Michael PALIN “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
St. AUGUSTINE “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Take-Off Scare As Plane’s Tail Hits Runway »
An Airbus A340 carrying 225 passengers slammed its tail into the runway during take-off, after the wrong weight was programmed into a flight computer.
The Emirates plane was trying to take off from Melbourne, Australia when the incident happened.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said that the weight of the plane which is entered into the computer [...]
No-Show Charges For Avis Car Hire »
Car hire giants Avis Europe are planning to start charging customers who fail to collect their hire cars.
Customers who do not cancel prior to their allocated collection time or fail to turn up for collection within 24 hours of that time will be charged £40.
Avis will be the first car rental company to introduce the [...]
New Cruise Ship Planned for 2010 »
The Norwegian Epic is currently under construction, and will be Norwegian Cruise Lines largest ship with a capacity of 4,200 passengers.
The ship is due to start running Caribbean cruises from Miami operating from 17th July 2010.
Action packed activities are planned for this new ship, two six lane bowling alleys, squash court and abseiling will be [...]
Congratulations Thomson »
Leading tour operator Thomson, part of the distinguished TUI Travel group; have been named ‘most trusted holiday company’ in a recent survey.
Thomson’s have won the title, in the Readers Digest Trusted Brands Survey for the 9th consecutive year.
Readers vote for the companies they feel provide consistent service in an effort to build trust with [...]
British Resorts “Join Euro” »
Two resorts on the south coast are to join the euro zone and cash in on British and foreign visitors this summer.
Tourism bosses believe that Brits who usually travel abroad will have Euro’s from previous holidays that they won’t use this year.
Rather than the money going to waste they could spend it in restaurants, hotels [...]
What Eurozone? »
Ten years after the introduction of the single European currency, nearly half of the British population don’t know which countries are in the Eurozone, and which are not.
In a recent survey by the Post Office, out of 2000 British holidaymakers polled, nearly one third thought that Turkey were in the Euro, nearly half thought that [...]
Younger Holiday Makers Buck The Trend »
According to new research younger holiday makers are helping to ease Spain’s falling visitor numbers.
UK bookings to Spain have fallen by 23.4 percent while a study by the Co operative Travel of 20,000 bookings has shown the decline has reversed in younger age groups.
The UK’s top package holiday destination, Majorca, has seen an increased [...]
The Package Holiday Makes A Comeback. »
All-inclusive package holidays are becoming increasingly popular again as holidaymakers seek value for money.
Packages which include flights, accommodation, transfers, food, drink and entertainment are seeing a significant rise as people can see exactly what they are getting, and more importantly, how much they are paying before they travel.
Low cost airlines are slowly increasing taxes [...]
Thomson Sport Secures World Cup Deal »
It has been announced that Thomson Sport will be an official tour operator for 2010 FIFA World Cup, set to be held in South Africa. This follows the recent naming of Emirates’ tour operator division as global tour operator for the quadrennial event.
Thomson Sport are making packages available from this month for the many [...]
Students Ejected From Plane Due To Lack Of Teachers. »
28 excited pupils thought they were on their way on a long awaited trip to Venice when the pilot requested they be removed from the aircraft as there were not enough teachers to chaperone them.
The drama unfolded at Bristol International Airport when EasyJet refused to fly the students on their cultural trip to Italy with [...]
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