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The company has just announced record €620 million profits and intends to return half of it to shareholders.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5T35N2YO5REBDPJDWNCFMZJWZU","content":"In 2014, his transformation plan for the airline seemed grounded by huge losses and critics were calling for his head. Three years earlier his proposal to cut 5,000 jobs at Qantas had sparked industrial unrest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FXLQI6UQP5DU5FK52N2WCRIF44","additional_properties":{},"content":"They are eating their words now. John Addis, founder of Intelligent Investor, wrote an article in the <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em> apologising for predicting two years ago that Qantas would sack its chief executive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QTE2LXWZCBAPZDCSBVT4O3TVQA","content":"“Mostly I felt happy for our people and the effort they put in,” Joyce says. He adds that the part the airline’s 30,000 staff played in turning the company around was key in the results. 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One salient point was the performance of Jetstar, the Qantas low-cost carrier Joyce established, which made $262 million. “Jetstar made more money in six months than it did in any full year in its history,” he says.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NGSABS65S5A3LHVPBGEEL5M65E","additional_properties":{},"content":"The subsidiary has seen off its rival Virgin, whose 25 per cent shareholder, Air New Zealand, now wants to sell up. Jetstar's 35 per cent cost advantage ultimately forced the other airline to stop pursuing budget flyers and go after premium traffic. This is the opposite of the European experience, where established players cut costs to combat Ryanair and EasyJet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B73L3QTJV5CPTM6HHOA5MWLUHE","content":"“The CEO of one of the big European low-cost carriers recently told me that Qantas was defying gravity,” Joyce says.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FVHBZC3DP5FWJPCY4ELOK72QYM","content":"Ryanair played an indirect role in Jetstar. Qantas set up the subsidiary in 2003 with Joyce at the helm. He brought in a former executive with the Irish airline, Conor McCarthy, to work on the new business. “He helped us to set up Jetstar and gave us some amazing insights,” Joyce says. “He has been very good about coming back from time to time to make sure that we do not get off track.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CTLU6GBGVRA33BH743GAH2KLLQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Outside its domestic market, where it fought bitter battles with Virgin, Qantas faces stiff competition in its international business. Joyce says 32 airlines fly the \"kangaroo route\" from Australia to Britain. Asia is similarly crowded.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KGHRE5WWLBH27NWAPGXMAH5JFI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Using their bases as hubs between there and Europe, the Gulf carriers – Emirates, Etihad and Qatar – have built strong franchises there, but they are just the latest wave.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KL6QCL5I4JEVZGJJCDOYOZ4QKQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"\"We've always had competition; before the Gulf carriers we had Singapore and Cathay Pacific,\" Joyce says. It has also opened new opportunities for Qantas, which has a code-share with Emirates, with which Joyce flew to Dublin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y26KPIAWUBFTDOMB3RTQQKGLMM","additional_properties":{},"content":"In Europe, only British Airways flies to Australia. It stops in Singapore but there are aircraft on the way that will eliminate this need. In 2021, Qantas will have the new Boeing 777 8X, which could connect Ireland and Australia. However, its chief executive says that initially at least, the airline's customers are more likely to be interested in other European destinations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PSCIZ3GGUZCQZOQWKGZQUD4NTI","content":"Meanwhile, he has to implement a further $600 million in savings at Qantas to hit the $2 billion target set in the transformation programme.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMJY2NB56ZB5DFAYVILYFYIDCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Joyce, who is from Springfield, Tallaght, did applied science at the Dublin Institute of Technology and a master's in operations research, a branch of mathematics, in Trinity College Dublin. That led to a job in Aer Lingus where he caught the airline bug. \"I got the smell of kerosene in my nostrils,\" he says.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RYR22CSN7RH5PHV4CIJ4JQSTWE","content":"He moved to Australia in 1996 and worked in network and schedule planning before becoming chief executive of Jetstar. 