Road Warrior

Brandenburg still not open Another year goes by and still BER Brandenburg Airport is still not open. Originally due to open on a site near Schoenefeld in 2010 with further opening dates never reached, it is unlikely to operate for another few years. Carsten Muehlenfeld, former head of Rolls Royce Germany, has been appointed CEO. Aer Lingus will move its flight services from Schoenefeld to Tegal Airport and increase frequencies to 10 per week in the winter schedule. London looking to its rooftops Using the rooftops of building may have begun in New York but London is now joining the trend. The London Marriott Park Lane has opened a pop-up food and drinks venue called Roofnic on the 4th floor of the hotel. It has Astroturf flooring for that authentic feel and retro furniture. Other rooftop venues include Radio at ME London on the Strand and the Angler rooftop terrace at South Place Hotel.

Check out wifi in hotel groups Good and free wifi is a priority for most business travellers and finding this information about hotels can be difficult. Some hotels may only have free wifi in public areas. Hotel Wifi Test has ranked hotel groups on the quality of wifi and whether in-room is free. The top three were Nordic Choice, Radisson Blu and Renaissance. See hotelwifitest.com

Aer Lingus to lose old partners Now that Aer Lingus will be joining the big brands of BA and IB it will be losing some of its long-time partners like United Airlines and KLM. Partners from different airline alliances may no longer be acceptable. And will it mean a move from the lovely new Terminal Two at Heathrow to T5? KLM will certainly feel the pinch as Aer Lingus has been feeding Amsterdam successfully for years.