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Singapore's Century Roxy Park Hotel is offering a special rate for corporate suites of S$168 (about HK$722) per night until August 31. Another special also available until August 31 is on Royal Club Rooms at the same hotel with a nightly room rate at S$148. Benefits for both specials include daily buffet breakfast, direct high-speed internet access, a complimentary daily newspaper, a free shuttle service to the airport/city. www.century-hotels.net
New Boeing
Boeing delivered Continental Airlines' first next-generation 737-900 aircraft, making it the second airline this month to receive the newest model of the 737 family. With this delivery, Continental becomes the first domestic customer to operate three of the four next-generation 737 models: the 737-700, 737-800 and the 737-900. The airline has 15 737-900s on order. Boeing will deliver 10 of the new aircraft this year and another five next year.
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Planning edge
Affinity International Travel Systems, a leading travel technology, content company, has signed an agreement with AirTreks.com of San Francisco, California, for a co-branded version of AirTreks' TripPlanner 3.0 technology. The technology will be added to Affinity's travel Web site www.faraway.com. AirTreks will create a co-branded Web site for Affinity's clients looking for multi-stop itineraries which usually involved a long, manual process. TripPlanner 3.0 is the first and only tool that lets users customise multi-stop international itineraries and get instant prices - with one click of the mouse. TripPlanner will provide an automated international rate desk for faraway.com's clients. www.airtreks.com
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