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Inside this issue

• More executives are opting for the home comforts offered by serviced apartments

• A rash of travel blogs is springing up that care less about cultural enrichment and more about the ins and outs of business travel - -

Content

Alert throws revival in doubt

Roger Blitz considers how the discovery of explosive devices on cargo flights is likely to affect the business travel sector’s recovery

Tim Clark: Subsidy debate has airline boss in a spin

Roger Blitz talks to the Emirates Airlines president

Business hubs: City of churches and capital of wine

Jill James on what to do and where to stay in Cologne and Bordeaux

Executive guide: From delays to fold-out trays – sites that let you vent your spleen

David Turner casts an eye over some of best blogs that are aimed at weary business travellers

Business class: Serviced apartments

More executives are opting for the home-from-home experience combined with the benefits of a five-star hotel, writes Jill James

Business etiquette: Language learning

There is a much wider choice of materials for learning a language these days, writes David Turner

Airline alliances: Team work helps fuel the wings of change

Membership is on the increase but some see them as anticompetitive, writes Jill James

Conferences: Mod cons and scenery all add to the allure of Lucerne

The destination has plans to rival cities such as Geneva as a venue for business, writes Jill James

Soapbox: Dorian Harris

The chief executive of Skoosh.com gives a cheating primer on the hotel industry