Gand, jeudi 2 septembre 2010 – Thomas Cook Travel Shop donne 100 dollars américains à chaque passager réservant, en septembre, un tour du monde de Thomas Cook Discover.

Avec Thomas Cook Discover, le tour-opérateur Thomas Cook a trouvé la solution ultime pour ceux qui n’aiment pas faire des tours du monde tout seul. Les circuits en groupe, souvent accompagnés de guide/chauffeur anglophone, traversent la Jordanie, la Syrie, le Namibie, l’Afrique du Sud, le Guatemala, le Mexique, la Chine, l’Indonésie, le Pérou, le Canada Oriental et encore beaucoup d’autres pays.

Pour les departs à partir du 1 novembre 2010, vous pouvez même réserverquelques destinations en privé. Voyagez tout seul, en couple, ou composez votre propre groupe et choisissez la date de départ vous-même et Thomas Cook Discover s’occupe du reste.

Il s’agit des destinations suivantes:
- la Jordanie et la Syrie
- la Namibie
- l’Afrique du Sud
- le Guatemala
- l’Amérique centrale
- le Costa Rica et le Nicaragua
- l’Equateur
- le Pérou
- l’Inde du Nord
- le Viêt-nam et le Cambodge

Si vous réservez, en septembre, un tour du monde Discover chez un Thomas Cook Travel Shop belgeavec départ entre le 20 octobre 2010 et le 30 mars 2011, vous recevez un billet de 100 US$ par personne avec lequel vous pouvez soutenir l’économie locale. En plus des $100 par personne, il y a aussi une réduction de réservation anticipée de € 30 par dossier si vous réservez avant le 1 octobre. Et pour ceux qui réservent très tôt, c.-à-d. avant le 6 septembre, il y a une réduction supplémentaire de € 150 par dossier.

www.thomascooktravelshop.be

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Flagship takes off on second long-haul route; flights to Johannesburg to follow

Lufthansa’s third Airbus A380 entered scheduled service yesterday (Wednesday, 1 September), just one week after being delivered to the airline.

The aircraft, which bears the name Peking, departed from Frankfurt for the Chinese capital at 1720hrs (2320 hrs Singapore time) under flight number LH720.

After landing in Beijing at 0830 hrs local time on the Thursday, the aircraft will be officially named.

The return flight (LH 721) will leave Beijing on Thursday morning at 1030hrs and arrive at Frankfurt the same day at 1430hrs.

Initially, the A380 will serve Beijing once a week. In coordination with Chinese authorities, Lufthansa aims to gradually increase the frequency of this service.

On Sunday, 12 September, Lufthansa will launch flights to its third A380 destination, Johannesburg.

The city will be served twice weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays. In the Lufthansa configuration, the Airbus A380 can seat up to 526 passengers.

The totally revamped First Class cabin with eight generously proportioned seats on the upper deck stands for individuality, the ultimate in comfort and technical innovation, which greatly enhances the travel experience.

Also on the upper deck is Lufthansa’s award winning Business Class cabin with 98 seats. On the main deck, the 420 seats in the impressively spacious Economy Class provide an unprecedented level of comfort.

Details of the A380 flight schedule can be accessed at www.lufthansa.com/a380 .

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Aloft Hotels Introduces Style at a Steal to the Capital of Europe with the Opening of Aloft Brussels Schuman

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.^(R) (NYSE:HOT) and its new destination sensation brand, Aloft^(R) Hotels, announce that Aloft Brussels Schuman, the first Aloft hotel in Europe, opens today. Aloft Hotels delivers urban-inspired, modern design and an energetic guest experience at an affordable price point.

Owned by Thornsett Group, Aloft Brussels Schuman introduces style at a steal to Belgium. Located in the heart of the buzzing European Union district, the hotel will feature 147 loft-like guest rooms, including three “Breezy Lofts” (Aloft’s re-interpretation of a suite), a buzzing bar scene in the open lobby, an urban-inspired grab-and-go café and industrial design elements throughout. A vision of W Hotels, Aloft’s stylish urban attitude is set to shake up the European mid-market hotel scene.

