Up in the air . . .

HAWAIIAN Airlines and JetBlue today announced an expanded codeshare agreement that allows travelers from dozens of cities, most of them in the eastern U.S., to easily connect to the Hawaiian Islands via Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS) starting in April. 

A large number of Americans are using unsanctioned IDs to pass through airport security and board flights, according to survey of 1,000 Americans conducted by Wakefield Research for Acuant, a global provider of identity verification solutions.

Despite current security measures, 60 percent of Americans who have ever been to an airport report they have boarded a plane without proper identification. More than half (51 percent) passed through security using some form of ID that doesn't include a picture at all.

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To Mars and back

SINCE 1958, the Museum of Science's Charles Hayden Planetarium has dazzled and immersed visitors in the wonders of the night sky and the universe. The Planetarium has utilized three projectors since its opening. The current projector, the Zeiss Starmaster, projects over 9,000 stars as naturally as they appear to twinkle in the cosmos. The projector, coupled with the Planetarium's state-of-the-art digital system, which can access the latest astronomical databases from researchers around the world, make the Planetarium the most technologically advanced digital dome in New England.

Premiering on October 20th and created in-house by the award-winning Planetarium staff of producers and artists, the newest Planetarium show, Destination Mars: The New Frontier celebrates the persistent curiosity that drives us to explore the future of human spaceflight to Mars. The Planetarium, which has impressed visitors since its installation, has welcomed more than 13 million visitors to more than 400 original show titles over its sixty-year history.

Destination Mars: The New Frontier will examine the human desire to travel to Mars and give audiences an up-close look at this epic endeavor.



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Raffles Boston to open in 2021

ILLUSTRIOUS hospitality brand Raffles Hotels & Resorts, part of AccorHotels has announced the signing of definitive agreements to debut the first mixed-use Raffles property in North America.

Located in the heart of #Boston, Massachusetts, at the corner of Stuart Street and Trinity Place, Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences will be a welcoming oasis of refined elegance comprised of a distinctive hotel as well as exquisitely appointed residences and is scheduled to open in 2021.

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An Irish connection with Delta and Norwegian Airlines

DELTA Air Lines is now offering daily nonstop service to Boston’s Logan Airport from Dublin. The daily flight to Boston, which will operate throughout the summer, joins Delta’s existing services from the Irish capital — a year-round operation to New York-JFK, plus a summer offering to Atlanta. 

NORWEGIAN Airlines has begun new nonstop service to Providence, Rhode Island, from Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh and Shannon beginning in June. They are also now offering flights from Hartford Bradley International Airport in Connecticut to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Up in the air ...

NORWEGIAN is to start #flights from Gatwick Airport to Puerto Rico and Boston, Massachusetts. Twice-weekly flights to Puerto Rico will start in November, and will be the UK’s only direct service to the Caribbean island. Fares start from £179 one way. The Boston flights – four a week – commence in May.

FLYBE has launched a year-round route service between Cardiff, Wales, and Munich, Germany. Flights to and from Munich will operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays, with one way fares available from £44.99 each way including taxes and charges.

DELTA and VIRGIN ATLANTIC Airways will start a daily service from Edinburgh
direct to New York JFK in May next year.

VLM AIRLINES is to introduce a #directflight service from Birmingham to Antwerp, Belgium in October. One-way fares start from £39.

RYANAIR has predicted a price war among European airlines as falling fuel prices see prices cut. The carrier thinks the cost of tickets could fall by between six and eight percent as airlines fight to attract passengers.

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Norwegian news …

SPANISH connections: Domestic flights linking the mainland with the #CanaryIslands are to be introduced by budget carrier Norwegian this winter.

The airline is starting services from Madrid to Gran Canaria and Tenerife North; from Barcelona to Gran Canaria, Tenerife North and Fuerteventura; and from Malaga to Gran Canaria and Tenerife South.

Fares for the flights, which start on October 25, lead in at €39.50 (£28) one-way.

From old England to New England: Norwegian has celebrated the first anniversary of its low-cost, long-haul flights between the UK and the US by announcing a new route to Boston.

The Massachusetts route will be Gatwick’s only direct service to Boston and will go on sale later this year.

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Up in the air . . .

NORWEGIAN is to start flights from Boston, Baltimore/Washington DC, and New York City to two Caribbean destinations: the Guadeloupe Islands and Martinique.

Norwegian’s seasonal service to the French West Indies will launch on December 3, with three flights a week from JFK to the Guadeloupe Islands’ Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It will fly from JFK to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

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America’s top 10 …

AS millions of US travellers anticipate Memorial Day – May 26 – and the start of summer, Travelocity's latest booking data reveals the top 10 Memorial Day destinations of 2014, with New York City in the No. 1 spot for the third year in a row.

The top 10 Memorial Day Destinations are:

New York City

South Florida

Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles

Orlando

Chicago

Boston

San Francisco Bay Area

Seattle

Las Vegas 

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When the world goes green

ST PATRICK’S DAY is celebrated thousands of miles beyond Ireland’s borders.

While Dublin is one of the biggest venues for parades and celebrations in honour of the country’s national saint, along with parties across Ireland, the largest parade worldwide is in New York, where 150,000 people march on Fifth Avenue. St. Patrick's Day parades began in Manhattan in 1762.

Boston, another US city with a large American-Irish population, has a lively schedule for St Patrick’s Day, as does Chicago, where the river is dyed green. 'This spectacular transformation ranks right up there with the parting of the sea by Moses,' says the city's St Patrick's Day Committee.

In London, more than 100,000 people are expected to take part in celebrations and a parade finishing in Whitehall. The London Eye will go green.

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