{"id":52254,"date":"2015-03-27T23:48:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=52254"},"modified":"2015-08-28T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T13:44:17","slug":"travel-news-this-month-in-travel-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/travel-news-this-month-in-travel-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel news: this month (March 2015) in luxury travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature luxury travel contests<\/a>, travel\u00a0tips<\/a>, travel\u00a0series<\/a>, or luxury travel\u00a0news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today (March 27, 2015): March luxury travel news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every last Friday of the month, you can read a news round-up of what\u2019s happening in the world of luxury travel. In this issue:<\/p>\n

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  1. Airline promotion of the month: Qatar Airways Business Class sale<\/li>\n
  2. St Regis Istanbul opens<\/li>\n
  3. JW Marriott Venice opens<\/li>\n
  4. Raffles Jakarta opens<\/li>\n
  5. Park Hyatt Zanzibar opens<\/li>\n
  6. The world’s most luxurious hotel brand opens its 28th property<\/li>\n
  7. Stunning turnaround: Qantas is profitable again<\/li>\n
  8. Six Senses Bali announced<\/li>\n
  9. Nicole Kidman stars in Etihad global ad campaign<\/li>\n
  10. Two new Jumeirah resorts announced<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. AIRLINE PROMOTION OF THE MONTH: QATAR AIRWAYS BUSINESS CLASS SALE<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Qatar Airways<\/a>\u00a0 starts flying from Amsterdam to Doha from June 16th.\u00a0 This is a new route and will be served by a Boeing 787 featuring the latest impressive business class seating which I reviewed \u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and which is pictured below.\u00a0To kick off the service, Qatar is offering some very attractive, almost ridiculously low launch fares based on two people travelling together. \u00a0<\/em>Some examples (quoted fares\u00a0are, per person):<\/p>\n