STANDBY Nordic Travel and aviation news for the Nordics

It’s a tough job for hotels to keep up with technological advances for the guestroom.

Tour operator repositions in drive to become Europe’s top online travel agent.

Boeing restricts the program to ground-test operations only.

Third-quarter operating profit stands at 14% as RevPAR growth stands at 8.1%.

Discovery of oil stains in three engines comes after positive half-year results.

WTM: Cruise Baltic urged to “squeeze out more marketing money for the region.”

One hotel-to-be will be a “gathering place for creative and curious minds”.

Substantial price rises have already happened, especially on transatlantic flights.

Speaking at the WTM, TUI’s UK chief says it wants to work with its partners in raising revenues.

Star Alliance has become the first aviation alliance to sell multiple fare products on the Internet.

The event includes a master class on how hotels can launch restaurants as stand-alone establishments.

More business travellers as well as economy passengers are taking to the skies, but many airlines are not yet laying on capacity to meet demand.

Celebrations continue late into the night at the Grosvenor House hotel in London.

Hundreds of travel professionals are due in November at a global travel expo focusing on a widening niche.

Airlines are accumulating a greater share of their revenues in 2010 from fees and charges on top of the basic fare.

The identities of thousands of fraudulent reviewers on travel websites such as TripAdvisor are to be revealed.

All six of the airline’s Airbus A380s are temporarily taken out of service after an emergency landing in Singapore.

Who are the most “intrepid” of the English-speaking travellers?

The recovery of the hotel markets in Scandinavia is clear, but Helsinki and Sweden are individual markets that do particularly well.

The European Union’s busiest airport hopes to win business from Paris and Frankfurt.