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The State company got planning permission for the project in 2007.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JDB5TS7MDZCNRHLH2TLZSQPWOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"However, that runs out in August 2017, so the DAA must either ask the local planning authority, Fingal County Council, for an extension or go ahead and do enough work on the project to satisfy the council that it has been substantially completed so it can retain the permission.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U52SSKXJKBEFXETPW6H4ENXY6A","content":"If it fails on either count, it will have to re-apply for planning. The DAA would also have to submit a fresh application if it were to decide to build a runway longer than the 3,110 metres for which it now has permission.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCF5QVDDZVCJDO6267Y2Q77VQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Any new application could take a while. The council and planning appeals board took four years, from 2003 to 2007, to give the go-ahead for the project as it stands. This time, it would benefit from new laws that direct applications for important infrastructure projects straight to An Bord Pleanála, but that would require an oral hearing and could still take time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GPRNZQK26ZGJXANYC47IZ4LNAE","content":"It also faces another constraint: in order to build the runway, Dublin Airport must ensure that there are no more than 65 flights in and out of the airport between the hours of 11pm and 7am every night. Less than a year after it got planning permission, there were 72 flights operating between those hours. The DAA confirmed this week that the figure is now closer to 99.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JT5H2GGRBZBONGVAL2MJLU3U2U","content":"In 2008 the company asked An Bord Pleanála to alter this condition under the Strategic Infrastructure Act. It did not pursue the application as passenger numbers fell sharply as the recession hit demand. However, given the increase in traffic since then, that condition will have to be changed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EG26MEDBORAQZHQ7CG3ZKFDMTQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Local people ","type":"header"},{"_id":"JXJNTKBTZZAOXGTZETLOIIX4GI","content":"Regardless of how the company decides to tackle all of this, it needs to keep local people onside. Residents’ groups from north Co Dublin appealed the council’s original 2006 decision to grant permission for the new runway. David Kelly, treasurer of one of them,","type":"text"},{"_id":"MBW3FCXYWNAW3M3ZUJJLSFX4ZU","content":"Portmarnock","type":"text"},{"_id":"4LAR6MWSORFL5AD72WHRATWLOY","content":"Community Association, says it is monitoring the situation and will meet the DAA next week to discuss recent developments.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3QBOUTDHENDSLIR7A3CVHUROYA","content":"At this stage, the DAA will not comment on the planning process, but given that it both needs and wants a new runway, it has a number of critical decisions to make on this front.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CH4HBYIHV5AYLGHNFCNBURBQUQ","content":"An increase in passengers is behind this. Last year the number of people who travelled through the airport increased by 3.3 million to 25 million. This was the first time that traffic at Dublin airport hit that number, while the scale of the increase was a record in itself.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZ6N7A3XRRBDDCKHNOUPYFZCSM","content":"A number of factors combined to fuel this growth. One was the increase in tourists to 8.6 million, which was another record. That was partly down to the improved economies in key markets such as the US and Britain, and a favourable exchange rate.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RSFN6ZM3NZH7ZAOA3C65DXD5CU","content":"Spurred by the axing of travel tax and a cut in airport charges, Dublin Airport’s airline customers launched 22 new routes in 2015 and increased the number of seats and flights on 39 existing services.","type":"text"},{"_id":"W6WB4TNOTJEKLBV5FYQPYECGTU","additional_properties":{},"content":"There is another dynamic at play. Dublin Airport is beginning to establish itself as a hub for travel between the rest of Europe and North America. Midway through last year, it overtook the likes of Rome and Madrid to become Europe's fifth biggest transatlantic airport, with 41,682 seats a week on these routes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VEATH2OO5ZCP7CAAW3YWQCK7LA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Transfer passengers ","type":"header"},{"_id":"R3C5X3JGTBBIPDE6FNORK5BLGA","content":"Aer Lingus","type":"text"},{"_id":"OUXYLL4B2RF43A5SBAVYYX2LUE","content":"will add three new transatlantic services to the nine existing direct routes from the airport this year. Meanwhile, Delta recently announced plans to use bigger craft and increase the number of seats available on its","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7MAFEHNLRFFJK4JKWGKZRJ65Q","content":"Atlanta","type":"text"},{"_id":"2GE3MITQPRDWDHYCRM7UG6HSNI","content":"and New York flights.