation for the second consecutive year. More than 1,000 hotels around the world are judged for the award but the 700-room resort received the highest score in the areas of guest satisfaction and accommodation. The hotel will be exhibiting on the Bahamas stand.
Award winner: Radisson Cable Beach