With more than 40 hotels open since its June 2008 debut, Aloft Hotels has become the talk of the hospitality industry by going global while in launch mode. Aloft currently operates hotels in five countries – the USA, Canada, China, the United Arab Emirates and India, with Belgium marking its sixth destination. Besides opening its first hotel in Europe with the Aloft Brussels Schuman, Aloft is continuing its global expansion with further openings planned in India and the USA as well as brand introductions in Thailand and the UK.

“The launch of Aloft in Europe underscores the strength of the Starwood network and the power of the Aloft brand,” said Brian McGuinness, Senior Vice President, Specialty Select Brands for Starwood. “Aloft’s emphasis on high design and affordability translates globally and is attracting a growing group of loyal travellers. In fact, Aloft represents one of the strongest brand launches in industry history and its international expansion so early in the brand’s life cycle is unprecedented.”

Roeland Vos, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Europe, Africa and Middle East commented: “We are thrilled to introduce Aloft to Brussels, a fitting choice for the brand’s debut in Europe. The hotel’s strategic location in the heart of the European Quarter makes a bold statement about how the brand is taking its innovative, fresh perspective on hotels to the most important locations around the world.”

Aloft Brussels Schuman will boast atmospheric public spaces where guests can mix and mingle, read the paper, work on laptops, play a game of pool or grab a drink with friends at the re:mix^SM lounge and w xyz^SM bar. The w xyz bar is set to quickly become one of the places to be in the EU quarter. A destination bar for hotel guests and local residents alike, the w xyz bar is the ideal place to have a cocktail with friends or dance the night away at one of the many DJ evenings.

The spacious guest rooms (minimum of 28m²) will feature the brand’s signature ceilings of nearly three meters high, oversized windows and an ultra-comfortable bed as well as roomy walk-in showers and bath amenities created by Bliss^(R) Spa. Each Aloft room will also be equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access and a unique plug-and-play connectivity solution which connects most electronic devices to the 42″ flat-screen TV, turning the room into a high-tech office as well as an entertainment centre.

Travellers will be able to de-stress and re-energize in the re:charge^SMfitness centre whilst the 24-hour grab & go food and beverage area re:fuel^SM by Aloft is a one-stop, offering sweet, savory and healthy food, snacks and beverages.

For work meetings, training courses and presentations, the hotel’s Tactic meeting rooms, which are equipped with the latest generation of audiovisual hardware, provide a creative space for groups of up to 50 people.

Aloft Brussels Schuman is the fifth Starwood Hotel in Belgium, joining Le Méridien Brussels, Sheraton Brussels Hotel, Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton Brussels.

About Aloft Hotels

Created to shake up the staid, traditional select service segment of the hotel industry, the Aloft brand delivers style at a steal with urban-influenced, modern, open and vibrant design – and a social guest experience – at an affordable price point. In the same way that W Hotels broke through the clutter of conformity in the upscale hotel arena a decade ago, Aloft is shaking up the industry for the next generation of traveler. Aloft hotels are geared toward savvy, design-conscious consumers who have witnessed the democratization of design and are seeking the same in the hotel space. Building on its tech-savvy DNA, the brand recently pioneered the industry’s first “keyless entry” automatic check-in program at Aloft Lexington in Massachusetts. With 40 hotels open in the 18 months since Aloft first arrived on the scene and 10 more opening in 2010, Aloft can be found everywhere from Abu Dhabi and Baltimore to Dallas and Beijing and everywhere in between. For more information, please visitwww.alofthotels.com.

Aloft Hotels, like all brands within Starwood’s portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest^(R)program, which offers a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. To learn more, please visit www.spg.com.

