France Issues Its Own Terror Alert for the UK
Posted on: October 7th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Right now it seems that countries are pointing their figures back and forth where they think that the next terror attack is going to be. Just recently the United States, the UK, Australia, and others put out a travel warnings for big cities in Europe. Now, France has turned around and issued a travel warning [...]
Spain Prepares for Travel Chaos
Posted on: September 29th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Apparently, Spain is currently bracing itself for a 24-hour general strike today (Wednesday). Up to two-thirds of all international flights are going to be canceled, according to reports. This is going to be the country’s first general strike in eight years. It will cause travel problems for thousands of tourists and other travelers flying to [...]
Sixt Announces Brand new Special on Car Hire in Spain
Posted on: September 21st, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Just recently, Sixt announced a very special end of summer sale. People looking for car hire will be able to enjoy savings up of to 20 percent on Sixt’s popular Spanish locations. This includes such places as Palma Majorca Airport, Malaga Airport and Alicante Airport. This sale is going to include all of the Sixt [...]
UK Tourism Takes Another Hit
Posted on: September 13th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
According to reports, consumer caution has led to the number of Brits taking overseas holidays in the first seven months of this year to fall. In fact, reports show that Brits that took overseas holidays fell by 8 percent compared to the same period last year. This news comes by way of figures form the [...]
Egypt Air Chooses to Embrace In-flight Internet
Posted on: September 3rd, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
According to recent reports, Egypt Air has now become the latest airline in the region to offer in-flight connectivity for its many passengers. This flag carrier has chosen to equip its latest A330-300 with this latest technology. It will allow all of its passengers to use things like SMS, GPRS and GSM on their mobile [...]
UK Bank Holidays to be Hit by Bad Weather and Traffic Jams
Posted on: August 26th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Many people are looking forward to their Bank holidays this year. This has a lot to do with the fact that some people have not been able to take a holiday in a long time due to the bad economy. Well it appears that for many, their last chance to get away before the summer [...]
Unite Union Calls Off Airport Strike
Posted on: August 18th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
As of right now, there has finally been a bit of good news for the aviation world. It now appears that the airport operator that was set to see a strike from the Unite union has avoid the industrial action. Apparently this happened when the airport operator and the trade union were able to reach [...]
Heathrow Airport Reports Busiest Month Ever
Posted on: August 11th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It now seems that the biggest airport in Britain, Heathrow Airport, has just recently recorded its busiest month ever in July of 2010. This is great news for the airline industry in the UK overall, as it means that more people were flying that month than ever before. This airport, located in west London, handled [...]
Mexico City Looks to Bring in Gay Tourists
Posted on: August 3rd, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It now seems that authorities in the Mexican capital are looking to attack more gay tourism to their area. Oddly enough, officials are looking to bring in more gays despite the fact that there is still a lot of widespread discrimination against it in that area. However, the Mexican capital, according to tourism secretary Alejandro [...]
21 Year Old British Tourist Killed by Hit and Run on Holiday
Posted on: July 29th, 2010 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Reports now show that a pretty 21-year-old British tourist was just recently killed in a hit and run on the well known holiday island of Ibiza. She was killed in the early hours of the morning by a driver who was apparently both drunk and high. The girl, Francesca Foulkes, is from Chatham in Kent. [...]

