Located at the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Streets in Manhattan, The Nolitan Hotel is the first boutique hotel in what is labeled as the ‘Nolita’ district. The Nolitan has 55 rooms and is aiming to provide personalized attention and intuitive service.

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Korean Air has become the sixth A380 operator worldwide and the first in North East Asia with the introduction on June 17 of revenue service with its first super-jumbo.

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The Empire State Building celebrates its 80th anniversary on Sunday, May 1, 2011. The tip of its lightning mast/antenna reaches 1,454 feet (443.179 meters) above Midtown Manhattan.

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American Airlines has launched daily New York-Budapest service, becoming the only airline to offer year-round nonstop service between the two cities.

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Through their new transatlantic joint business arrangement, American Airlines and British Airways have created what BA describes as being effectively a transatlantic shuttle service on top U.S.-UK routes by aligning the timing of their summer schedules.

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South African Airways’ service linking New York and Johannesburg will now operate non-stop from Johannesburg to New York, resulting in the fastest way to travel between New York and Southern Africa.

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Republic Airways Holdings subsidiary Frontier will add a fourth, six-times-weekly round-trip to New York beginning April 4 and a fourth, six-times-weekly round-trip to Boston beginning May 13.

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Amidst fireworks and fanfare in New York Harbor on January 14, Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria joined the new Queen Elizabeth during her maiden visit to New York. The meeting marked only the second time in Cunard’s 171-year history that all three of the company’s ships have met simultaneously in New York.

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Just two months after the U.S. Department of Transportation followed the Japanese government in granting final approval for a joint transpacific business involving American Airlines and Japan Airlines, the two carriers announce they have agreed to launch their joint business on April 1.

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The partnership, which has already gone live, allows travelers the option to book flights through Emirates with connecting service on Virgin America, making travel easier and more convenient within a single itinerary.

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The oneworld alliance is relocating its headquarters to New York City under new leadership, the latest move in oneworld’s bid to establish itself as the world’s premier airline alliance.

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Frontier Airlines is increasing service frequency from Denver International Airport to Chicago Midway, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York LaGuardia and Sacramento, California next spring. Frontier is also resuming its nonstop seasonal summer service between Denver and Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Cathay Pacific Airways is launching daily nonstop passenger service between Hong Kong and Chicago on September 1, 2011. The airline is also adding a third New York-Hong Kong nonstop flight on March 27, the service becoming daily on May 2.

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The Park Hyatt New York will be located at 157 West 57th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, across from Carnegie Hall.

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Continental Airlines is inaugurating a fifth daily flight from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to London Heathrow Airport on October 30.

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Southwest Airlines will begin service to Newark Liberty International Airport with eight daily nonstop flights, six to Chicago Midway and two to St. Louis on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

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Continental Airlines will begin nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands on February 18, 2011, subject to government approval.

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Reservations and ticket purchasing for Japan Airlines’s new codeshare on American’s flights between New York and Sao Paulo begin on October 28, subject to government approval.

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Transaero is operating three-times-weekly service on the New York-Moscow route, which it launches on October 29; and twice-weekly service on the Miami-Moscow route, which Transaero begins serving on October 27.

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