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1000 properties in nearly 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), W(R), Westin(R), Le Méridien(R), Sheraton(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft(R), and Element ^SM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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• New full-flat beds in BusinessElite, Economy class seats with personal video on-demand among customer benefits
• Investment reflects Delta’s deep commitment to Asia service

TOKYO, Sept. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today unveiled plans for the complete revitalization of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft flying primarily from the Tokyo-Narita hub. Between summer 2011 and 2012, Delta will equip each of its 16 747-400s with new fully horizontal flat-bed seats in the BusinessElite cabin and new Economy class seats featuring personal, on-demand entertainment, increased personal space and added under-seat storage.
The investments are the latest in Delta’s previously announced plan to invest more than $1 billion in enhanced global products and services through 2013. When complete, Delta will offer full flat-bed seats on more than 100 trans-oceanic aircraft, including all Boeing 777s, 767s and 747s, and will feature personal, in-seat entertainment for both BusinessElite and Economy class customers on all widebody flights.

“The multimillion dollar investment we are making to completely revitalize our trans-oceanic fleet speaks to our strong commitment to the Asian market,” Delta President Ed Bastian said in a press briefing here today. “While we have solidly positioned ourselves as the leading U.S. carrier across the Pacific in terms of flights and destinations, we are now taking steps to enhance the products and services offered across our Asian-Pacific network to position Delta as a leader in in-flight service.”

BusinessElite enhancements

The 747 upgrades will bring substantial changes to both decks of the aircraft’s BusinessElite cabin. The new, custom-designed product will feature 48 horizontal flat-bed seats with direct aisle access at each seat. Window seats will face the window for improved privacy and center seats will be angled toward each other for the convenience of customers traveling together.

The new seat, manufactured by Weber Aircraft LLC, will be 81.7 inches in length and 20.5 inches wide, similar to the flat-bed product currently offered on Delta’s 777-200LR fleet. It also will feature a 120-volt universal power outlet, USB port, personal LED reading lamp and Panasonic’s 15.4 inch personal video monitors with instant access to 250 new and classic movies, premium programming from HBO and Showtime, video games and more than 4,000 digital music tracks.

“The design of our flat-bed product meets customers’ desire for comfortable sleep, direct aisle access and ample storage and work space when they travel on long-haul flights,” Bastian said. “We have had great success from a customer service and business standpoint with flat-bed service since it first rolled out on our 777 fleet, and we expect similar results when customers experience our new trans-Pacific 747 and 767 BusinessElite product beginning next year.”

In the last year, Delta has improved meal service in BusinessElite across the Pacific with the introduction of personal, hand-served entrees, signature dishes created by celebrity chef Michele Bernstein and master sommelier Andrea Robinson, expanded dessert options and improved Japanese meal options created by Delta’s flight kitchen in Tokyo.

Economy class improvements

Customers in Economy class on the 747-400 will benefit from the industry’s first seat designed collaboratively by a seat manufacturer and an in-flight entertainment company, Weber Aircraft and Panasonic Avionics Corporation, to fully incorporate seat and entertainment functionality into one product. Using a nine-inch screen, the new seat’s embedded touch-screen entertainment system will offer each customer access to 250 movie titles, hundreds of television shows, 4,000 digital music tracks, personalized music playlists, more than a dozen interactive games and a USB port to charge iPods and other personal electronic devices.

The new seats offer up to 1.5 inches more personal space and increased under-seat storage through a “slimline” design that more efficiently uses cabin space than the older, heavier seats they replace. The upgraded seats also feature adjustable headrests and deliver environmental benefits through the Panasonic Eco 9i Integrated Smart Monitors that use 30 percent less energy and are 60 percent lighter than entertainment systems installed on other Delta aircraft.

Delta’s 747s are dedicated largely to trans-Pacific and intra-Asia flights to and from the Tokyo-Narita hub, including routes connecting Tokyo to Detroit, Honolulu, Manila, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and Shanghai.

When reconfigured, the 747s will accommodate 386 customers with 48 BusinessElite seats and 338 Economy class seats.

