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Strict security checks on all passengers should be relaxed in order to cut 'unacceptable' queues of up to three hours at airports, MPs have urged. According to The Daily Telegraph , the Home Affairs Select Committee warned that the poor performance of immigration officials is damaging to the travel industry and the 'ordeal' of getting into Britain for visitors could harm the wider economy. To see the Telegraph story, click here .
Thomas Cook has apologised to scores of customers who were asked to pick up their Olympics tickets from various locations in London – some just hours before the start of their chosen event. According to The Daily Telegraph , despite being charged a £5 delivery fee, about 200 customers were asked to pick up their tickets in person, in case they did not arrive in time. Meanwhile, an RAF fighter jet tasked to defend the Olympics was scrambled for the first time today to intercept a Thomas eagles hotel california live Cook flight, travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow, according to The Daily Mail . To see the Telegraph report, click here , and click here for the Mail report.
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Morgans Hotel Group has announced Great Scotland Yard in St James's, London, as the location of its second Hudson-branded property. The 234-room boutique hotel, scheduled to open in early 2015, will be the second Hudson after New York.
The SIA Group 's first quarter net profit grew by 73% year-on-year to S$78m (£40m), on revenues up 6% at S$3.8bn (£1.9bn). Operating profit improved by S$61m to S$72m, 'albeit off a low base as the group was confronted with higher fuel costs and depressed eagles hotel california live demand following the Japanese earthquake in the same quarter last year'. Click here to see the full results.
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And finally …according to a poll of over 1,000 travellers by Skyscanner , more than one in three Britons are in favour of alcohol-free flights to avoid having their journey disturbed by drunken fellow passengers. However, 45% would be against dry flights, as they believe the journey marks the start of their holiday and a time to sit back and relax with a drink.
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