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IATA safety claims offer cold comfort
2/22/2010 11:24:00 AM
Last week the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced its aviation safety performance for 2009, with the figures apparently showing that the year’s accident rate for was the second lowest in aviation history.
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Solution to economy class problem falls flat
2/1/2010 11:36:00 AM
The revolution has finally begun! No longer will economy class passengers be forced to endure uncomfortable long-haul journeys; no longer will we have to twist and turn to find a marginally less painful sleeping position; never again will the inflatable sleeping pillow be the pinnacle of coach class comfort.
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A tiger is for life, not just for Christmas
1/25/2010 10:55:00 AM
With Christmas fading in the memory and the last traces of pine needles being swept from carpets across the world, many families will now be settling into life with a new pet.
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Airports get in a sweat about terrorist threat
1/18/2010 10:05:00 AM
Martin Amis, the famous English literary stylist, once wrote that terrorism was a “great symbolic victory for boredom”, serving only to increased the tedium of international air travel.
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All the glamour and glitz of DIY
9/28/2009 10:53:00 AM
You’ll have to excuse me this week if my writing seems somewhat disjointed, as I am preparing this Editor’s Eye with the mother of all headaches. In fact, make that the mother, father and immediate kin of all headaches.
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Putting the stress back into the travel industry
9/7/2009 11:20:00 AM
By Barry Daniel
PATA’s latest figures show an estimated 6% decline in visitor arrivals to SE Asia, with Thailand contributing a double digit fall to this. However one sector of the in-bound market to Thailand that’s currently booming is health and wellness tourism.
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Science schmience – Google Earth “finds” Nessie
8/31/2009 10:55:00 AM
It is incredible that the biggest news story of last week, or perhaps even the last year (oh to hell with it, perhaps even in history!) didn’t make the front page of the world’s press.
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Mistakes all too easy for distracted desk jockeys
8/24/2009 10:21:00 AM
Are you are in a low-paid, menial office job? Perhaps you are fresh out of school or university, and spend your days mindlessly tapping numbers into computers? Do you think your job is unimportant, and have little effect on the overall success of the company? Oh how wrong you are! A story last week reminded us that while the managers that make the decisions, it is the actions of these desk jockeys have the biggest impact.
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ABBA 4, Liverpool 0
8/17/2009 10:55:00 AM
My cultural preferences were defined at an early age. As a pre-pubescent lad back in the UK, I was exposed to the best efforts of my Mother to interest me in the high-brow delights of London’s West End.
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