Delta in Asia

During the last several years, Delta has significantly increased its service across Asia-Pacific, expanding from 222 weekly departures in summer 2006 to 275 in summer 2010. Recently added routes include Tokyo-Narita to New York-JFK and Salt Lake City (June 2009); Shanghai to Detroit (June 2009); Sydney to Los Angeles (July 2009); Osaka to Seattle (June 2010); Beijing to Seattle (June 2010); Seoul-Incheon to Detroit (June 2010); Hong Kong to Detroit (June 2010); Nagoya to Honolulu (December 2010); and Tokyo-Narita to Palau (December 2010).

Delta also has announced plans to begin new nonstop service between Tokyo-Haneda and Detroit and Los Angeles in 2011.

“As the leading U.S. carrier to the region, we are solidly positioned to continue to expand convenience and choice for Asia-originating or Asia-bound travelers in one of the world’s fastest growing travel markets,” Bastian said. “Our history of investment in the region is underscored by our more than 2,300 Pacific-based employees in nine countries and our continued commitment to expansion and product renewal.”

Additionally, Delta continues to expand its alliance relationships across the region with Vietnam Airlines joining the global SkyTeam alliance in June and the announcement that China Eastern Airlines will join the alliance in 2011.

About Delta

Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. With its unsurpassed global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 354 destinations in 65 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 75,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. A founding member of the SkyTeamglobal alliance, Delta participates in the industry’s leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 13,000 daily flights, with hubs inAmsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The airline’s service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, the world’s largest airline loyalty program; the award-winning BusinessElite service; and 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports worldwide. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status at delta.com.

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The Group Signs Contract with Othon Hotels

WORLDHOTELS, the international hotel group for independent and unique hotels and regional brands, signed an agreement with Othon Hotels of Brazil for five new affiliate hotels in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Belo Horizonte.

These new additions complement the growing global portfolio of the group which encompasses 450 affiliate properties in 250 destinations and 65 countries worldwide. In South America, WORLDHOTELS now boasts seven affiliate properties, five in Brazil and two Argentina, and is looking to double the number of hotels in this region by the end of this year.

Othon Hotels has a diverse, five-brand portfolio of 26 properties with 2,000 guestrooms located in Brazil, Portugal and the United States.

“The five Othon Hotels we are welcoming today are spectacular properties,” said Roland Jegge, Vice President for WORLDHOTELS Asia Pacific. “We believe these high-visibility hotels will generate regional interest and growth opportunities for our group and provide unique accommodation for guests from around the world.”

Tomas Ramos, commercial director of Othon Hotels, said, “After thoroughly researching both hotel and representation companies, WORLDHOTELS was the logical choice as they offer the most comprehensive set of sales, marketing, reservations and business-building tools available.”

About the Hotels

Rio Othon Palace (Rio de Janeiro): As the tallest luxury hotel in the city, all 572 rooms offer spectacular views of Copacabana Beach and Sugar Loaf Mountain. It is one of the Othon’s flagship hotels and one of Rio’s top luxury hotels.

The Leme Othon Palace (Rio de Janeiro): Refurbished in 2007, this 195-room hotel offers irresistible ocean views, complimentary Wi-Fi in public areas, in-room broadband Internet, as well as a business centre and modern convention rooms.

Olinda Othon Classic (Rio de Janeiro): A hidden gem along the Copacabana beachfront, this 100-room hotel’s façade and sophisticated interior were renovated in 2006 to recapture the glamour of Rio in the 1940′s.

Bahia Othon Palace (Salvador): This property is one of Salvador’s most luxurious hotels. Its clever design affords all 265 guest rooms and 13 suites spectacular views of the ocean.

Belo Horizonte Othon Palace (Belo Horizonte): Centrally located in downtown, this 287-room modern luxury hotel has spectacular views of the Serro do Curral hills, which form the “beautiful horizon” for which the city is named.

For more information and to book the new properties, visit worldhotels.com.

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Wizz Air, the largest low fare – low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would establish its 13th operating base in Belgrade, Serbia starting in April 2011. Initially the airline will deploy one brand new Airbus A320 aircraft.

