September – The News Desk

Heathrow reports record passenger figures for September – Business Traveller

14Oct

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Heathrow reports record passenger figures for September – Business Traveller

Heathrow welcomed 7,075,530 passengers last month – its highest ever September figures. It compares to around 6.8 million passengers who travelled through the airport in September 2019, and is more than 22 per cent higher than the 5.8 million passengers for September 2022. It’s also the first time since February 2020 – shortly before travel restrictions were introduced due to Covid-19 – that monthly passenger figures have exceeded the equivalent period in 2019. The figure brings Heathrow’s rolling 12-month passenger numbers to 76.8 million. The monthly report is the last under outgoing CEO John Holland-Kaye, who will hand over to former Copenhagen airport boss Thomas Woldbye on 18 October after nearly a decade in charge. Copenhagen airport boss appointed new CEO of Heathrow Holland-Kaye...

Rail strike planned for 30 September and 4 October – Business Traveller

19Sep

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Rail strike planned for 30 September and 4 October – Business Traveller

Rail strikes are set to continue into the autumn, with workers across 16 train companies set to walk out later this month. The ASLEF union says that members will walk out on 30 September and 4 October in a dispute over working conditions and pay. There will also be an overtime ban for drivers on 29 September, and then from 2 October until 6 October. Mick Whelan, ASLEF’s general secretary, said: “While we regret having to take this action – we don’t want to lose a day’s pay, or disrupt passengers, as they try to travel by train – the government, and the employers, have forced us into this position. Our members have not, now, had a pay rise for four years – since 2019 – and that’s not right when prices have soared in that time. Train drivers, perfectly reasonably, want to be able to buy no...

Rosewood to open Munich property in September – Business Traveller

27Aug

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Rosewood to open Munich property in September – Business Traveller

Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is set to open its first property in Germany next month, with a hotel in the Bavarian capital. Business Traveller first reported on the development in 2017, but can now confirm that Rosewood Munich will open its doors on September 29, 2023. Located in Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse in Munich’s city centre, the hotel is housed within two landmark buildings which formerly served as the headquarters of the State Bank of Bavaria and the aristocratic residence Palais Neuhaus-Preysing. Design has been led by Munich-based architectural firm, Hilmer Sattler, and London interior design studio, Tara Bernerd & Partners, both of whom drew inspiration from the historic past of the legacy buildings. The result is a hotel with a contemporary interpretation of Baroque archite...

Rail strikes planned for 26 August and 2 September – Business Traveller

11Aug

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Rail strikes planned for 26 August and 2 September – Business Traveller

Rail workers are set to strike across 14 train operating companies later this month. The RMT union says that 20,000 members will walk out on 26 August and 2 September in a dispute over working conditions, pay and job security. The union states that it has “been left with little choice” as it has not yet seen an “improved or revised offer from the Rail Delivery Group”. The 14 train operating companies include: Avanti West Coast Chiltern Railways Cross Country Trains c2c East Midlands Railway Greater Anglia Great Western Railway (GWR) GTR (including Gatwick Express) LNER Northern Trains South Eastern South Western Railway Transpennine Express West Midlands Trains RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “The mood among our members remains solid and determined in our national dispute over p...

One Sloane hotel to open in London’s Chelsea in September – Business Traveller

27Jul

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One Sloane hotel to open in London’s Chelsea in September – Business Traveller

London’s Chelsea neighbourhood will welcome the new One Sloane hotel this September, located at 1 Sloane Gardens just off Sloane Square. The hotel is a collaboration between Parisian hotelier Costes, designer Francois-Joseph Graf and the 300-year-old Cadogan Estate. One Sloane is a conversion of a former retail and residential block, with the six-year project retaining the facade of the 19th century building while adding a sixth floor with its own cupola. Interiors, meanwhile, have been remodelled by Graf and a team of artisans and craftspeople, with design features including ceiling cornices, wood wall panelling, antique chairs, mosaic tiling and chandeliers suspended from a painted stormy skied ceiling. The hotel will also feature William Morris wallpaper and mirrors along the staircas...

COMO Metropolitan Singapore to open in September – Business Traveller

8Jul

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COMO Metropolitan Singapore to open in September – Business Traveller

COMO Hotels and Resorts is set to launch its first hotel in its home country of Singapore this autumn. COMO Metropolitan Singapore will open in phases from September and occupy 11 floors of the 19-floor mixed-use COMO Orchard building, located at 30 Bideford Road. The hotel will be the first of the spaces in the building to launch and will include 156 rooms and suites, along with a rooftop pool bar for guests. The building will also house three dining venues, including the international debut of the Michelin-starred steakhouse COTE by restaurateur Simon Kim. All-day fare will be served at COMO Cuisine, and French pastry chef Cédric Grolet will also make his debut in Asia with a pastry shop on the first floor. Two floors will be dedicated to fashion retail curated by the multi-label bouti...