Almost a meter of snow has fallen in the Pyrenees, which has left almost 6,000 travelers stranded and blocked up to 40 different roads. These people located in the north eastern part of Spain were, for a long time, without power just earlier this week after they saw the heaviest snowfall they have seen in [...]

The Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has expressed her disappointment that a proposed rail link between London and Wales has been rejected. The proposal was for the re-introduction of a twice daily service to run directly between Aberystwyth on the west coast of Wales and Marylebone Station in London. The service was taken out [...]

The well known car hire giant Avis is now gearing up to offer UK customers electric vehicles starting in 2011. This news comes following a big partnership deal with Renault Nissa Alliance. The New Jersey-based group argues that cars that produce zero emissions during use represent a breakthrough solution for sustainable mobility.

Despite the good intention [...]

Very severe flood warnings have been put into affect for much of the UK. These storms are bad enough to put, not only property, but lives at risk. The warning has been issued by the Environment Agency.

The warnings that are being issued for much of England are the highest level flood warnings that can be [...]

It seems that Eurostar has finally restarted its rail shuttle service between London and Brussels. However, the company did note that this service was going to be very limited. Apparently the goal right now is for three trains a day to run the route. However, since the train has to take a diversion around the [...]

A new study now suggests that travel companies are failing to cater to the needs of disabled travelers. This study carried out by Tourism for All is a British-based charity group that specializes in travel for the disabled. They found that 85 percent of respondents did not believe that travel agents understand the needs of [...]

Apparently Marriott Hotels in the UK is currently looking to recruit up to six voluntary hotel inspectors from the general public. The company hopes that these “hotel inspectors” will be able to help the company keep their 41 UK hotels, which have just recently undergone a £120 million refurbishment, in tip-top shape.

It also seems that [...]

According to reports, the Preferred Hotel Group has announced that it added 83 new properties between July and December of 2009. The company also went on to say that it predicts that this growth will continue into 2010.

The total number of hotels for the Preferred Hotel Group now stands at more than 700 independent hotels [...]

Reports now show that Hertz, a well knew car hire company, and its equipment rental subsidiary Hertz Equipment Rental have entered into a joint venture with Saudi Arabia-based Dayim Holdings. The goal here is to set up equipment rental occupations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Overall, Hertz will now be able to rent and [...]

The overly played out dispute between British Airways and the cabin crew union Unite is now set to make its return to the High Court in London. The Unite union said that it is seeking a permanent injunction, which would prevent the airline from imposing cost cutting proposals that came into effect just before Christmas. [...]