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(29 July 2021)
United Airlines’ customers – no matter what cabin of
service they’re flying in – can now use the airline’s  mobile app
and website to pre-order meals, snacks and beverages, up to five
days before they’re scheduled to travel.

United’s pre-order option is now available on
select flights departing from Chicago to Orange County, CA
Sacramento, CA and San Diego, and will expand to all flights over
1,500 miles by early fall.

“Our new pre-order option reflects the customer
experience transformation taking place at United – customers in
our economy cabins will have an easy, convenient way to

(28 July 2021)
Air France received a 5-star COVID19 Airline Safety
Rating from Skytrax on Tuesday.

Air France is the first major European airline to
receive this award, which is an improvement on the 4-star rating
it received in January 2021.

The 5-star rating is the highest an airline can
receive in this global benchmark for certifying COVID19 air travel
health and safety standards.

Among the measures taken by Air France, the rating agency evaluated
the cleaning and disinfection procedures at the airport and on
board aircraft, recycling of the cabin air, special signage and
floor markings to ensure physical

(28 July 2021)
The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office has unveiled
the 15 finalists of the Experience Mekong Showcases 2021 from
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand Vietnam, as well as Guangxi and
Yunnan in China.

Three thousand eligible
votes determined three Experience Mekong Collection members from
each of the five participating countries this year for the next
round of voting.

The public can
vote until 31 August,
with the six Experience Mekong Showcases
to be announced at the 2021 Destination Mekong Summit scheduled
to take place later
this year.

The 15 finalists are:

“Alliances like the
Experience Mekong Collection are more important than

(28 July 2021)
Mr. Wuttipong Tanteraponchai has been appointed as
Cluster Director of Sales and Marketing of the Melia Koh Samui and
Melia Chiang Mai, the group’s two hotels in Thailand.

Prior to joining Melia, Khun Wuttipong spent a
year working as Director of Sales and Marketing at The Sukhothai
Bangkok, and before that was with The Okura Prestige Bangkok for
more than seven years, firstly as Director of Sales for two years
before being promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing.

Khun Wuttipong also worked with Mandarin Oriental
for 4 years, spent just over 2 years at the Westin

(26 July 2021)
IATA has launched an environmental sustainability
training program together with the University of Geneva (UNIGE).

While sustainability has played an important role in the industry
for many years, it is a key priority as the sector rebuilds from
the effects of the COVID19 pandemic.

In a recent survey of more
than 800 industry training professionals, sustainability was
identified as a top training need, in order to ensure that
employees can obtain the necessary fundamental technical and
operational skills, but also the required soft skills.

The IATA – UNIGE Certificate of Advanced Studies
(CAS) in Environmental Sustainability in