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The Slovakia Tourist Board has announced the opening of a new five-star hotel in the country's capital of Bratislava.Officially opened on October 21st, the Hotel Albrecht was brought into service two days before the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip, who will be paying their first visit to Bratislava this week.The hotel features 12 individual rooms, each with a plasma screen television, L'Occitane cosmetics and king-sized beds.Guests, who can stay in the hotel for prices starting at ?154 (£120) per night, will also be able to dine in the Restaurant Albrecht and visit a spa offering a 15-metre massage pool, a Finnish sauna and Thai treatments.Bratislava is one of the many popular city break destinations in europe, with attractions including an old town that is home to a number of medieval buildings and structures.Flights to the city from the UK are available with carriers including British Airways, Czech Airlines and KLM.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight

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CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Invicta Group Inc. (OTCBB: IVIT) announced today that the Company has released their first high-end direct mailing marketing book called City Book Savings. The new product allows Invicta to offer additional marketing services and expand its client base while increasing revenues.

Comcast Corp. has launched Best of the City, a free service available to Comcast digital cable customers that features three- to five-minute video vignettes profiling local stores, restaurants and services in Greater Sacramento.

SeaPort Airlines on Tuesday said it won a bid to provide service on a federally-subsidized route between Portland and Pendleton.

Cree on Tuesday posted lower third quarter earnings thanks to one-time gains the Durham lighting company recorded in the year-ago quarter.

The Russian government is moving ahead with forging a state-owned airline alliance to replace defunct AiRUnion, with the first board meeting of the new nine-carrier grouping scheduled for Nov. 11.

Aeroports de Paris, which operates the main Paris-area airports, and Schiphol Group, operator of Amsterdam Schiphol, yesterday agreed to enter into an alliance that will include each acquiring an 8% stake in the other, establishment of a "dual hub" philosophy for Paris CDG and AMS that is expected to produce annual airside synergies/savings totaling €89 million ($119.4 million) and "joint ventures" to acquire and develop airports around the world.

The Austrian government's effort to privatize Austrian Airlines Group hit a snag as Air France KLM withdrew its interest while Lufthansa and S7 Airlines declined to make formal bids by yesterday's deadline and requested more time.

United Airlines parent UAL Corp. reported a third-quarter net loss of $779 million, reversed from a net profit of $334 million in the year-ago period, blaming the bulk of the result on a $519 million noncash net loss on fuel hedge contracts caused by the recent drop in oil prices.