Oct 31 2007
Thursday, 1 November 2007 09:19 Padraig Harrington has the chance to be crowned Europe’s number one for a second consecutive season with a top three finish in the Volvo Masters at Valderrama in Spain. Paul McGinley, Graeme McDowell and Ronan Rafferty complete the Irish contingent in Cadiz.
Oct 31 2007
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 23:40 Blackburn Rovers moved into the Carling Cup quarter-finals with goals from Benni McCarthy and Morten Gamst Pedersen as Portsmouth suffered a rare home defeat.
Oct 31 2007
China Southern Airlines is to launch a new service to Laos next week. Starting November 6, China Southern will launch flights between Guangzhou and Vientiane, the capital city of Laos.
The airline will operate this service with its Airbus A319 aircraft, with a flight time of approximately two and a half hours.
CZ3057 from Guangzhou to Vientiane will operate every Tuesday and Friday at 8:50 a.m., arriving at 10:20 a.m.
CZ3058 from Vientiane to Guangzhou will operate every Tuesday and Friday at 11:20 a.m.
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Oct 31 2007
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have opened the first phase of their $18 million ‘Airport of the Future’ check-in facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). The patented design, which replaces traditional ticket counters with customer-friendly islands of check-in kiosks and bag-check stations, helps reduce customer wait times.
“The Airport of the Future will transform the way customers check in for flights at our main hub in Seattle,” said Steve Jarvis, Alaska’s vice president of sales, marketing and customer experience.
Oct 31 2007
Thirteen years after Vietnam opened its first modern golf course, a British golf legend is en route to the storied sands of China Beach where he’ll put his stamp on a links course that is shaping up to be one of Asia’s finest.
Colin Montgomerie, who has set records on the European Tour with 31 tournament victories and eight money titles, travels to the historic Central Coast area the weekend of November 17-18, between playing stops in Shanghai for the HSBC Champions tournament and Shenzhen for the World Cup.
While in Vietnam, Montgomerie will work on The Montgomerie Links Vietnam - a collection of 18 breathtaking holes routed through casuarina pines and seaside vegetation just minutes from Danang’s international airport - and meet with some of the country’s highest ranking government officials.
“I’m excited to see how the site has evolved,” said Montgomerie, who has also played on eight Ryder Cup teams.
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Oct 31 2007
Carlson Hotels has launched goldpoints plus, a new generation frequent guest programme that brings new benefits to customers of Carlson’s five hotel brands located in 965 locations and 71 countries worldwide.
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Oct 31 2007
Shaza Hotels has an agreement with one of the worlds leading spa operators, MSpa International.
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Oct 31 2007
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 09:09 Irish boxers suffered a disappointing night at the World Amateur Championships in Chicago last night. Middleweight Darren Sutherland lost his last-16 bout to Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela 20-13 and saw his first chance of securing a place at next year’s Olympics disappear as a result. Heavyweight John Sweeney also exited the competition, going down 28-5 to Russia’s Rakhim Chakhkiev.
Oct 31 2007
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 08:08 Gus Poyet is confident the new regime at White Hart Lane has the ingredients at their disposal to turn Tottenham Hotspur’s season around, starting with the Carling Cup clash against Blackpool tonight. Poyet, one of Juande Ramos’ first-team coaches, has helped take three training sessions and there will be another today before the fourth-round tie against Championship opponents. Spurs have not won since beating Middlesbrough in the last round more than a month ago and Uruguayan Poyet has noticed a lack of belief in his short time since returning to the club - but he has also been encouraged by the talent in the squad.
Oct 31 2007
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 09:29 Motorsport chief Max Mosley believes Lewis Hamilton’s effect on the popularity of Formula One has been exaggerated. Mosley, president of the FIA, also fears continued success for the Englishman might be ‘negative’ for F1. And Mosley claimed it would be ’surprising’ if Hamilton had known nothing of McLaren’s possession of the Ferrari dossier which saw his team fined and disqualified from the constructors’ championship - although he stressed he had no evidence either way.
