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NEWS & OFFERS: Heathrow strike off, Finnair sale, and Melia 25% off hotels

Heathrow strike called off for entirety

Strikes over proposed outsourcing plans at Heathrow Airport were called off yesterday for the first two days to allow last-minute talks, Unite Union announced. However, the rest of the strike was still due to go ahead.

The strikes were due to take place 7-13 May but have now been completely called off following discussions between Unite and the airport. The strike was due to involve up to 800 airport workers, many customer-facing, but it was not clear what the impact would have been.

Finnair sale

Finnair new business class

Finnair has launched its summer

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Landsec sells $400m UK hotel portfolio to Ares and EQ Group | News

UK real estate investment trust Landsec has sold its entire hotel portfolio to Ares Real Estate funds and EQ Group for £400m (€465m) as part of a plan to focus its resources on core sectors with a “competitive advantage”.

Landsec said the hotel portfolio concentrated in London and other major UK cities, was sold to Ares alongside its operating partner EQ at a price slightly below the assets’ September 2023 book value of £404m.

The assets consist of midscale and economic properties with the majority of value in Central London and the remaining assets primarily located in major UK city

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Dusit Hotels and Resorts to showcase exciting news at the Arabian Travel Market 2024

Hot on the heels of opening 10 hotels last year, including its first properties in Greece, Japan, and Nepal, Dusit is on course to open even more properties this year – including the highly anticipated return of its legendary flagship Dusit Thani Bangkok and its debut in Saudi Arabia with Dusit Princess Al Majma’ah, Riyadh.

Bangkok – Dusit Hotels and Resorts, the hotel arm of Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, will showcase an impressive array of new destinations, an innovative sustainability initiative, the much-anticipated September reopening of its iconic flagship Dusit Thani Bangkok hotel,

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Could an expansion of hotel tax legislation to help pay for local projects?

(WPBN/WGTU) — Could the community you live in use more money? Maybe for things like parks or roads or police and fire departments?

The answer is probably “yes.”

So when a new law went into effect here in Michigan this year, some local communities were left feeling left out.

And feeling like they are potentially leaving millions of dollars on the table.

“While it may be seen as a tax, or an increase of taxes, I really see it as a modernization,” said state Rep. John Fitzgerald.

And in type and text, this is the modernization that Rep. Fitzgerald is

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