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The July Hotels planning properties in London, Dublin and Lisbon – Business Traveller
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The July Hotels planning properties in London, Dublin and Lisbon – Business Traveller

Amsterdam-based CityID Group has announced plans to rebrand as The July Group, alongside the creation of new hotel collection The July Hotels. The brand will initially comprise two existing hotels in Amsterdam, namely The July – Boat & Co, and The July – Twenty Eight. The group’s third property – ID Aparthotel – will be renamed ID Aparthotel by The July, “to illustrate its difference to the other hotels on the platform”. Referring to itself as “a series of premium life-centred apartment-hotels”, The July Hotels brand intends to expand overseas, with the addition of three more properties. The July – London (pictured below) will offer hybrid apartment-hotel accommodation in the city’s Victoria district, while  The July  – Dublin will be located on the corner of Capel Street and Little ...
Global airline passenger traffic surpassed 95 per cent of pre-Covid levels in July – Business Traveller
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Global airline passenger traffic surpassed 95 per cent of pre-Covid levels in July – Business Traveller

The International Air Transport (IATA) has released its latest traffic figures, showing continued post-Covid recovery momentum during July. Global traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) reached 95.6 per cent of pre-Covid levels, with an increase in traffic of 26.2 per cent compared to July 2022. The figure is also up 7 per cent from the 88 per cent of pre-Covid levels achieved in March this year. IATA: global air traffic now at 88 per cent of 2019 levels Domestic traffic fared particularly well, “strongly supported by surging demand in the China domestic market”, with RPKs standing at 8.3 per cent above 2019 levels – the highest ever recorded. IATA also said that international passenger load factors reached 85.7 per cent in July – again the highest monthly figure eve...