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NK3CHEL36VC6XDG46J2U72JVB4","content":"A growing element of that business is transfer passengers. Last year, one million of the 2.5 million people who flew from Dublin to North America actually began their journeys in Britain or Europe, changing to their transatlantic flights at the Irish airport. Its spokeswoman points out that it has more connections with British cities than Heathrow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3ML5HVCC3BGE5LB7YNZCNPYNEI","content":"That business looks set to become increasingly important to Dublin Airport, but not just on the basis of recent trends. One of the reasons that International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) paid €1.4 billion for Aer Lingus last year was that it wants to use the Irish carrier, and by extension the airport, to extend its reach across the Atlantic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UC5MSTO7LJH5TMZFNSUXDUR3NU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Heathrow, Europe's biggest hub, is near capacity. IAG chief executive Willie Walsh believes that the London airport will wait a decade at least before getting a new runway. He saw Dublin as a natural alternative and Aer Lingus, which had its own ambitions for its transatlantic business, as a natural fit with the group.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T25TFK3OT5CLNGSJ6F7765OS74","additional_properties":{},"content":"IAG's pockets are deep enough to fund Aer Lingus's ambitions. It threw its weight behind the Irish carrier by backing the launch of the three new US services, from Dublin to Los Angeles, New Jersey and Connecticut, this year. Aer Lingus can also tap into the larger group's network for increased transatlantic custom.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PU4SW5LPXBB4VFVBBFNWGBZDQI","content":"An added attraction is that passengers can get US customs and immigration clearance at Dublin, something they cannot get in any airport outside the Republic (Shannon has it also). It is possible that the US will introduce pre-clearance into European airports, but that seems to be some time away; it has been claimed that the logistics of introducing it to bigger hubs such as Heathrow are difficult.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LDPYURMEMBB3LCPJDG2REQQ3P4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ups and downs ","type":"header"},{"_id":"YD3ZFWKP7RH6DLELFCJT7IN67M","content":"If Dublin Airport realises its potential as a hub, it will make it less dependent on its domestic market by insulating one strand of its business from the ups and downs of the Republic’s economy. The last recession hit it hard; numbers fell from 23.4 million in 2008 to 20.5 million in 2009 and that trend continued for two more years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7NOHS665RDLXD4VRTNB5IVJMU","content":"However, the airport’s own capacity is limited and it is likely to begin feeling the pressure very soon. Last year’s record already looks poised to fall. According to the DAA’s spokeswoman, passenger growth so far this year has again hit double-digit figures.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DAE2YHOTBBDAFA6S7Q7PQYQAEY","additional_properties":{},"content":"While it represented a new high, the 25-million benchmark is significant for another reason as well: it is the point at which the Commission for Aviation Regulation says that the DAA may increase passenger charges to help foot the €250 million bill for the new runway.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E5AI2U5BWBH7TCWMGFC65PDVJI","additional_properties":{},"content":"If the airport decides to go ahead with the project, the regulator will allow it to add almost 60 cent to the €9.87 that it can charge airlines for each passenger so it can fund the project. Such a move would anger key customers such as Aer Lingus and Ryanair. At this stage, they say that they do not want to pay for over-runs or share the commercial risk with the airport company. However, both airlines agree a new runway is needed, support that the DAA no doubt welcomes as it prepares to convince other stakeholders as well.