Concurrently, Wizz Air will launch five new routes from Belgrade to Rome, Malmo, Stockholm-Skvasta, Eindhoven, and Munich-Memmingen, in addition to the already served London and Dortmund destinations.

All the new and existing flights are on sale at wizzair.com. Fares are starting from as low as €24.99 -approximately RSD 2,500 – for all new routes (one way, all inclusive).

Jozsef Varadi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air said: “We are extremely delighted to reach our next expansion milestone. The opening of the Belgrade base will allow many Serbian people and visitors to enjoy our truly low fares coupled with excellent travel experience of an ever growing Wizz route network. Beyond further enhancing the travel opportunities on the Serbian market we will create hundreds of local jobs and significant revenue uplift for Serbia’s tourism industry.”

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Wizz Air carried 9.2 million passengers in the last 12 months. The airline’s fleet currently consists of 34 Airbus A320 aircraft operating from 12 bases in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. The 13th base in Serbia will commence in April 2011.

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President Ma affirms his administration’s stance on cross-strait relations. (CNA)

President Ma Ying-jeou said Aug. 31 that there is “no need to move too fast” on expanding the scope of ties with mainland China.

In an exclusive interview with the Chinese-language daily the China Times, Ma said the quick pace of cross-strait rapprochement that his administration adopted initially upon assuming office was aimed at “making up for previously lost ground.”

Relations between the two sides have markedly improved since Ma came to power in 2008, with more than a dozen cross-strait accords being inked, including a landmark Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement in late June of this year.

“Now that we’ve caught up, we can maintain the current speed in moving forward” with enhancing cross-strait ties, the president said.

He said over the years government polls showed that most people regard cross-strait relations as developing at the right pace. There are actually more respondents who think the pace is too fast than those who think it is too slow.

Ma noted that while many people in Taiwan see mainland China as an opportunity, there are also those who view it as a threat.

“The job of the current government is to maximize the opportunities while minimizing the threat,” he explained.

“As such, the government should try to maintain a balance” in its approach to cross-strait policy, he added.

The president stressed that his two main goals in working toward improving relations with the mainland have been “peace and prosperity.”

Since China’s split into two regimes in 1949, relations between the People’s Republic of China on the mainland and the Republic of China on Taiwan can be divided into two eras, according to Ma. The first three decades could be called the “hot war period,” while the last 30 years could be viewed as the “cold war period” characterized by an unyielding standoff between the two sides.

“The threat to Taiwan’s security still exists,” the president said, adding, however, that “the time has arrived for negotiations to replace confrontation and for reconciliation to bring an end to the conflict.”

Ma recently stated in an interview with a Japanese media outlet that the time is not ripe to launch cross-strait political talks. In Tuesday’s interview, he further clarified his remarks, saying “It’s not that I don’t want a peace agreement with the mainland. Rather, there are more important issues concerning people’s livelihood that have to be negotiated.

“The two sides must first attain a certain level of progress before an opportunity to advance to the next level in talks presents itself,” he added. (SB)

• Publication Date：09/01/2010
• Source： China Times

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Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Economics Minister Artis Kampars last week hailed the airBaltic airline for its achievements in the field of exports.

airBaltic president and executive director Bertolt Flick: “This year, airBaltic exports will be worth more than EUR 350 million, and that is approximately 8% of all of Latvia’s export turnover.”

In 2009, the number of airBaltic passengers in Rīga increased by 30%, and according to Eurostat, Latvia was the only country in the EU, which had a growing aviation sector last year. Over the course of that year, 1,000 new jobs were created by the aviation industry. Since the launch of the successful LIVE Rīga tourism promotion campaign, 5,000 new jobs have been created in the Latvian capital city’s tourism sector, and the number of guests at the city’s hotels has risen by 35%.

During the summer of 2010, airBaltic has offered flights from Rīga to 80 cities in Europe, the Middle East and the CIS. This is more than the routes offered by SAS in Stockholm (54 destinations), Finnair in Helsinki (72 destinations), and Norwegian in Oslo (70 destinations).

