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KLM BlueBiz: innovative loyalty programme for companies
This way both travellers and companies benefit: BlueBiz is the new bonus programme from KLM, which allows you to collect both miles and company incentives with every flight.

KLMs BlueBiz is a bonus system that has been created especially for companies. BlueBiz is simple and free of charge. The company receives Blue Credits for any flights with KLM or a partner company connected to BlueBiz, and from the very first flight onwards, with no need to achieve a minimum turnover first. And whilst the company benefits from Blue Credits, the traveller collects miles for the KLM frequent flyer programme, Flying Dutchman at the same time. This means: in addition to the Blue Credits credited to the companys account, every traveller receives FD miles for his/her private miles account as well.

With the accumulated Blue Credits the company can purchase Award Tickets on the full range of flights with KLM (and on codeshare flights). One Blue Credit is worth one Swiss Franc. Blue Credits are only valid for the full purchasing price (no partial payment). It is possible to book Award Tickets at the BlueBiz Service Desk (0848 556 222) only. Alternatively, the credits may be used to acquire the attractive KLM PLUScard. With this card (available for 220 Blue Credits), the holder has access to over 100 KLM lounges as well as those of Northwest Airlines in the USA. Convenient check-in at the Select Class resp. Business Class counter is included. Flights with KLM, Northwest Airlines and/or their partners as long as at least one KLM flight number is on the itinerary count for this loyalty programme. Very important: for every booking made in your CWT branch, enter your BlueBiz number (company) and Flying Dutchman number (individual traveller), so that Blue Credits and miles can be registered. Credits cannot be made retrospectively for administrative reasons.

Become a member for free
You register with BlueBiz via internet: www.klm.ch (under BlueBiz). Each company receives a BlueBiz number that is valid for all employees. With every booking, the company gets so-called Blue Credits. The number of credits received depends on the distance flown and the booking class. Your account status can be checked online at any time. Companies that already have an incentive programme with KLM unfortunately may not take advantage of BlueBiz.

50 Blue Credits to get you startet
For new members booking a first flight with KLM by 30 April 2004, there are 50 Blue Credits to get you started.

The new Steigenberger Hotel Directory 2004 has just been published in its successful compact pocket format. The Steigenberger Hotel Group uses a combination of text and pictures to present its portfolio at a glance, and is written in both German and English. This year’s edition serves an additional purpose: it communicates the new brand strategy, which comes into operation from 15th April 2004 and concentrates on the successful brand-duo of Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts and InterCityHotels.

The Steigenberger Esprix and Steigenberger Maxx concerns in Berlin-Potsdam, Celle, Deidesheim, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Langen, Hahn, Jena, Speyer, Zingst and the Austrian city of Linz have already been integrated into the two key brands in the new Directory. Thus, the Directory 2004 presents 50 hotels from the Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts brand and 29 InterCityHotels. It also introduces the new company logo of the Steigenberger Hotel Group.

Apart from the revised brand structure there are other noteworthy changes to report in the Portfolio:
The Steigenberger Airport Hotel in Frankfurt is back in business with a new five-star rating following major renovation and extension work. The Steigenberger Hotel Metropolitan in Frankfurt opened in September 2003, and in January 2004 it was also awarded a five-star rating for the first time. With three new InterCityHotels in Düsseldorf, Munich and Hamburg, the hotel group has increased its presence in Germany’s main cities. Dessau and Halle-Neustadt are now also represented following the re-opening of both the Steigenberger Hotel Fürst Leopold and the InterCityHotel Halle-Neustadt.

A foldaway map on the inside cover of the new directory gives a quick and practical overview of all hotel locations. The hotels are listed in alphabetical order according to their location. Each hotel then has its own page with text and photograph. The individual presentation of each hotel is subdivided into five categories: Location, Rooms, Gastronomy, Facilities and Wellness.

As well as indicating the main features of each of the 79 Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts and InterCityHotels, the Directory also contains information about future openings and projects, the Steigenberger Award Programme, corporate rates within the Steigenberger Business Programme, and special child concessions. Furthermore it tells the reader about partnerships with the frequent flyer schemes of international airlines, whereby Steigenberger guests are able to collect air miles during their hotel visits. The Directory directs readers to two websites, www.steigenberger.de and www.intercityhotel.de, and to the central booking service offered by Steigenberger Touristik Service. It ends with a general list of addresses for Steigenberger corporate sales and a list of booking lines for SRS-WORLDHOTELS.
To request a catalogue, please contact: Steigenberger Touristik Service Lyoner Strae 40, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Tel.: 00800 78 46 83 57, Fax: +49 (0) 69 / 66 56 44 66.