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Barry O'Halloran"}},"name":"Barry O'Halloran"}]},"description":{"basic":"If airport realises its potential as Europe-US hub, it will be less reliant on domestic market"},"display_date":"2016-04-01T08:27:52Z","headlines":{"basic":"Dublin Airport needs new runway to fulfil its wider ambitions"},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"LIH7TOTUSVVLMAGHPKIMEMWN4I","auth":{"1":"941866cdcd796c67084b0b82dabb36e34aea093cbd555a840a31896353111052"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/LIH7TOTUSVVLMAGHPKIMEMWN4I.jpg"}},"subtype":"opinion","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Transport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/dublin-airport-needs-new-runway-to-fulfil-its-wider-ambitions-1.2594168","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/transport","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Transport"}}}},{"_id":"FDXFHVTAGV2OB65AV4HELUE25E","additional_properties":{},"canonical_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/dublin-airport-authority-faces-runway-deadline-1.2594217","content_elements":[{"_id":"GTGRBPMWARFV3KXA3BLSC644IU","content":"Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) planning permission for its proposed new €250 million runway expires next year, leaving the State company facing a number of crunch decisions in coming months.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GWJSXA3AWVHOFGOQXYU7VZKVYA","additional_properties":{},"content":"An Bord Pleanála gave the DAA permission to build a new 3,110m runway in August 2007, but the plan was put on hold as the recession hit numbers travelling through the airport.","type":"text"},{"_id":"77FCJW33L5AU7EHJGHPF2IDRHI","content":"Renewed growth and the airport’s bid to position itself as a transatlantic hub have put the €250 million project back on the DAA’s agenda.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IYJQACNGQ5CKXA6O5M3E2Z3XWM","content":"However, permission for the development expires in August next year, leaving the DAA with a number of choices to make ahead of that deadline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K4CI32FL5VC2BK57Q62ZCAEWWA","additional_properties":{},"content":"It could ask Fingal County Council to extend the 10-year period, which planning laws allow. Otherwise it will have to either begin work on the runway ahead of the deadline and bring it to the point where it is substantially complete or reapply for permission.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LXITZ4ABVJAFXMKLXEWNJE6HPU","content":"Sources have suggested that the DAA could reapply, but this time for a longer runway than the one for which it already has permission. This would allow it to cater for bigger long-haul craft.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VTFCH3OYRRB6DJH6XBQEO3SMCA","content":"Any reapplication is likely to take time as it would require an oral hearing. However, it could be made under strategic infrastructure legislation, which means that the fresh application would go straight to An Bord Pleanála.","type":"text"},{"_id":"W4IR6GBBRZD6LMCH3FYL6XXOV4","content":"The DAA did ask An Bord Pleanála to alter a condition attached to the original permit restricting flights in and out of the airport to 65 between 11pm and 7am.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N2MDOLCHM5C6XJA7JREE2CQZGI","content":"It dropped this in 2009, but will now have to get this condition changed as demand at these hours is now around 99 flights.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6VXR53KVBBANBG2BR3CNHR5CHM","content":"More than 25 million people travelled through Dublin Airport in 2015.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7GP5OZ7C4JERJHQKBZJF3W3F7A","content":"Initial indications are that traffic this year will overtake that number.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Barry O'Halloran"}},"name":"Barry O'Halloran"}]},"description":{"basic":"Crunch decisions ahead as planning permission for €250m project expires next year"},"display_date":"2016-04-01T08:19:57Z","headlines":{"basic":"Dublin Airport Authority faces runway deadline"},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"DA52YQZL6DFK6DD6G2AEZYU5WI","auth":{"1":"7d8649c586699661ccee37d6f3ac8a6c6101d9e221c8931cc7f85d52726af821"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/DA52YQZL6DFK6DD6G2AEZYU5WI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Transport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/dublin-airport-authority-faces-runway-deadline-1.2594217","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/transport","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Transport"}}}},{"_id":"3J2P23K5ACTXWFPVYN35T4DJQM","additional_properties":{},"canonical_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/china-s-anbang-abandons-14-bn-bid-to-buy-starwood-hotels-1.2594944","content_elements":[{"_id":"XCIERE3OIFDKPLZH72HHWQG2DU","additional_properties":{},"content":"China's Anbang Insurance has abandoned its $14 billion bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, paving the way for Marriott International Inc to buy the Sheraton and Westin hotels operator. The surprise withdrawal marks an anticlimactic end to a bidding war that had pitted Marriott's ambitions to create the world's largest lodging company, with about 5,700 hotels, against Anbang's drive to create a vast portfolio of US real estate assets. It also represents a blow to corporate China's growing ambitions to acquire US assets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7ICQ2ZXAJBHQ5MUS6XHAYZQC6E","additional_properties":{},"content":"Anbang's acquisition of Starwood would have been the largest takeover of a U.S. company by a Chinese buyer. \"We were attracted to the opportunity presented by Starwood because of its high-quality, leading global hotel brands, which met many of our acquisition criteria, including the ability to generate consistent, long-term returns over time,\" Anbang said in a statement. \"However, due to various market considerations, the consortium has determined not to proceed further,\" Anbang added, referring to the joint bid it had put together with private equity firms J.C. Flowers & Co and Primavera Capital Ltd.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NEZDXW7IMRH27CJUXNFYQVSOM4","content":"Anbang did not offer Starwood a reason for not following through on its raised offer of March 26, according to people familiar with the matter. They asked not to be identified disclosing confidential discussions. “The reason of withdrawal is simple - Anbang isn’t interested in a protracted bidding war,” Fred Hu, chairman of Primavera, told Reuters in an email.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V6KIXFDTPZG53BYJSETOY4RZKU","content":"It was not immediately clear if Marriott had been planning a counterbid to Anbang’s March 26 offer.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NS7FGRMK7VDJNJCKT4GU5BI36A","content":"Anbang has previously bowed out of smaller deals, but this is the most high-profile deal it has abandoned, people familiar with the matter said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LBV6J2STG5HHTKJHCPZZ2BP47M","content":"Starwood said on Monday that Anbang had raised its offer to almost $14 billion. Anbang had been expected to firm up that non-binding offer, so that Starwood would formally declare it superior to Marriott’s.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RRRPHUR7YBFX7ADFJOA4DTYR7Q","content":"Anbang had already made a $13.2 billion binding and fully financed offer earlier this month, which Starwood accepted as superior. Had Marriott not counterbid on March 21, Starwood would have proceeded with the earlier Anbang offer. Starwood said on Thursday that Anbang had withdrawn its offer “as a result of market considerations,” which it did not specify. Marriott declined to provide immediate comment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5I62SQSLSZCATMUQ3F37W5EEJY","content":"The move fueled speculation on what drove Anbang to change course, especially given that many Chinese overseas acquisitions have been encouraged by the country’s authorities. Chinese financial magazine Caixin reported earlier this month that China’s insurance regulator would likely reject a bid by Anbang to buy Starwood, since it would put the insurer’s offshore assets above a 15 per cent threshold for overseas investments.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XSVDUKL7KZCO3GHVXB72HWYTCY","content":"Should Anbang have clinched an agreement with Starwood, it would have been scrutinised by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency panel that reviews deals to ensure they do not harm national security. 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High expectations ahead of the unveiling have restored Tesla's shares to around the $230-mark, recovering from a year low of $141.05 in February after analysts cut price targets and revenue expectations. \"It is important to the industry because it will signal whether or not Tesla Motors is a major threat to the status quo or just another wannabe car company with a fleeting chance for long-term success,\" said Kelley Blue Book's Jack Nerad.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OJ4SFXRFCNAM5BT3FLYP7UNOAM","additional_properties":{},"content":"GM is on track to beat Tesla to the market with its Chevrolet Bolt electric car, which GM says will launch late this year, offering about 200 miles of electric driving range and a starting price of around $35,000. 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Continental, Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand have trialled various types of biofuels, among others.