After launching 27 new routes this summer, airBaltic became Europe’s largest flag carrier in terms of new routes and received the anna.aero ANNIES award for this fact. airBaltic serves 80 destinations from its home base at Riga, Latvia. From every one of these, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, CIS and the Middle East.

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Bruxelles 1er septembre 2010 – Dès à présent, les passagers voyageant avec Brussels Airlines pourront s’enregistrer pour leur vol à l’aide de leur téléphone mobile (Smartphone, PDA, BlackBerry, GSM avec connexion Internet). La carte d’embarquement électronique sera immédiatement envoyée sur le téléphone mobile et reconnue partout à l’aéroport comme preuve d’enregistrement. Brussels Airlines est la première compagnie aérienne belge offrant à ses passagers un mode d’enregistrement rapide, confortable et respectueux de l’environnement via gsm.

Le service d’enregistrement via le téléphone mobile peut être utilisé de 24 heures jusqu’à une heure avant le départ du vol. S’enregistrer via le gsm est facile. Il suffit de se rendre sur l’adresse « http //m.brusselsairlines.com » dans le navigateur Web du téléphone mobile et d’entrer la référence de la réservation ou bien le numéro de votre billet électronique et le nom de famille.
La carte d’embarquement électronique sera alors envoyée par sms ou e-mail vers le gsm et peut être enregistrée en toute facilité. Le sms envoyé ou l’e-mail contient un barre code en 2D, qui sera accepté partout dans l’aéroport (*) comme preuve d’enregistrement (par exemple scanné au contrôle de la douane, à la sécurité “fast lane”, dans les magasins “duty free”, dans les entrées des salons et à la porte d’embarquement du vol).

Celui ou celle qui s’enregistre pour un vol via le gsm peut changer le siège attribué ou entrer les données de sa carte Miles & More. Via le site Internet « http://m.brusselsairlines.com », le passagers peut à tout moment vérifier si son vol est a l’heure.
Il n’est pas possible d’enregistrer plusieurs passagers via le téléphone mobile, car une carte d’embarquement est une preuve de réservation strictement personnelle.

Fiable, rapide et respectueux de l’environnement

L’enregistrement par le téléphone mobile est une technologie fiable qui est introduite au coup par coup par les compagnies aériennes européennes. Brussels Airlines est la première compagnie aérienne belge à offrir ce service. Il n’y a pas de frais supplémentaire pour celui ou celle qui s’enregistre via son gsm.

L’enregistrement par le téléphone mobile est non seulement une méthode d’enregistrement économisant du temps (une dizaine de minutes suffisent) qui permet d’éviter des attentes éventuelles aux guichets, mais il s’agit aussi d’une méthode respectueuse de l’environnement car il n’est plus nécessaire d’imprimer de quelconques documents.

De plus, la carte d’embarquement ne peut etre perdue. Et celle ou celui qui rencontrerait des soucis avec son gsm (batterie plate,…), ne doit pas s’inquiéter, car une nouvelle carte d’embarquement peut être imprimée à l’aéroport.

D’autres modes d’enregistrement

Tous les autres moyens d’enregistrement de Brussels Airlines continuent à être proposés : l’enregistrement classique via Internet, celui via les bornes à l’aéroport ainsi que l’enregistrement classique via les guichets désignés et occupés par le personnel Brussels Airlines.
Que l’enregistrement électronique est à la mode, est prouvé par les derniers chiffres disponibles. Environ 40% des passagers de Brussels Airlines utilisent d’ores et déjà l’enregistrement via Internet ou les bornes d’enregistrement. Pour l’ensemble des départs de l’aéroport de Bruxelles, ce chiffre est même de 60%. Mois après mois, le nombre de passagers qui s’enregistrent eux-mêmes augmente. L’enregistrement via le téléphone mobile suivra sans aucun doute la même tendance.

* Ce service n’est pas (encore) accepté par toutes les autorités aéroportuaires, comme par exemple à Moscou, Tel Aviv et dans certains aéroports en Afrique. Les passagers au départ de ces aéroports, n’ont pas la possibilité de s’enregistrer via leur téléphone mobile, cependant ils peuvent s’enregistrer via Internet.

