Road Warrior

Standards set for apartment rental The serviced apartment industry grew by 14 per cent last year with 750,000 apartments worldwide.

The UK's Association of Service Apartment Providers is rolling out an accreditation programme globally with the US-based Corporate Housing Provider Association.

This will lead to a set of standards across the industry. The International Serviced Apartment Accreditation Programme will be launched this summer in the US. Delta enhance Shannon service Delta's Shannon-New York service returned on Saturday May 2th with even better onward connections. More than 80 per cent of the airline's internal flights are now operating from Terminal 4 at JFK.

The Boeing 757-200 aircraft has 164 seats with 16 lie-flat seats in Delta One. It will be the latest flight out of New York to Ireland at 11.30pm. Aer Lingus will operate the earliest flight into New York this summer when EI103 departs at 07.50. US airlines show huge profits First quarter profits for the airline industry in the United States are showing some extraordinary results. Consolidation in the past few years has meant that this year American netted $402m, United $508m, Delta $372m.

In Europe mega merger IAG finally showed a profit of £25m, the first ever. Sadly for KLM/AF rocky industrial relations mean a first quarter loss of €417m. CarTrawler acquire Cabforce Irish company CarTrawler has acquired the leading provider of taxi booking solutions, Cabforce. The Finnish technology and service company provide all-inclusive rates for millions of business trips each year. Travellers can book online for 200 destinations in 54 countries.