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Could this be the world's most alluring airport hotel? Aesthetically, it's got the requisite wow factor, thanks to its sensuous chocolate-colored, polished-plaster foyer with a subtly lit, fiberglass staircase sweeping up into a spiral. And its location at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England - fast becoming the main European hub for private aviation - adds undeniable cachet. The hotel's opening in August was smartly timed too, pre-empting the centenary of the first officially recorded powered flight in Britain, made by Samuel Franklin Cody at Farnborough in October...
...marching song. They were followed on the stage by Tom & Jerry and a moderator who offered a prize for the right response to a quiz question: "Where did the Imam [Khomeini] deliver his first speech?" There were at least a dozen wrong guesses before someone ventured, "At the airport...
...East Access. Continental is launching daily direct service between Newark Liberty Airport and Shanghai on March 25. To celebrate, the airline is offering a special $777 round-trip fare to Shanghai from Newark. From cities such asa Houston, Miami and Cleveland, the fare is just $888 round-trip to Shanghai on flights that connect through Newark. Tickets must be purchased by Feb. 28 for outbound travel from March 25 to April 30; all travel must be completed by June...
Waiting Room. For American Airlines flyers, there's a new Admirals Club lounge in Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport. Open daily at 5:30 a.m., the club has Wi-Fi, copy and fax machines as well as snacks and drinks. Yearly membership starts at $350 and includes access to Qantas lounges, but you'll get $50 off a new membership or $25 off a renewal, if you buy in person at the new lounge at Dulles before April 30. Or you can simply buy a day pass for $50. Terminal B, mezzanine level, near gate...
...least for a few days, Colombians could celebrate amid the homecomings. After a Brazilian army helicopter carrying Red Cross officials plucked Lopez from the jungle and delivered him to Cali's international airport, his two sons, aged 18 and 20, nearly knocked him to the ground as they embrace him on the tarmac. The haggard but smiling former lawmaker later suggested that the guerrillas, not Uribe nor the army, have become their own worst enemies...