21.11.2025
NH Hoteles announces a series of important christmas offers
NH Hoteles gets its new winter campaign underway by announcing a series of important offers involving many of Europe's principal capital cities. This promotion will start on December 19, 2003 and run until January 11, 2004, with the exception of Amsterdam and Brussels, where it will be extended to start on December 1, 2025 and finish on January 15, 2004.

With this new promotion, NH Hoteles makes more than 100 of its establishments in different European cities available to its customers from just €44. These cities include a number of capitals such as Brussels, Lisbon, Budapest and Vienna.

The idea behind this new promotion is to make full use of the chain's urban hotels at a time of low occupation due to the fact that 70% of its clientele are business people.

NH Hoteles is a company whose hotels are situated in the heart of Europe's principal cities. Apart from accommodation, our establishments provide guests with a whole range of interesting culinary, cultural and leisure opportunities. Details of these offers can be found in the reception areas of the hotels themselves.

Here are detailed some of the offers:

AMSTERDAM from 89 € *
BERLIN from 44 €
MADRID from 67 €

Also:
BARCELONA from 78 €
BRUSSELS from 49 € *
BUDAPEST from 55 €
FRANKFURT from 70 €
LISBON from 82 € (Breakfast and taxes included)
MUNICH from 66 €
VALENCIA from 55 €
VIENNA from 65 €
ZURICH from 130Sfr.

... and more than 100 other destinations in Europe!

* Amsterdam and Brussels: 1 December 2025 until 15 January 2004

This offer is open on SN operated flights until 15th January 2004 to Budapest, and 31st March 2004 to Warsaw.

Business Plus, Gulf Air’s unique package for First and Business Class passengers flying out of Abu Dhabi Airport is now available to ensure a memorable, convenient travel experience from beginning to end.

“We are very conscious of the multi-segmented nature of the market and the diversity of the customers we serve,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive of Gulf Air. “It is our aim to serve each of the market segments appropriately with products and services that effectively meet the requirements and expectations of our customers.”

“Business Plus is designed to support our business customer and ensure that every stage of his journey is simple, convenient and comfortable so that he can concentrate on his business,” he said.

The comprehensive package includes limousine/chauffeur-driven airport transfers, end-to-end meet and greet services, a fast track immigration process and late check-in, and access to Gulf Air’s well-appointed premium lounge at Abu Dhabi Airport.

Passengers flying First or Business Class from Abu Dhabi to any Gulf Air online destination outside of the GCC will be picked up from any location in the UAE and driven to the airport in a luxury limousine. This service is naturally also available for returning passengers. First Class passengers flying on long haul routes are treated to the luxury of the S-Type Jaguar.

At the airport, the fast track check in and immigration process and assisted passage through the airport all contribute to a simpler faster travel experience for people whose time is of the essence.

So while most other airlines require check in two hours prior to departure, Business Plus customers only have to check in 40 minutes before a flight is scheduled to depart. This represents a significant time saving for busy people.

Premium customers also have access to Gulf Air’s new lounge where comfort and privacy are enhanced with unmatched individual service in a truly luxurious setting that boasts a restaurant, a sleep area and showers, and access to the airport hotel’s exclusive gym, jacuzzi and sauna facilities.

As a special introductory offer, UAE based Gulf Air Frequent flyers travelling First or Business Class from Abu Dhabi between 26 October and 15 December 2025 will receive double the normal Frequent flyer miles.

In the air, Gulf Air’s unique five-star in-flight chefs and recently enhanced menus offer the finest cuisine and personalised service on all flights to Bangkok, Beirut, Casablanca, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Singapore and Sydney.

“The benefits of Business Plus are underpinned by Gulf Air’s strong regional network, which offers more connections into the Gulf and Pan Arab region than any other airline,” explained Mr Hogan. “This translates into more choice and flexibility when doing business in the Middle East. We also offer many same day return flights to optimise time and cost efficiencies for businesses.”

The benefits of Business Plus are available to all First and Business Class customers flying out of Abu Dhabi Airport and should be requested and arranged when the flight reservations are made.

“We applaud Singapore Airlines for its continued industry leadership in bringing innovative and value-added services to its passengers and we are pleased to be selected as one of their forward-looking service offerings,” said Connexion by Boeing President Scott Carson. “They took a strong look at our business case and the value that connectivity could bring to passengers in the Asia Pacific region, where technology adoption is tremendously high. In the end, the airline clearly recognized that it can further distinguish its levels of service from other airlines.”

Said Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President, Product and Services, Yap Kim Wah: “This project is part of the development of the Singapore Airlines CyberCabinTM. With this partnership with Connexion by Boeing, we are challenging the boundaries of in-flight connectivity to offer our customers an even wider array of entertainment options. This technology will enable our customers to tap into broadband services that will allow them to surf the Internet, send and receive emails and view up to 12 broadcast television channels.”

In addition to the data services, Connexion by Boeing will provide SIA customers with real-time television. Installation of the service is expected to begin by the third quarter of 2004 and launched on commercial services shortly thereafter. SIA plans to offer the Connexion by Boeing broadband service on all long-haul flights.

SIA’s in-flight entertainment system – KrisWorld – offers over 200 entertainment options that include 29 blockbuster movies, more than 60 hours of short features, up to 150 CD albums and 12 audio channels, over 30 games from the Nintendo Game Boy® series, interactive multi-player games like mahjong, and news from around the world.

As of 1 November, SIA’s operating fleet includes passenger aircraft consisting of 30 Boeing 747 and 51 Boeing 777 airliners.

Jean-Pierre Jobin, Director General, Geneva International Airport, commented: “The pilot has been an impressive success. Travellers using the service found it an extremely useful, simple and easy way to find their own flight details as well as those for friends, family or colleagues’. We are delighted of the outcome of our collaboration with SITA on the first trial of the new .aero shortcuts and of having broken new ground in the use of technologies that can cost-effectively deliver new services to customers. The participation of many delegates at the ITU Telecom World 2003 event has significantly contributed to the success of the trial.”

A survey of users of the service revealed that 98% would recommend it to friends, colleagues and customers and 75% were very interested, with over 23% somewhat interested in the service being made available at airports worldwide.

Speed of accessing the information was rated as the most useful feature by 8% , with over 44% stating that both the clarity and the type of information presented were useful. 78% said that they expected to use the service while waiting for someone to arrive, 68% on the way to the airport, 56% when changing their flights and roughly 40% to modify arrangements at the last minute.

Those responding were predominantly frequent flyers, with some 34% saying they took a flight each month and over 57% flying more than once a year. Around 82% used a PC or laptop computer to access the information, 14% a mobile phone and 3% a handheld computer or PDA.

Marie Zitkova, SITA’s Head of .aero, added: “The level of participation and feedback we have received has been fantastic. The trial clearly demonstrated the potential for the new .aero naming conventions and most recent technologies to deliver ever higher levels of customer service in a cost-effective manner. We foresee numerous other applications for all aspects of the aviation community worldwide.”

The service, available from 4th October until 7th November, was a result of close collaboration between Geneva International Airport and SITA, the IT and telecommunications services organization owned by the air transport community. SITA sponsors and maintains the .aero domain structure on a not-for-profit basis, with support from major industry associations.