Richard Branson will be engaged in hotel business

The British businessman Richard Branson, whose Virgin airline carries tourists on all globe (and will soon work and behind its limits), expands sphere of action in the travel market. Now the billionaire intends to be engaged in hotel business.

Luxury Hotels by Virgin

Branson & Partners intends to open a network of expensive Virgin Hotels in the main US cities, such as: New York, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles. For this enterprise within three years it will be enclosed half-billion dollars.

As experts believe, Sir Branson has correctly timed intrusion on the luxury hotels market. In comparison with last year the revenue of hotels in the USA has increased, and in process of economic revival, demand for comfortable and luxury rest will grow only.

Richard Branson at Bellagio (Las Vegas)

My business travel to Beijing

China — the big country with very considerable quantity of the population... and if you did not know this feature, on an arrival at the airport — you will all understand.

For the Big Population — the Big Airport!

And not because at the airport is a lot of people. On the contrary — air terminal half empty. But the grandiose sizes of the airport truly impress...
My business travel jet from London arrives full of passengers, but the crowd of newcomers remains imperceptible in these huge spaces, only small visibility of activity — the Beijing Capital International Airport is truly huge.

At the Beijing Capital International Airport rather mobile passport control. Thus number of working frontier guards depends on number of newcomers. Controllers work politely, without long and steadfast passport control. In some minutes the platform before passport control becomes empty and on the workplaces there are only 2-3 frontier guards. Thereupon it is rather convenient to use the flight status because you can be assured that your airplane will arrive without delays.

Further we need to take luggage. But, for luggage reception — is necessary going to other building. For this purpose we go down in "the local underground" and... — a compact train rush us through an airport building. We are again convinced that an airport building not simply big, — but is Very Big! At last we arrive in the necessary stop and go to receive luggage.

The luggage comes in some minutes, melancholy and long expectation is not present. The following action stage — the Exit. On a way we meet customs officers with doggies of guarded breeds. Thanks to ingenious service of the WorldMate our excursion has taken place without delay and other troubles!

Right Train in the Beijing Airport

Owner MTV has once again accused YouTube

Representatives of media conglomerate Viacom accuse video hosting YouTube in infringement of copyrights.

Viacom asserts:

"Founders of video service know about presence on a site of the big number of videoclips which are noted by a copyright.
Moreover, according to Viacom, founder YouTube (Steve Chen) purposefully urged steal another's videoclips for increase in popularity of a resource."

All video are loaded in the own YouTube web hosting, for this reason it is impossible to refuse claims.

Employees YouTube have put forward Viacom countercharges. They have declared, that at least 18 marketing agencies employed by corporation deliberately placed videoclips Viacom on a video hosting. Besides, the part from video of which larceny Viacom accuses YouTube, has been loaded on a site by employees of the media company.

Legal dispute Viacom and YouTube lasts more than three years. In February, 2007 the American media conglomerate owning television channels MTV and Comedy Central, has demanded to remove with YouTube approximately 100,000 videoclips. Their requirement has been executed, all videoclips with webhosting have been removed.

In March of the same year Viacom has submitted to judicial instance the claim on Google and YouTube, having demanded to indemnify a loss for the sum of 1 billion dollars.

YouTube vs Viacom

Lufthansa has cancelled 800 flights because of strike of pilots

The German airline of Lufthansa has cancelled on Monday, on February, 22nd, about 800 flights because of the beginning of four-day strike of pilots, informs Associated Press. The number of the cancelled flights makes about half from all flights of Lufthansa planned on this day.

Flights in the USA are cancelled...

Basically distant flights — from Germany in different cities of the USA, including to New York and Chicago have been cancelled. The schedule of internal flights and flights in the European countries practically has not undergone to change. At the same time in the company do not exclude, that to the schedule of flights can make amendments within day.

In particular, pilots do not accept how Lufthansa treats the German law on the minimum wage rate. Trying to reduce costs, the airline tries to employ more often pilots from those countries where the minimum salary much more low, than in Germany, or in general is not regulated in any way.

The most scale strike of aviadispatchers

Protest action has concerned both passenger transportations of Lufthansa, and cargo division of the company and the budgetary air carrier Germanwings belonging to one of the airlines largest in Europe. Strike became the most scale for Lufthansa for last 10 years.

Lorries DHL participate in Formula 1

Company DHL, one of world leaders in the field of express delivery, has transformed one of the warehouse centres in huge PIT-lane, on type as at Formula 1 (we will remind, DHL is the official sponsor of these races).

Speed is really our business!

The advertising presentation developed by Netherlands agency Ogilvy Amsterdam, completely corresponded to the company motto: «Speed is our business».

DHL Pit-Stop

Delsey: suitcases, luggage and bags

Company Delsey begins the activity since 1946. Fathers-founders are partners in business: mister Delahate and brothers Seynhaeve. In the beginning of activity Delsey specialised on manufacture of bags for a photo and radio equipment, typewriters etc., and only in the late sixties the company has started to master the market of road accessories.

Luggage for adventurers

So history Delsey — history of the firm which developing the assortment according to last achievements of scientific and technical progress and have subdued all world markets has begun.
For today success Delsey is huge. Delsey is the second world manufacturer of luggage production — suitcases, luggage and bags. Mark Delsey is presented on 5 continents, in 115 countries of the world.

Founders of production Delsey have managed to foresee desires of the person who is in search of suitcases and bags for comfortable travel. Unique details of furnish, original symmetry of lines, noble or modern forms last stroke finish impeccability of aesthetic design of suitcases and Delsey luggage.

For the individual and self-assured people, got used to travel with comfort, suitcases and bags Delsey — the designer of clever and inspiring products.
Delsey constantly keeps reputation of high quality of the goods — suitcases and the bags, recognised for some years, and being one of world leaders in manufacture of luggage accessories.

Delsey gives a lot of attention to development and assortment updating, develops and introduces set of innovations in the products. Suitcases and bags Delsey people who appreciate convenience, choose reliability, ease, and elegance of things. Delsey will present to you comfort on any travel and will give confidence of a business trip. Name Delsey all over the world means prestige, good taste and quality.

About quality Delsey

Delsey — the firm developing the assortment according to last achievements of scientific and technical progress, subdued all world markets, won infinite set of prizes for quality at the international industrial exhibitions.

All suitcases, luggage, bags, backpacks are tested on spare parts:
The suitcase with full loading is deformed at testing in 48 different variants.
Handles of suitcases and bags — the loaded products rise and hundreds times fall.
Locks of suitcases and bags — open and closed 15,000 times — 5 years of daily use.

The main competitors: Hartmann Luggage, Vera Bradley Luggage, Travelpro Luggage, London Fog Luggage, Boyt Luggage, Atlantic Luggage, Tumi Luggage, LeSportsac Luggage, Prolite Luggage.

Delsey concept luggage