New airport hotels open; Continental, Midwest add flights

By Joe Brancatelli

NEW HOTELS

• Candlewood Suites has opened an 88-room hotel at 11110 N.W. Ambassador Drive (Interstate 29) in Kansas City. That’s at the edge of Kansas City airport.

• A 148-room Crowne Plaza has opened a half-mile from Fort Lauderdale Airport.

• The 176-room Westin Wall Centre has opened in Richmond, British Columbia. That’s four kilometers from Vancouver Airport.

NEW FLIGHTS

• On May 2, Continental Airlines resumes daily flights from its Cleveland hub to Norfolk, Virginia, and Green Bay, Wisconsin. The daily nonstops will operate with 50-seat jets.

• Midwest Airlines resumes flights from its Milwaukee hub to San Francisco and Raleigh/Durham. The San Francisco flights return April 19, while the RDU run resumes on April 1.

Related Orbitz resources:

• Business travel
• Flights
• Hotels
• Kansas City hotels
• Fort Lauderdale hotels
• Vancouver hotels
• Norfolk hotels
  
• San Francisco hotels
• Raleigh hotels

Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of JoeSentMe.com, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. Licensed by contract for Orbitz use.

Tagged: Uncategorized