President of Cameroon spends thousands a day on holiday
Posted on: September 9th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has been defended by his own government for spending around £35,000 per day on a holiday in France as they say it his right. President Biya has booked 43 rooms in the L’Hermitage Barriere, a five-star resort on the west coast of France for his wife and himself and [...]
Air France looking for voluntary redundancies
Posted on: September 8th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
The national carrier of France are seeking around 1,500 voluntary job cuts from their staff in an effort to save money in the credit crunch that is hitting the airline industry hard. The cuts are to come from all sectors of the business as the airline is cutting back. In a meeting late last week [...]
Car rental company robbed at knife point
Posted on: September 7th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
A man who was armed with a blade forcibly took a car from a car rental lot close to San Diego Airport late last week. Upon entering the car he told the female employee that was already sitting in the driver’s seat that he needed to get in the car. He threw her out of [...]
Etihad’s new premium lounge at Heathrow Airport
Posted on: September 4th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
The carrier based in Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, is to introduce a new lounge exclusively for their First and Business class passengers at Heathrow Airport. It will be located opposite to Gate 11 and card members of Guest Gold and Silver will also be allowed to use the services on offer. The airline say it [...]
Survey reveals almost three quarters opt for late bookings
Posted on: September 3rd, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
A recent survey by the scheduled airline Monarch has shown that 70 per cent of Britons are planning on a late get away holiday this year. As prices are set to fall as the summer season nears its end some of those planning to travel are doing so because of the poor summer weather in [...]
Liverpool ferry terminal given worst building award
Posted on: September 2nd, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
A £10.5 million flagship building has been given the Carbuncle Cup, an award bestowed on the worst new building for that year. A panel of judges has been deciding on who could possibly be this year’s worst and chose the building at Liverpool’s Pier Head after agreeing that it was a typical example of bad [...]
Wedding car rentals sold out in China
Posted on: September 1st, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
For people who live in Beijing, hiring a special car in the next few months are going to be hard work, unless they have already reserved one. Miss Liu is at the moment getting ready for her upcoming marriage in October and wanted to hire herself a special car for the day so she could [...]
Airport weighs increasing car rental tax
Posted on: August 31st, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
Residents of the small town of Hayden, which is just west of the Yampa Valley Airport, will vote on whether to increase the tax on car rentals from their airport. The commission for the airport discussed on Thursday evening what possible effects that levying the proposed 3.5 per cent tax increase would have. One of [...]
Hertz goes all green car rental for the environment
Posted on: August 28th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
With the world looking for greener modes of transport, some people are choosing to sell their car in favour of renting, as and when they need it. When people are travelling on holiday they too are looking for rental cars but some are turning their attention to a greener option of rental car, something that [...]
Enterprise car rental agent opening at Stansted Airport
Posted on: August 27th, 2009 Posted by Marianna Lee
One of the major players in the car rental market Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has announced the opening of a new branch located at Stansted Airport. This latest opening will give passengers arriving at the airport more choice when it comes to choosing car hire as well as giving people who live in the local area access [...]