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Envie de profiter pleinement de tous les plaisirs de la neige, de dévaler les pistes bleues, rouges ou noires ou de se ressourcer à la montagne ? Du 18 décembre 2010 au 23 avril 2011, Thalys emmène petits et grands dans les Alpes françaises à partir de 60€ (1). Des conditions rêvées pour des vacances au grand air à saisir dès le 1^er septembre !

Un départ et un retour pour les Alpes françaises chaque samedi

Chambéry, Albertville, Moutiers, Bourg-Saint-Maurice et bien d’autres destinations des Alpes françaises sont accessibles directement au départ de Bruxelles-Midi et d’Anvers-Central (2).

Un second aller-retour vers Moutiers sera prévu pendant les vacances de Carnaval.

Voyage allerThalys n°9920 (3)Anvers-CentralDépart à 7h33 Bruxelles-MidiArrivée à 8h14 Bruxelles-MidiDépart à 8h19 ChambéryArrivée à 12h36 AlbertvilleArrivée à 13h11 MoutiersArrivée à 13h58 Aime-La-PlagneArrivée à 14h18 LandryArrivée à 14h28Bourg-Saint-MauriceArrivée à 14h38Voyage retourThalys n°9987 (4)Bourg-Saint-MauriceDépart à 15h56LandryDépart à 16h06Aime-La-PlagneDépart à 16h16MoutiersDépart à 16h43AlbertvilleDépart à 17h20ChambéryDépart à 17h56Bruxelles-MidiArrivée à 22h38Bruxelles-MidiDépart à 22h45Anvers-CentralArrivée à 23h25

Des nouveaux tarifs adaptés à chaque style de voyage vers la montagne

En basse saison : La gamme tarifaire de Thalys commence avec le tarif Smoove, des prix mini avec l’aller simple à partir de 60€ en Comfort 2. Nouveauté : le tarif Smoove est désormais aussi disponible en Comfort 1 avec un aller simple à partir de 95€. Le Comfort 1 de Thalys, c’est un ensemble de services pour un voyage unique et différent. Restauration à la place, journaux et accès WiFi compris dans le prix du billet, sont autant de petites attentions pour une évasion qui commence aussitôt installé à bord.

En haute saison (5) : À Noël, Nouvel An et Pâques, les voyageurs peuvent bénéficier d’un nouveau tarif OptiWay à partir de 99€ l’aller simple en Comfort 2 et de 125€ en Comfort 1 au départ de Bruxelles-Midi.

Pour répondre à chaque besoin, Thalys propose désormais des tarifs destinés aux Seniors (à partir de 60 ans) et toujours des tarifs réservés aux Jeunes (de 12 à 25 ans) et aux enfants avec le tarif Kid (pour les moins de 12 ans).

Les billets pour le Thalys Neige sont en vente dès aujourd’hui. Pour profiter des prix les plus attractifs, rendez-vous sans plus attendre sur  www.thalys.com, par téléphone au 070 79 79 79 (0,30€/min.), dans les gares avec un guichet international ou dans les agences de voyage agréées.

Aller simple au tarif Smoove en Comfort2, dans la limite des places disponibles.

Du 18 décembre au 23 avril 2011.

Ne circule pas entre Anvers-Central et Bruxelles-Midi les 2, 9, 16 et 23 avril 2011. Ces horaires sont soumis à des modifications éventuelles, plus d’informations sur www.thalys.com

Ne circule pas entre Bruxelles-Midi et Anvers-Central le 18 décembre 2010, ni les 9, 16 et 23 avril 2011. Ces horaires sont soumis à des modifications éventuelles, plus d’informations sur www.thalys.com

Voyages aller en haute saison : 25 décembre 2010, 1er janvier, 5 mars, 9 avril et 16 avril 2011.

Voyages retour en haute saison : 1er janvier, 8 janvier, 12 mars, 16 avril et 23 avril 2011.

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