CENA: 9,60 zł (w tym 8% VAT) NR 4/2011 (16) APRIL 2011 ications ppl A 96 l e v a r T INDEKS 256765 INDEKS ● ● ● ● ● FrankfurtSeoul ● BeijingRailway hotels Estonia ● Charity Seychelles auction ●Airbus Poker A380 ● 4hrs Fordin Delhi Focus 8 zaprojektowane na miare twojego sukcesu. 8 L ! " ! %$ 8 ! ! % !C8 "!L ' ( $ * $ + $ + + !8 , ! - $ .' + /" / : 8 L A '2" 00800 353 1265 radissonblu.com APRIL 2011 18 38 76 24 74 after the Olympic Games is still 4 EDITORIAL 38 REPORT rapidly developing 71 TASTES Helipads – rare in Poland, OF THE WORLD 6 ON TOP a common sight anywhere 60 ESTONIA Hungarian cuisine Hotel and airline news else in the world A small country with big potential, also for incentive trips 72 WINE 14 TRIED&TESTED 42 GUIDE Pinot Noir – wine with slightly Granary – La Suite Wrocław; Frankfurt – the main hub ■ ■ ■ LIFESTYLE dark character Ibis Łódź; RiverWiev Wellness of the German air carrier Centre Warsaw; Sony Vaio S 62 A BUSINESSPER- 74 BUSINESS MOTO Series; Czarci Jar Restaurant, 45 A DAY IN THE LIFE SON ON HOLIDAY Ford Focus Zakopane …of Elżbieta Miszczyk – Seychelles – a journey to a real a concierge in Warsaw’s paradise 76 DOHA 24 THE EVENT Marriott hotel 4 hours in the Qatari capital Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 66 GOLF at Warsaw Okęcie 46 ORBIS Excellent golf courses 78 BT POLAND Promotional offers for Easter in Portuguese Algarve IN ENGLISH ■ ■ ■ REPORTS holidays 68 TECHNO 82 ASK PETER 26 APPLICATIONS 50 HOTELS Hot news on latest electronic We answer all your questions 96 travel applications for a phone, The largest hotel chains launch novelties regarding travelling a smartphone, or a tablet more and more new brands. Is this necessary? 32 LOT POLISH AIRLINES 54 REZIDOR First Minute promotional fares The hotels belonging to the chain and their culinary offer 34 HEALTH We are a community ■ ■ ■ DESTINATIONS of amateur-doctors who more and more often turn to various 56 BEIJING power pills The Chinese capital two years APRIL 2011 | 3 here is anice word in English – “ubiquitos”, Algarve, Portugal. Those who are interested in which roughly speaking means “omnipres- Qatar and its cities, will fi nd here an interesting T ent”. This word is also often used in the piece on Doha. world of the modern technologies, especially in As always, we haven’t forgotten about other the context of access to information, independent- topics related to the life of abusinessperson. ly of the fact where we are at the moment. Without We have tested for you afew laptops which can be any doubt, we are experiencing now abig especially useful at your work, visited the wellness revolution in terms of new hardware and software centre of Warsaw’s InterContinental hotel, and which is supposed to make our lives easier. In this checked the latest novelties from the automotive issue we look closer at computer and telephone industry. Finally, we have visited Hungary to see applications which can be useful while on whether their cuisine can satisfy our tastes. abusiness trip. Ubiquitous. We are omnipresent. The means of communications are changing Enjoy your reading. rapidly and so are planes. Recently the Warsaw airport hosted the new Airbus A380. Since we also were there, we share here our impressions on this huge machine. That’s not the only aviation-related articles you will fi nd in this issue.Iespecially recommend the feature on helicopter landing pads (in short “helipads”) both in Poland and worldwide. We also visit the airport in Frankfurt, the main hub of Lufthansa and one of the most dynamically expanding airports in the world. Of course, travel is not only about aircraft. This month we also write about hotels in Łódź and Wrocław, describe the new, business-friendly face of Beijing, visit Seychelles –the islands which are excellent for aholiday rest, and also have acloser look at Estonia –acountry which is so close to us, but still unknown to most Poles, although it is agreat place to organize an incentive trip. As for Robert Grzybowski golf, this month we visit the golf courses of Publisher BT Poland Read more details! Visit businesstraveller.pl Coordinator Wojciech Tymiński Business Traveller [email protected] Managing director Julian Gregory Advertising, sponsorship Perry Publications, Cardinal House, Wydawnictwo G+J Gruner+Jahr Polska 39-40 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4TE tel. +44 (0)20 76 47 63 30 Sp. z o.o. & Co. Sp. 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The other –receive services they are entitled to one ca be found near gates19 and20. without the need to reclaim their lug- The new centres enable transit passen- gage or leave the transit zon. The Catering Show in Expo XXI azurkas Catering has pre- down at the tables, had an oppor- pared abig gala called tunity to experience atop-class M The Catering Show2011. waiter service, and then try one of The event took place in spacious numerous theme buffets. There ExpoXXI complex centre in War- was the Japanese buffet with the saw and was attended by over700 ever-present sushi and sake, ata- guests. The main goal of the ga- ble with Greek delicacies, awide la was to prove that good catering selection of fish (e. g. a2-metre service is nowadays an independ- swordfi sh) and seafood, as well as ent business activity, which is ca- delicacies of the Polish cuisine and pable not only of preparing deli- excellent confectioneries. The Dreamliner Is Coming cious and well served meals, but Overall, the guests could try LOT Polish Airlines has been offi cial- the next four aircraft will arrive at also providing awealth of attrac- over150 various dishes, such as ly notifi ed of the new delivery date for LOT Polish Airlines between August tions and entertainment to the cus- turkey stuffed with rocket, toma- the Boeing787 Dreamliner aircraft. and November2012. The Polish air tomers. toes, and dried ham with lemon According to the notifi cation, the fi rst carrier is in areal need to replace its The event was filled with sauce, or squids stuffed with cray- Dreamliner will be delivered to the fl eet, so let’s keep our fi ngers crossed anumber of elements from the the- fi sh mousse, aromatic brandy with atre, artist performances, art auc- ashrimp and zucchini. Although Polish carrier in April of2012, and for the seamless transition. tions, opera songs, and, most im- the event lasted several hours, it portantly, dishes served in the most was still too little to try all the del- A New Route To Donetsk refi ned way. Those guests who sat icacies. OLOT Polish Airlines is opening three times aweek. The route will be anew route between Warsaw and served by Embraer170 and175 air- the city of Donetsk in Ukraine. The craft. The fl ight time to Donetsk will inaugural fl ight to Donetsk will take be2 hours and10 minutes, while the place on the3rd of June this year. The return trip to Warsaw will take2 opening of the new route to Donetsk hours and30 minutes. is the latest step in the new corporate Tickets on the Warsaw-Donetsk strategy adopted by the Board of route are available for329 PLN in LOT Polish Airlines, which assumes either direction with the First Minute the construction of anetwork of LOT fares offer (depending on the date of connections in the East.