A short, but super stay, at the Grand Hyatt Amman. The hotel is about 20 minutes drive from the airport but was a great place to stay – comfortable bed, good air con and great staff. Read about it here.
Crowne Plaza Business Park, Doha
A recent stay at the Crowne Plaza Doha turned in to a great stay. Well worth booking if you need a hotel near the Hamad International Airport. Breakfast is great and worth buying when you book your room. A real star in the desert.
One of the reasons the new Berlin airport is late….a Fake engineer?
As many people know the new airport for Berlin – Brandenburg – should have been opened many months ago in 2012. At the very last minute there was a problem with the Fire System and the opening was postponed. Tegel continues to be the airport of choice for many visitors with its close in location…
Heathrow baggage woes delay move of Thai and Turkish to Terminal 2
News that Turkish and Thai will not be moving for some months
Doha Hamid International Airport…my tales of
I was ‘lucky’ enough to travel through the new airport a few days after it had opened. My initial impression was of a fairly standard new airport that was just coming on line. 1st Flight I flew from Cairo, landing at the new airport and taxing to a jet bridge gate – C13. Two jetbridges…
Hyatt update mobile app
Hyatt has updated its mobile app … and it works! The Hyatt iPhone app has been one of the most frustrating I have ever encountered as it very infrequently retreived reservations properly and was generally pretty clunky. Today that has changed with the new app being downloadable now. The homepage is redesigned to give it…
United loads some more time changes
I noticed that overnight last weekend United loaded some flight time changes. Mine are only a few minutes between New York and San Francisco/Los Angeles which didn’t endanger my connections. Worth a look if you’re flying in the Autumn.
Building works and 3 stays at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport
The Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport is having a new front entrance installed and the temporary entrance is between the parking garage and the hotel on the North side of the property. The shuttles are stopping between the temporary entrance and the road – the stop is clearly marked but don’t wait outside the temporary…
Travelzoo Lounge offers at Gatwick, Heathrow (T3), Stansted, Birmingham and Edinburgh
My Lounge at Gatwick North Terminal – £16 (to 31 December) – offer details here. No1 Travellers lounges at London Heathrow (Terminal 3), Stansted, Birmingham or Edinburgh airports for £20 to 31 October – offer details here.
Connecting in Cairo, and Ahlan VIP services
On my recent trip I had to undertake three sets of connections in Cairo, Egypt. This, I have to say, is one of the most connection-unfriendly airports I have ever encountered. (To the extent that if I had to do it again, I would come a day early, stay at the airport and depart the…
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