The new fad of staying in the UK for the annual holiday this year has helped many old towns and hotels on the sea have a revival of fortunes as the travel money stays in the UK. A hotel in Morecombe is one such place that has seen some money been spent on it to [...]

Two bombs have been set off at two of the top hotels in the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta. Police have reported that the Ritz-Carlton hotel was hit first in an attack that blew apart the front facade of the hotel and the Marriott Hotel then suffered the same fate. At least nine people are [...]

A Caspian Airlines plane carrying 168 people onboard has crashed yesterday killing all in the north of Iran. The plane was travelling from the Capital Tehran on its way to Yerevan in Armenia. “I saw the plane crashing nose-down. It hit the ground causing a big explosion. The impact shook the ground like an earthquake. [...]

www.southwest.com A Boeing 737 was forced to make an unexpected landing at Yeager Airport in West Virginia after a hole the size of a football was found in the fuselage. The Southwest jet had 126 passengers and five crew, when there was a sudden loss of cabin pressure and the oxygen masks deployed from over [...]

www.ba.com British Airways (BA) has declined to comment on recent reports that it has secured the backing of shareholders for an emergency rights issue thought to be worth up to £500 million. The chief executive of BA, Willie Walsh is thought to have received the backing of investors last month at a meeting held at [...]

www.direct.gov.org The general UK public is being warned about scams that have involved bogus villa rental companies offering accommodation that does not exist in some cases leaving Brits thousands of pounds out of pocket. The internet company involved is said to be Morairaway.com and they are thought to have received around £1 million in payments [...]

www.mintel.com A new survey reveals solo travel trends among Britons last year. A whopping five million Brits jetted to far off destinations on their own in 2008, reported analyst company Mintel. It has been estimated that a similar number of travellers will do the same this year and the amount of people choosing to travel [...]

www.london-luton.co.uk If you are flying from Luton Airport this summer make sure you leave plenty of time to get there. No need to worry about traffic jams on the motorway, it is when you get near to the airport you will start to panic. Travellers that were arriving early in the morning last week were [...]

www.edinburghairport.com Edinburgh Airport has opened its doors to travellers again after a security incident stranded holidaymakers on Monday afternoon. A suspect package was found and the check-in area, the Arrivals hall and the food court were all safely evacuated and check-in and security are now reopened and fully functional. The Hearts FC football players were [...]

www.cruisenewsdaily.com As the cruise and ferry company Cunard Line unveil their new cruise ship for 2009, the Queen Elizabeth, a shipyard boss in Italy has revealed that the industry are getting worried over the lack of orders for new ships after 2012. In recent times there has been a surge in orders for new ships [...]