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FHQKOOUFCZHELBXMIOZXKUUMX4","content":"Europe is targeting annual production of 2 million tonnes of sustainably produced biofuel for civil aviation by 2020, but authorities say limited production means it is unlikely this goal will be reached.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBUMQEHOOVBP7HN2F7SINC6M4U","content":"“For the coming years, the price gap between sustainable and fossil jet fuel remains the biggest challenge to create a stable market for sustainable jet fuel,” Maarten van Dijk, CEO of SkyNRG said in a statement on Thursday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HC4KZ4GEGVEL5IKAZEXF7EUHRQ","content":"The fuel in use at Oslo airport is produced by Neste from the camelina plant and made available by Air BP, the aviation division of BP, and broker SkyNRG.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3BGT6QBAJBLPMBSBM6YEV65KA","content":"Biofuels have been the subject of much debate as to how environmentally friendly they are, with some sources such as palm oil coming under fire for taking up land that could be used to grow crops to feed people.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BFJ6GR4YNNEZBKGPJSYLC6H3DE","content":"Advocates say camelina’s advantages are that it can be grown on land not suitable for food crops and after being pressed for oil, the remaining by-product can be fed to livestock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BP5LHCOK4NBWPPJH4NZVTU2NRQ","content":"<strong>Reuters</strong>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Ciara O'Brien"}},"name":"Ciara O'Brien"}]},"description":{"basic":"Flights will run over five to six weeks and use 200 tonnes of blended biofuel"},"display_date":"2016-03-31T16:07:47Z","headlines":{"basic":"KLM trials biofuel-powered flights between Amsterdam and Oslo"},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"NLDGE753OPEKAIKUPJYWLDHXH4","auth":{"1":"8e73324e96017899a104f8815dd1d160da8e0bc94265a2a30f680997cd299b6c"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/NLDGE753OPEKAIKUPJYWLDHXH4.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Transport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/klm-trials-biofuel-powered-flights-between-amsterdam-and-oslo-1.2593955","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/transport","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Transport"}}}},{"_id":"3N5JXS6SYNLYKWXDBEX4OAPKXE","additional_properties":{},"canonical_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/irish-holidaymakers-flock-to-france-on-the-ferry-this-summer-1.2593467","content_elements":[{"_id":"G4TNIPMB6VECDD3OMLFDZXLLQY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has reported a \"significant increase\" in bookings for its ferry routes to France this summer, as Irish holidaymakers seek out the sun and soccer fans seek to support their team at Euro 2016.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GIIZHHQQV5HY5K5XYENNR2IP7A","content":"According to the ferry operator, which starts its new season on April 2nd, early bookings are up by 19 per cent on the same period last year, driven in part by both Ireland, and Northern Ireland’s, participation in the Euro 2016 championships, which will take place in France in June.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LJC2O5TULVGADCROS2PPCTS6CI","content":"Brittany Ferries has weekly sailings from Cork to Roscoff and last year 84,000 passengers travelled on the route; 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I feel that they are missing out on what there is to do outdoors in Ireland. Can you give me any ideas of things we could do that would show them something beyond the addictive screens? SA.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNGK3WJN5BEEPAPT3XMG3J2BXU","content":"Doing things together is a great way to see the country and have experiences together. It also provides something to talk about. Camping comes to mind as something that everyone can enjoy and there are plenty of places to try.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2Q4YN4FNSBDH7FG6W4PZVN3F4I","content":"Pure Camping near the small village of Querrin in Co Clare is on the Loop Head peninsula. You can even rent tents that are already erected and furnished, just collect wood and light a fire and you are ready to go. The Loop Head peninsula is a great destination for exploring the outdoors. Whales and dolphin regularly swim by and you could try kayaking with the boys.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HUMAGRFWIJGQ3BXWE3NMS56C6U","additional_properties":{},"content":"There are also places to see like the light house, take a trip on the West Clare Railway, do a farm tour at Carraig Nua. Nearby Kilkee is a lovely seaside town where you can enjoy swimming at Waterworld, do indoor climbing and eat chips walking along the pier.