A new £530 million investment package is being used to transform rail travel in the north of England. The money will be used on everything from improving stations and more frequent services. The Northern Hub study has just recently identified what needs to be done to respond to the significant growth that has been seen [...]

The international tourism fair Fitur 2010 was seen as the perfect time for Travel Car Hire to enlarge their quota of suppliers in Valencia and Alicante. This fair, which is one of the most important of its kind on an international scale, hosts exhibits and visitors related to any organization that belongs to the tourism [...]

New reports have shown that there has been an increase in popularity for self catering and camping holidays in Britain. This is believed to be one of the main reasons why so many hotels in Britain are going bust. According to the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, 47 hotels in Britain ceased trading during the final three [...]

An investigation by Essential Travel, who look at travel insurance and extras for holidaymakers, has revealed that some of the big brand names in the market are using their notoriety to charge customers up to 50 per cent more than their lesser known competitors. A few of those guilty firms included American Express, Barclays and [...]

The Independence of the Seas made its first return to Haiti on Friday, as previously scheduled, to drop off tourists and some vital aid that is needed in the country. The ship docked to the north of the country around 60 miles from the devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Royal Caribbean has a private [...]

Because London can be a tiring, time consuming and complicated city to get around Sixt care hire are now offering customers who live within the capital a free pick up service when they hire a vehicle through one of their offices. Sixt rent a car has fifteen rental centres spread throughout London meaning that customers [...]

Trade union Unite has announced that they are preparing a new strike ballot for British Airways members for 22nd January. If the 12,700 British Airways employees affiliated to the union agree then a strike could be held as early as March 1st. The new ballot follows a High Court decision to rule the planned strike [...]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s office has said this week that they had information on the man who attempted to blow up a Detroit bound plane. They say they passed on data on the Nigerian national, but did not register him as a high risk suspect. The Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was included on a list [...]

A British man who went missing on Christmas Day in the French Alps is thought to have been killed by an avalanche. A body, believed to be that of the 42-year-old Nigel Jackson, was found on Boxing Day between to two marked out pistes. Police believe that the man was caught out by a small [...]

The currency in Brazil has not faired well in the last year, but it is having a positive impact on their tourism business. Figures for the last six months have shown that the country has continued growth with more people taking the chance to travel to somewhere they may not have thought of before. Cheap [...]