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Novotel Suites, [1] formerly branded as Suite Novotel, is a chain of 4-star hotels owned by the Accor Group. It was conceived as an apartment hotel expansion of its sister brand Novotel , one of the chain's main midscale hotel brands.
The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, [2] its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.
Novotel is a French midscale hotel brand owned by Accor. [1] Created in 1967 in France, the company grew into what became the Accor group in 1983, and Novotel remained a pillar brand of Accor's multi-brand strategy. Novotel manages 559 hotels in 65 countries (2021). [2] Since 2010, Novotel also includes the apartment hotel brand Novotel Suites. [2]
The airport is located on the northwestern edge of the atoll, 5.5 km southeast of Avatoru. The airport was built in 1965. [1] Air Tahiti has regular daily flights connecting Rangiroa to other islands of French Polynesia. [2] In 2018, 89,122 passengers utilized the airport. [3]
A TAP Portugal Airbus A319-100 lands at Frankfurt Airport in 2011.. TAP Air Portugal was founded as a division of Portugal's Civil Aviation Department under the name Transportes Aéreos Portugueses on 14 March 1945, [1] and started operations on 19 September 1946, initially serving the Lisbon–Madrid route using the Douglas DC-3.
A beach in Rangiroa. Tourism is a major economic activity of the island: daily connections with Tahiti, an exceptional lagoon and passes which are good sites for scuba diving attract a steady number of tourists. These are accommodated in hotels and family-run guesthouses, a small number of which exist on the island.
Madeira airport as seen in 1990, pre-runway extension. Madeira Airport was officially opened on 7 July 1964, with a single 1,600 m (5,200 ft) runway (06/24). The first flight to land there was a TAP Air Portugal Lockheed Constellation with 80 passengers on board. [11]
CNN compared Lisbon and Porto head-to-head in order to find who has the best food, culture, old cafés and boutiques, nightlife, and the best beaches. [ 11 ] Travel guide giants Lonely Planet have designated Portugal as one of the top 3 countries to visit in 2018.