The weekly Head for Points business travel newsletter - 6th March
Rob Burgess
Editor, Head for Points, the UK's biggest frequent flyer and business travel website with 2.6m monthly page views
Welcome to?your weekly round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news?as well as?links to the latest reviews and features from?headforpoints.com.
Apologies for the slightly late arrival this week but, like many of you, I have been travelling down to Berlin today for ITB.
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People news:
Tom Otley has stood down as Editor of Business Traveller magazine after almost 20 years.
From a personal point of view, I'd like to acknowledge Tom as a great ambassador for the business travel sector over the last two decades. It was always a pleasure to chat to him at a media event and his enthusiasm, knowledge and contacts were second to none.
The latest UK business travel news:
Lufthansa has unveiled its new Allegris cabins with an impressive First Suite and seven new business class seat types. Image above.
British Airways has launched a premium cabin sale. We crunch the numbers.
Cardiff Marriott hotel has completed a full refurbishment including a new Executive Lounge.
Business travel stories we recommend from other sites:
Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised in June (The Scotsman)
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Southend Airport is put up for sale (Travel Weekly)
Hilton Brighton Metropole unveils ￡26 million refurbishment (Business Traveller)
Why the UK has banned Lufthansa sustainability adverts (Simple Flying)
Loganair to restore Glasgow-Donegal service (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
Sinead headed to the Maldives (a tough job but someone had to do it) to look at three Marriott resorts, starting with the Westin Maldives Miriandhoo. She took her young daughter so there is a family travel angle to the article.
Rob reviews Qatar Airways business class on the A380. Can it compete without Qsuite?
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam
On Thursday Virgin Atlantic officially became a SkyTeam alliance member, joining existing partners Delta, Air France and KLM. Our coverage included:
Other loyalty articles
Thank you for reading
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See you next Monday.
Rob, Rhys and Sinead @ Head for Points
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