Vancouver Olympic Games on financial target

Posted on: October 9th, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips

Organisers of the next Winter Olympics Games are promising to work within a balanced budget, thus offering the hopes for a better financial outlook than expected.
VANOC chief executive of organising committee John Furlong said in his last progress report addressed to the International Olympic Committee that the financial situation of the Vancouver Games has experienced [...]

Jetstar attendant hunting passenger on Facebook

Posted on: October 7th, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips

A male Jetstar flight attendant is currently being investigated by carrier over allegations he has made inappropriate use of confidential passenger information in order to contact a teenage girl via Facebook.
The Jetstar employee sent the teenage girl several messages on the social media website following a flight within Australia last month, it has been reported.
The [...]

Aer Lingus adjusts for the downturn

Posted on: October 7th, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips

Hit-by-hard-times Irish carrier Aer Lingus faces a struggle with unions following the announcement to axe at least 676 positions and cut the pay of hundreds more employees.
Only 24 hours after much larger rival British Airways revealed it was planning job cuts and an extended pay freeze, the Irish airline disclosed a broad transformation scheme. Under [...]

Well it seems that Facebook is used for more things than just talking it up with friends. Just recently, 14,000 members joined a campaign that was called Protest British Airways’ Surfboard Ban. This is a ban that has been in affect since way back in November of 2007. Just before this, British Airways was known [...]

Britain’s Foreign Office has recently advised people against travelling to some destinations.  It has issued a warning against all but essential travel to Samoa, Tonga and American Samoa and has also given a warning to vacationers planning a journey to Sumatra, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The Foreign Office’s warning concerning non essential travels to Samoa, American Samoa [...]

UK Law Change Could Cost Jobs

Posted on: October 2nd, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips

It now seems that a new law has been placed into affect for the UK that will force restaurants, bars, and hotels to pay their employees minimum wage. Although this sounds like something that all businesses should be doing, most hotels bars, and restaurants currently underpay their employees and have tips make up the other [...]