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Highlights of the past week's postings on our business-travel blog
Tuesday July 8th 2008
More security please, we're British
Most British business travellers want to see the same levels of security at railway stations as at airports. That's one of the strange findings from Barclaycard's annual survey of 3,000 executives. Thankfully, the notion of such a railway system has been given short shrift by the government, in view of the logistical nightmares it would create.
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Chicago's rules
We don't think business trippers will go far wrong in easy-going Chicago, as long as they take a thick coat in winter and don't mix their Cubs and White Sox. But minds can be made easy with a perusal of our etiquette tips.
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OK Computer
Laptops disappear from airports in their thousands each week. One recent report suggests ways to safeguard yours and to limit the fallout of a theft; our "comments" section has several other ideas.
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What the rich want
Moscow's Ritz-Carlton is the cream of the hotel world's cream, according to the connoisseur-friendly Robb Report. That's what a $350m renovation can do for you.
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A new owner for L'Avion
The last of the independent, premium-service airlines is no more. Strangely, though, L'Avion has not gone bust, but been bought by British Airways, which plans to integrate its purchase into its OpenSkies subsidiary.
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