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Heathrow’s new Star Alliance hub dubbed “The Queen’s Terminal”
TransportHeathrow may not get the extra runway it needs, but it’s been on a tear building new terminals. The new Terminal 2 that’s currently in progress will be home to the 23 Star Alliance airlines, as well as Virgin’s Little Red, Aer Lingus, and germanwings. Today Heathrow authorities announced that Terminal 2 would be known as [...]
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Grand vision of London-Tokyo train service revitalized by Japan and Russia
DestinationsIt is the ultimate in long-distance travel fantasies. Boarding the train in London, you cross Europe and into Russia, journeying on to the Far East and arriving in Tokyo. The journey was just a dream – until last week, when a delegation of officials from Russia and Japan met to finalise the plan. The scheme [...]
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London’s plan to promote tourism with red double-decker bus in NYC shut down
DestinationsThe U.N. Security Council has traveled to conflict zones all over the world, but a plan to drive the 15 ambassadors through the streets of New York in a red double-decker bus was deemed too risky, Britain’s U.N. envoy and police said on Tuesday. Britain’s U.N. mission used the red bus – a public transport [...]
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Airport industry bosses agree that Heathrow is a mess
TransportHeathrow has been branded one of the biggest airport problems by senior industry figures. Aviation bosses say the west London hub is too expensive and overcrowded, warning that its service may decline unless it changes course. Tony Tyler, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said Heathrow “drives me mad with frustration”, [...]
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Gatwick boss decries state of airport shuttle while ignoring state of airport
TransportRemember that time you took the Gatwick Express into town, only there weren’t any seats left, so you had to sit on the roof? Or the time you were delayed for two hours because a farmer was herding his cows across the line at East Croydon, and all the local traders popped up to sell [...]
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France’s legendary Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc goes real estate shopping in London
DestinationsThe company behind the famous Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the south of France is on the hunt for a London property to add to its portfolio. The Oetker Collection, part of German family conglomerate the Oetker Group, wants to find a base in the capital as part of expansion plans which include New York and [...]
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London locals create personal tourism campaign that bests official videos
DestinationsA pair of Londoners enlisted the help of dozens of locals – including Dermot O’Leary – in an attempt to persuade a friend to visit the city. Tim Benzie and Paul Joseph made this quirky film featuring dozen the city’s top attractions in the hope of convincing Tim’s niece, who lives in Australia, to visit [...]
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Bi-partisan group of UK lawmakers says Heathrow needs at least three runways
TransportLondon’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, should be expanded with the addition of a third and even a fourth runway, a cross-party panel of lawmakers said. The building of a new hub airport to the east of the U.K. capital, as championed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, would not be commercially viable without “significant” taxpayer funding [...]
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UK investors make last-minute bid to buy iconic cruise liner QE2
DestinationsUK investors aiming to bring the QE2 cruise liner back to London have not given up hope of making it part of a tourist attraction on the banks of The Thames. Recent reports suggest the ship is to leave for Singapore in September but sources in the UK claim they are still in contact with [...]
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Prince Harry and Kate play Batman and Harry Potter at new theme park outside London
DestinationsThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry tour the Warner Bros studios near Watford where the Harry Potter films were made, with Prince William trying out the Batmobile and Batman’s bike, the Batpod. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry were all smiles as they arrived at the studios where the [...]
