Second runway for Stansted
11-Mar-08 Christy Wyatt
BAA submits its Generation 2 planning applications for the development of a second runway at Stansted Airport today.
It would be the first new runway in the South East of England for over 50 years.
The two-runway, two-terminal airport is expected to be open in 2015, serving 68 million passengers a year in around 2030.
The development would include enhancements to the airport’s railway station including a second rail tunnel and a fourth platform, bus and coach station enhancement and changes to access routes to the airport from the M11 and A120.
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Design Hotels opens its first office in Perth this month.
Its first Australian member hotel will be The Limes in Brisbane, set to open in May.
“We feel that it is time to approach this continent,” says Iain Ainsworth, executive vice president.
“The opening of this additional office within the region demonstrates our clear development strategy and marks our commitment to building stronger relations within the marketplace, with new hotels, press and the travel trade."
The international hotel brand, which has 170 member hotels worldwide, celebrates its 15th birthday this year.
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