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The Big Story: The Death of First Class?

Rather than becoming a fatal victim of the recession, high-end travel is being spruced up in time for the recovery, writes Roger Bray

CEO Interview: Refreshed Langhams elbows into London market

The famous brand still has some fight left

Business etiquette: No margaritas in macho Mexico

Appearing to be a ‘real man’ is essential

Mice: North Wales offers rural beautry and clarity of mind

The growth of the conference market

Soapbox: Air Passenger Duty is a step too far

Chris Cuddy, chief executive of Cheapflights

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The Big Story: The Death of First Class: November 2009

How the downturn is affecting high-end travel. Could penny-pinching spell the end for first class?
PLUS VIDEO: A review of BA’s new London City to New York business-only route

A recovery, but a delicate one: September 2009

• The meetings and travel sector may never be the same again
• How to avoid a dog’s breakfast when negotating in the US
• Jimmy Choo on achieving the right balance between work and play

The upside of the downturn: March 2009

An already bedraggled travel industry is mounting a full-scale PR offensive to shore up business travel’s battered reputation. Plus a guide to secure travel.

Squeezed? You will be: November 2008

Business travellers and the hotel industry have embarked on a battle royal over prices as hoteliers fight tooth and nail to stop the economic downturn from eating into their profits and corporations drive a hard bargain over room rates.

VIDEO

Air taxi service guarantees savings

Rohit Jaggi

As travel budgets shrink, could private jets be the new essential business tool?

London’s $1bn hotel makeover

London Hotels Global Traveller

Roger Blitz visits the capital’s refurbished five-star hotels and reports on their efforts to beat international competition.

On board the Emirates’ A380

Emirates

Richard Edgar tests the latest business class offering from the Gulf airline

MULTIMEDIA

St Pancras slideshow

Global Traveller Report

A pictorial history of the famous rail station from its first construction to its most recent development

Audio: Climate change debate

Climate change

A selection of excerpts from an FT discussion with leaders of the business travel industry

CEO interviews

Grant Hearn: A room that meets five basic needs

Grant Hearn

Roger Blitz talk to the head of a budget hotel chain that is gaining ground in new markets

Charles Petruccelli: Solutions by the handful

Charles Petruccelli

Roger Blitz talks to the president of AmEx’s global travel services