According to Business Traveller, Qatar Airways has purchased the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow, which is the nicer of the two Sheratons at Heathrow Airport. "The property will shortly be rebranded as Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow. Speaking at this year's ITB conference in Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confirmed to Business Traveller that…
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on a related note... do you ever see Qatar release F awards on A380? I can't find any around the dates I'd like to travel... either biz on A380 or F on less desirable aircraft.
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His Excellency must read your blog daily and probably decided to buy the hotel after reading your review! 😉
OK, thank you. I wish there was a way to know which flight will be upgraded to A380 next... but I guess it's a lottery at this point.
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@ Lantean -- Yeah, agreed. I assume it will be an additional frequency on an existing A380 route, but no clue which one. Probably London, I'd guess.
I work next door in the office block next to the skyline and that has been bought up by a hotel company to be demolished and a new hotel built on the site.
i often see qatar crew in the skyline so makes sense to me
doesn't it makes more sense to have a private facility, kind of like of dorms?
Can't remember any airline in the world who was ever able to run a hotel well. Don't think this will be all too different, personally.
His peculiar: whenever I'm staying at Heathrow's Renaissance Hotel, I always see Qatar crews and pilots staying there. I guess they stay at more than one hotel?
@ Aengus -- Hmmm, are you sure it's not another Middle Eastern carrier? I know of another carrier that has their crews there...
Not a new concept Radisson Blu used to be Radisson SAS, hence all the hotels they have in Scandinavia.