New A330-200 Freighter takes to the skies A330-200F: Allowing freight operators

The new dedicated Freighter variant of the successful A330 Family took to the skies today during a four hour maiden flight over Toulouse. This milestone marks the start of a 180 hour flight-test and certification campaign, and paves the way for first delivery of the type to launch operator, Etihad Crystal Cargo, in the summer of 2010. New A330-200 Freighter takes to the skies A330-200F: Allowing freight operators to adapt to evolving markets The new A330-200F will offer freight customers...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has taken the top award at this year’s World Travel Awards (WTA), being voted World’s Leading Airline by more than 180,000 travel industry professionals from over 175 countries.The World Travel Awards recognise the very best airline, hospitality and tourism brands in the world, with industry experts vetting nominations for their customer relations, creativity, quality of service, product innovation and business acumen.Etihad, the first Middle Eastern airline to win this prestigious award, was recognised for the excellence of its onboard ...

Mr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul, President, KASIKORNBANK, presented a trophy to Mr. Pongsak Lothongkam, Chief Executive Officer, SVI Public Company Limited to congratulate the executive on achieving the First Thai Listed Company Management Buyout Deal. KASIKORNBANKGROUP took part in the MBO deal as the only financial advisor and the sole lender of 1,800 million baht facility. The ceremony was held recently at KASIKORNBANK, Pahon Yothin Building.

–Holds #4 Spot for Friendly Locals, #3 for Value for Money and #5 for Nightlife– BANGKOK (November 6, 2009) – Given the genuinely warm and hospitable nature of its people as reflected in its reputation as the “Land of Smiles”, it is not surprising that Thailand is ranked #4 in the Friendly Locals category of the latest Country Brand Index (CBI). Adding to this commendable standing is Thailand’s position in #3 of the Value for Money category and #5 of the Nightlife category. These three...

Heineken has teamed up with Greyhound’s creative guru Bhanu Inkawat and veterans in the design, architecture, lighting and dining service industries to create ‘GreenSpace by Greyhound’ on the top three floors of Zen World Tower which promises to give Bangkok residents and visitors a truly inspiring beer park experience during November to December 2009. At the launch party at Zen World Tower, Chalit Nakpawan and his artist friends including Pornpilai-Jiradech Meemalai, M.L.Chiratorn...

Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme from Etihad Airways, has announced another exciting new hotel partner to boost the extensive benefits already available to its half-a-million-plus members - an agreement with the leading international hotel group, Swiss-Belhotel International.Headquartered in Hong Kong, Swiss-Belhotel International is a rapidly expanding hospitality group with more than 30 hotels located throughout Asia Pacific, Australia, South East Asia, China and the Middle East and with plans to nearly double that number by 2012.Etihad Guest members can now earn 500 Guest Miles ...

Bangkok, November 04, 2009 – In conjunction with the upcoming festive season, DHL, the world’s leading express company is offering gifts to customers who send air express shipments at participating DHL SERVICE POINTs from now until 31 December 2009. DHL offers festive gifts to customers Customers get rewarded for every shipment they send to families and friends overseas. There are four items to be collected - DHL notepad, a shopping voucher valued at 100 baht, a Coffee gift card valued...

Bangkok – October, 2009 – SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that for the third consecutive year it has been named as the leader of the software sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), comprising the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World and Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index. For the software sector, DJSI reviewed the social, economic and environmental aspects of 34 software companies. SAP Named Highest-Ranked Software Company in 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability Compared with...

The Future of Thailand’s Power Market is Discussed in Multi-track Conference. POWER-GEN Asia, co-located with Renewable Energy World Asia, shattered its past attendance record with nearly 7,000 power professionals attending the most successful event in its 17 year history. Held at IMPACT Exhibition and Conference Centre from 7th to 9th October, POWER-GEN Asia and Renewable Energy Asia saw the region’s power industry professionals gather to discuss the latest developments, issues and...

photo credit: ideacreamanuelaPps On may 29th, 2007 I published this article about 15 Top Social Media Marketing Resources which was picked up by Web-Pro news and got a lot of traffic and buzz: that was right after I reserved socialmediasystems.com (it was available then for under 9 dollars!) and formed Social Media Systems LLC in March of 2006. Now, as is usually the case with me, there are a million copy cats out there claiming to be experts in ’social media marketing’, as traditional SEO...

By Jane Baker What happens to your savings once your great fixed rate has disappeared? Find out here. So, you’ve managed to bag yourself a (relatively) high interest rate on your savings. Even better it’s fixed for the next year, which means you don’t need to worry about falling returns for a while. Good for you! But what happens to that great rate once the term is up? Take my recently matured fixed rate regular savings account, for example. As a customer of Lloyds TSB, I earned a fantastic...

BY Jane Baker Combining life insurance and critical illness cover together could leave you without enough protection. Buying life insurance and critical illness cover together in one policy might seem like a good idea. After all, not only is it less hassle to set up one plan, but combining policies is normally cheaper too. In this way, you’ll have a single policy which will pay out a lump sum if you die, or you suffer an illness covered by the plan during the term you choose. Do you have...

Take these six easy steps NOW to ensure you don't suffer financially if you're mugged.A friend of mind was mugged just before Christmas. She was left bruised and terrified. Tragically, she was also left over £1,000 out of pocket because she hadn’t protected her finances against what happened.I was prompted to write this article because I think many of us are in the same boat. We don’t want to think about such a terrible thing happening - so we don’t prepare for it.Recent research by MORE TH>N revealed that one in ten of us has suffered a bag theft. Judging by what’s happened ...

Tumbling mortgage rates means more money in the pocket of homeowners. Rather than spending it on a new plasma TV, you’re much better off paying off your debts, including your house.This whole recession has one silver lining – sharply lower interest rates, benefiting thousands of home-owners on tracker mortgages and variable mortgages .I recently wrote about how one person on our popular discussion boards had given himself the mother of all pay rises . To quickly recap, ‘bingcrosby’ found his lender’s Standard Variable Rate is just 3.49%, meaning that when his current ...

The base rate may have fallen to 1.5%, but you can still get a tip-top return with a regular savings account...At a time when money is tight, successfully managing to put some cash aside for a rainy day can be extremely difficult. And while interest rates are so low, many of us probably think that saving is pretty pointless anyway.Even if you are lucky enough to have some extra cash in your bank account at the end of the month, it can be so tempting just to go out and spend it -- I, for one, am certainly guilty of this! And that means that any plans to save quickly go out of the window.If this ...