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12 DEC 2008 |
Brave new waiting world
Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
Are you relaxed? No, because you’ve been traveling? Why not combine business and pleasure in the future and take a closer look at what airport lounges have to offer. “Do you want to bet?” The most famous travel bet in the literary world was made in a lounge in the London “Reform Club.” In Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days,“ the British gentleman Philias Fogg bets that he can travel completely around the world in 80 days. Clubs like this aren’t necessary meant to have their visitors leave again so quickly, though. Read more
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01 DEC 2008 |
United Arab Emirates: Success through discretion
Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
There are major cultural differences between Western countries and those in the Gulf region. To achieve business success in the United Arab Emirates, it is important to heed specific features of Arabic culture. The “Burj Dubai”: at a height of over 800 meters and circa 175 floors, this skyscraper is the highest building in the world. Although the “Tower of Dubai”, which was erected by an international consortium, will not open until next year, it is already a symbol for the economic attractiveness of the United Arab Emirates and the chances that could develop from business relationships between the Arabic and Western worlds Read more
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26 NOV 2008 |
Paper tickets: Time to say goodbye
Posted in Blog, Business Traveler by AirPlus Editor
This year marks the end of an age: that of paper tickets. Thanks to the introduction of e-tickets, passengers only need their identification documents to begin a previously booked journey. Do you remember? As a rule, it’s probably been one to two years – possibly even sometime in the last few months – since you’ve stood at the airline ticket counter with a many-page paper ticket, waiting until it’s finally your turn. Or since you lost sleep (or gained a few new gray hairs) over a misplaced ticket and had to deal with the all-powerful travel-bureaucracy gods. Read more
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