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZQJIWWPB3NAZ7OXYT5OYTDBW5Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"If the lads like cycling you could give them a real adrenaline buzz by taking them mountain biking. Bike Park Ireland at Fairymount Farm near Roscrea is the real business. You can rent Kona bikes and use the six dedicated bike trails. There is also an army truck uplift service to get you back up the trails quicker. Half day bike hire is €35 for adults and €20 for children and use of the trails is €5 each. The half day package with bike hire, helmets, pads and uplift costs €55, see bikeparkireland.ie. You can also stay at Fairymount Farm in either a self-catering house or pitch a tent.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2XEZWLAM4NHIFLVAKKVSEIJ5E4","additional_properties":{},"content":"On Achill Island you could give the boys a taste of some water sports at Pure Magic Achill. The lodge and adventure sports centre is perfect for getting wet and wild. Here you can try kite-surfing and SUP - stand up paddle boarding. There's always good fun at Pure Magic and the enthusiasm of the staff is infectious. There is a pizza restaurant on site and often spontaneous music sessions at night. Achill Island is also beautiful and wild and if the weather is good, has amazing beaches, puremagic.ie.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CCJAAYKIPRCLHBU6PUXGFHDUQI","content":"My fiancé and I are trying to decide where to go for our honeymoon during the first week of November. We would like to go somewhere in Europe and know that we will not be guaranteed sunshine in many destinations but would ideally like to avoid rain! We would like somewhere relaxing, with options to go walking or cycling, and good choice of restaurants. SD.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33DTDY2TGVBCFIXXX3IZRRWXCY","additional_properties":{},"content":"Heading as far south as possible is probably the best way to find some warm weather and maybe sunshine. The islands of Malta and Cyprus will still be quite warm with some possibility of rain. Both are places where you can enjoy walking and cycling. Malta has the advantage over Cyprus in that there are direct flights there over the winter. There is also a very good selection of top quality hotels, though Cyprus has some very high end resort type hotels. A week in Malta staying at the five-star Westin Dragonara resort in St. Julian's will cost from €724 with flights, from clickandgo.com.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQDH3L7ABJED7NJDYY7S6QRL3M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Further south the Canary Islands have better weather in November and a good variety of things to do. Tenerife has a good selection of high end resorts and boutique hotels. See holidays in Tenerife from sunway.ie and classic-collection.ie. There is also the opportunity to take a ferry from Tenerife to La Gomera or El Hierro to do some nice walking with gomerawalking.ie or shane-gray.com.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DG7DH2JZBZBFRNO2VDA37MU4EI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Send your queries to <a href=\"mailto:jscales@irishtimes.com\">jscales@irishtimes.com.</a>","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Joan Scales"}]},"description":{"basic":"I want to explore Ireland’s outdoors with two reluctant boys, Malta or Cyprus, Tenerife or La Gomera"},"display_date":"2016-03-30T15:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Ask Joan - how to get my sons out of their computer screens, find a nice honeymoon in November"},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"XXZEQGO4AMAXB3XHDGXLLAIDFQ","auth":{"1":"85df12c48f110a5855e99fc3891ee4133fd1650a437288e959621a1846640ded"},"type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XXZEQGO4AMAXB3XHDGXLLAIDFQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"feature","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Transport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/ask-joan-how-to-get-my-sons-out-of-their-computer-screens-find-a-nice-honeymoon-in-november-1.2592069","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/transport","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Transport"}}}},{"_id":"4YSWATNZIYAC7NP5UYTSJAN5BQ","additional_properties":{},"canonical_url":"/business/transport-and-tourism/china-s-anbang-raises-offer-for-starwood-to-14-billion-1.2590693","content_elements":[{"_id":"MH4FGYKAYNEAXFXZUGNORGDYF4","additional_properties":{},"content":"China's Anbang Insurance Group has raised its offer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to almost $14 billion, in the latest challenge to the US hotel operator's merger with Marriott International.