“Not only do we ensure guests have a high quality experience at our hotels, we ensure they have the quintessential ‘InterContinental’ experience,” said Jeff Senior, vice president of brand management, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, The Americas. “InterContinental takes pride in providing consistent, superior service in a luxurious environment – we are thrilled about this most recent recognition for the brand.”

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been the preferred hotel brand for international travelers for nearly 60 year and is committed to meeting the needs of today’s travelers worldwide. InterContinental offers the services and amenities specifically designed for the international business traveler and has mastered the delicate balance between providing consistent, superior service, while also capturing the local flavor of the city where each hotel is located. InterContinental continues to expand in key destinations around the globe.

The Market Metrix Hospitality Index is a quarterly customer satisfaction report of hotel, airline and car rental companies based on 35,000 in-depth interviews of customers of 135 hotel brands, 25 airlines and 11 car rental companies. The MMHI ranks top hospitality brands by industry and in categories such as luxury, mid-price and economy.

American's additional flight to London Heathrow will begin on April 4 and operate through Oct. 30. The airline will use Boeing 777 aircraft on the routes featuring American's Flagship Suite with 16 fully reclining leather seats in First Class, 35 seats in Business Class, and 194 seats in the Main Cabin arranged in American's exclusive "More Room Throughout Coach" seating configuration. All three classes will offer American's International Flagship Service, providing a high level of in-flight comfort and service to passengers.

As previously announced, American will also begin flying between Los Angeles and Tokyo's Narita Airport on April 4 with one daily nonstop flight in each direction. The Tokyo route - to be operated year-round - is new service for American and will be flown with Boeing 777 aircraft, configured in an 18 First Class, 42 Business Class, and 163 Coach cabin seating arrangement. It, too, will feature More Room Throughout Coach, as well as International Flagship Service in all three cabins.

Sylt is a popular seaside resort and is Germany’s most northernmost island. The Radisson SAS Resort will be developed in the city of List, in the northern part of the island. All 184 rooms, including 24 junior suites and 24 suites, will have sea view. A Thalasso Therapy Wellness Center will be connected to the main building and the resort will further offer an all day dining restaurant, a bar, an exclusive Vinothek, 700 square meters of meeting and conference facilities and a parking.

The 300-room, five star luxury Radisson SAS Golden Sands Resort on Malta is currently under construction and is situated on the cliffs overlooking Golden Bay. The resort will further offer 3 restaurants, a cocktail bar, 2 poolside bars, several lounges, a ballroom, conference facilities, a business center and a nightclub. Leisure facilities will include an outdoor pool complex, an indoor pool with Jacuzzi, a gymnasium, a spa and wellness center, tennis courts, a full range of water sports and a private beach.

The development of resorts is in line with the aim of Rezidor SAS to operate 700 hotels by 2012. Rezidor SAS currently operates resorts in Egypt, Germany, Northern-Ireland, Malta, Norway and the United Arab Emirates and will soon open the Radisson SAS Birdland Resort & Spa in Bük, Hungary. There are another 4 Resorts under development in Al Quseir and Hurghada, Egypt; Cavan, Ireland and Mijas, Spain.

British Airways (BA) will operate eight daily frequencies between Geneva and London (Heathrow) from the start of the winter schedules on October 31. All these services will be offered as BA/Swiss codeshare flights. The four daily Geneva-London frequencies currently operated by Swiss will be withdrawn. With three further frequencies to London (Gatwick) and the three flights to London (City), Swiss customers will thus enjoy a broader range of 14 services a day between Geneva and London’s three airports.

British Airways currently offers thrice-daily service between Geneva and London (Gatwick). Under the new codeshare agreement, Swiss will now also serve London’s second airport. And London (City) returns to Swiss’s Geneva schedules, thanks to a new codeshare arrangement with British Airways CitiExpress.

The new codeshare collaborations will thus offer Geneva-based customers both a broader and a more varied choice of services to and from the UK capital.