The association that is representing Britain’s leading travel companies is now hoping to turn the government’s apathy towards tourism into an election issue. Now with the announcement on the date of the general election expected within just a few days, ABTA, the travel association, has set out the demands for the new government by launching [...]

TUI has just recently confirmed that it will move ahead with expanding into the Russian travel market. This move comes as part of a new $60 million joint venture with billionaire Alexei Mordashov. In this partnership, the German travel giant will establish 200 owned and franchised travel agencies in Russia and the Ukraine over the [...]

Reports are showing that thousands of Network Rail workers and managers are to be balloted over strikes, which could lead to industrial action. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association said it would ballot more than 2,000 supervisors and managers over jobs. On top of this, almost 13,000 Rail Maritime and Transport union members will also vote.

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British Airways has warned its 12,000 cabin crew that if they go out on strike that they will risk losing their travel perks for life. The warning fired out by the airline came on the eve of the next round of balloting by crew voting on whether strike action is necessary. The majority of the [...]

The past couple of weeks has been a nightmare for the UK as snowy and icy conditions have swept the nation leaving many of us stranded and not being able to get to work. For many residents it has been an obstacle of juggling the kids off from school with working from home. The recent [...]

American based chauffer service Dav El Chauffer Transportation Network has joined forces with world leading car hire company Hertz in a collaboration which will now offer Hertz customers the opportunity to expand their opportunities when hiring a vehicle. Dav El has offices in 550 cities spanning the globe and offers customers around the clock access [...]

Virgin Trains has had their best year to date in 2009 after the introduction of Virgin High Frequency (VHF). The service was launched on the 14th December 2008 and in their first full year they have handled 25.4 million customers to date, their best annual figures. This was largely due to the 30 per cent [...]

A student that was based in the UK is to be charged with attempting to blow up a jet as it came in to land at Detroit Airport on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who was aboard the Delta Airways flight from Amsterdam, tried to fuse to substances together as the plane was flying [...]

The low-cost airline that has been in the headline this week, FlyGlobeSpan, finally called in administrators late last week after they failed in their bid to secure financial backing for the firm who also offered package holidays. The closure of their doors meant that thousands of people that were abroad were left stranded. Travellers that [...]

The budget carrier based in Scotland, FlyGlobeSpan.com, is facing an uncertain future as money troubles threaten to take another airline to the point of no-return. The first sign of problems were around four weeks ago when it was learned that the firm was going to call in administrators. That was put on hold when they [...]