All hope is not lost in the global aviation world after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its Airline Financial Analysis for the months of December 2012 and January 2013. According to IATA, airline share prices continue to outperform as financial markets upgrade their outlook on airline profits. Early Q4 2012 profit results are showing improvements globally, despite rises in jet fuel. Business confidence seems to be on the uptick, reflected in year-over-year ...
Yesterday, I blogged about the value of writing trip reports. I also included a link to my report which I published on airliners.net on my outbound journey to Europe on Air France.
Today, I'm happy to share the INBOUND trip report on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. You can directly access the trip report by clicking here, and it will navigate you to the page.
Some nuggets from this trip report:
It was my first time flying KLM, and I loved it. Although I have ...
If you're going to Amsterdam and you have no interest in the drug scene or paying for sex, don't worry, there's much more to this city than coffee shops, magic mushrooms, and Russian teenagers. This is how you can have a fun few days in Amsterdam without having to lie to your spouse about what you've been up to. Or even if you did do all the bad stuff, this is what you can say you did...
1) Anne Frank House- simply a must.
2) Van Gogh Museum- eye ...
Hyatt and HILLGATE Properties, a Dutch real estate developer, announced Hyatt Place hotel in the Netherlands, near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The hotel will open in Mid-2013 and will be the first Hyatt Place Hotel in Europe.
Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport, with have around 330 rooms, will be located in Hoofddorp, close to Amsterdam Schiphol airport.
Currently there are over 160 Hyatt Place hotels in the U.S. and around 30 under development throughout the U.S., India, Panama and Costa Rica according to Hyatt. Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport will be the second Hyatt property to open in Netherlands, with the expected opening of the new Andaz Amsterdam in 2012.
It will be nice to get more Hyatt brands in Europe, but I would really like to see more Park Hyatts or even Hyatt Regencys in Europe.