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KUPLBS7D3VBMPI4VFP26Z2MPAA","content":"The bidding war for Starwood has pitted Marriott’s ambitions to create the world’s largest lodging company with about 5,700 hotels against Anbang’s drive to create a vast portfolio of US real estate assets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A3REYSNKSZHBPEWRBMCTPTC6VQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"The acquisition of Starwood, owner of the Sheraton and Westin brands, by Anbang would be the largest ever by a Chinese company in the United States.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WKJOK5A4JBDBL6PDNZ7BUV3AM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Anbang's consortium, which includes private equity firms JC Flowers & Co and Primavera Capital, has offered $82.75 per share in cash, in what is reasonably likely to lead to a proposal that is superior to the deal with Marriott, Starwood said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BRQOACZZLBF2VAJCV3WAMSDNRE","content":"Marriott’s latest cash-and-stock offer, which was announced on March 21st, is currently worth around $78 per share. Starwood’s board has not yet changed its recommendation to its shareholders in support of the company’s merger with Marriott, Starwood said. A vote for Starwood shareholders to approve the Marriott deal is scheduled for April 8th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HWJSE6WHA5A23HFJIZXDUSYWZA","additional_properties":{},"content":"\"Marriott has the financial capacity and the wherewithal to push its bid up higher. However, so much of the transaction is based on Marriott's current share price, I think investors would be less than thrilled if it increased its offer materially at this juncture,\" said Bill Crow, an analyst at Raymond James.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RCFZ4KD5NVBLLBVACH3MOY5WH4","content":"In a statement, Marriott said it was confident that the previously announced amended merger agreement with Starwood is the best course for both companies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FUFPZZWZINHHJJKA5UTC5R3H2Q","content":"“Starwood stockholders should give serious consideration to the question of whether the Anbang-led consortium will be able to close the proposed transaction, with a particular focus on the certainty of the consortium’s financing and the timing of any required regulatory approvals,” Marriott said in its statement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PSYWIAMEDBFYRC6PZ2D6REWD4A","additional_properties":{},"content":"In any deal with Anbang or Marriott, Starwood shareholders will also receive stock in Interval Leisure Group, which is getting Starwood's vacation ownership business, currently worth $5.91 per Starwood share.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C7N2RUJ24RABRFL7RMA6WXXXBI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Anbang's latest offer values Starwood at 13.5 times earnings. By comparison, peers Hyatt Hotels and Hilton Worldwide Holdings are trading at around ten times earnings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y665PAVELRGGLDOCZY3VYR2OHY","additional_properties":{},"content":"To be sure, the Anbang offer is still cheaper than some of large real estate deals seen in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. Buyout firm Blackstone Group's $26 billion leveraged buyout of Hilton in 2007, for example, valued that company at 15 times earnings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4TJV2YEK4VBXFI6I3HOGLAIKYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"CFIUS REVIEW","type":"header"},{"_id":"5E3YHQG57JESXFB3MVW7KANYTI","content":"Marriott said last week it believes it could achieve $250 million in annual cost synergies within two years after closing the deal with Starwood, up from $200 million estimated in November 2015 when it signed its original merger agreement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KYXERY2S7JCKVAGCNSPMFHVIZQ","content":"An acquisition of Starwood by Anbang would probably face scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency panel that reviews deals to ensure they do not harm national security. 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The city is largely a no go area for private cars until Tuesday and part of the transport plan would have seen tens of thousands of people brought in and out of the city on trams. Not any more though...","type":"text"},{"_id":"PRMSL6NELZHQVHLXAR53RHAYZ4","additional_properties":{},"content":"What is the Government doing? ","type":"header"},{"_id":"B7OOHSSM4VA4LDMPXJUOTERBJE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Not a lot, really. Minister for Transport Paschal Donohue said he would not put the cost of the dispute on the taxpayer. He said he was not going to \"take out the chequebook of the taxpayer\" to resolve the row as it would \"create massive costs for the taxpayer in the future and undermine our ability\" to resolve other industrial disputes. 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