OCTOBER 2017 businesstraveller.com
Craig Bright compiles the latest news from businesstraveller.com/asia-pacific
12 I Upfront
Dubai International trials
free movie streaming
DUBAI International Airport has launched a new
service allowing travellers to stream the latest films
and TV shows to their devices while at the airport.
The initiative sees the hub partner with regional
content provider Icflix, enabling passengers to
stream “the latest Hollywood, Bollywood and
Jazwood [Arabic] content to their smartphones and
laptops” using the airport’s free wifi.
Content is available in English, French and
Arabic, and is being offered for free during an initial
two-month trial period concluding at the end of
October, following which “Dubai Airports and Icflix
will assess customer feedback and options for
future services”.
dubaiairports.comFOLLOWING the launch of Sofitel Singapore City
Centre last month, Accorhotels will open four more
Asia-Pacific hotels this month.
First will be the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour,
located next to the new International Convention Centre,
followed by another property in Australia, the Pullman
Brisbane Airport, which will feature 132 rooms and
suites along with 24-hour reception.
These will be joined by the Sofitel Wellington in New
Zealand with views over the city’s Botanical Gardens,
and finally the Pullman Shenyang Ginza, with 317
rooms and 50 long-stay suites.
accorhotels.comAccorhotels to open
four Asia-Pacif ic
hotels this month
QANTAS has ambitions to launch the world’s longest commercial
flight within the next five years, with non-stop services from
the east coast of Australia to London and New York.
A non-stop flight between Sydney and London would take
20 hours and 20 minutes – almost three hours longer than
the world’s current longest commercial flight: Qatar Airways’Qantas sets sights on world’s longest route
Doha-Auckland service.
Currently, no aircraft has the capability to make this journey,
however Qantas hopes that by announcing its intentions it has
“issued a challenge” to manufacturers Airbus and Boeing to
successfully extend the range of new aircraft by 2022.
qantas.com