22nd February 2010

Iran expels Greek flight attendant over naming row for Persian Gulf

A Greek flight attendant who worked at an Iranian domestic airline has been expelled following a disagreement with a number of in-flight passengers as to the proper name for the Persian Gulf.
An employee with local Kish Airlines, the attendant reportedly engaged in a heated verbal debate during a flight from Tehran to Kish last Friday. The attendant is also alleged to have threatened the passengers with arrest according to local police authorities.
The row stemmed from the airline’s in-flight monitor screen display showing that the Gulf waterway in question was named the Arabian Gulf. Passengers brought the matter to the attention [...]

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22nd February 2010

Hertz UAE wins leading mystery shopper award

Hertz, the world’s largest car rental company and premier hire organization inside the United Arab Emirates, has been ranked the region’s leader under a new survey using mystery shopper. The survey was undertaken by Dubai-based Arabian Travel News and Ethos Consultancy, a leading travel publication for the travel industry.
The leading rental group in the UAE, won points for its keenly maintained depot appearance, ease of access to location, tidiness and cleanliness including how well employees are presented and groomed. This included the prominent display of name tags in addition to the actual length of time a customer was kept waiting [...]

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22nd February 2010

Eurostar launch inquiry into latest breakdown

European rail operator Eurostar is investigating yet another in a long series of cross-channel train breakdowns, which left over 700 passengers in darkness.
The service, which operates from London to Paris, came to a grinding halt with its lights off just south of Ashford in Kent at about 10:45pm last night after what the operator described [...]

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