One of the most well known car hire comparison sites, Carrentals.co.uk, has just recently launched a brand new campaign called “Raising the Standard.” This is a campaign that has the main goal of trying to help consumers find the best travel services that they possibly can. The campaign actually consists of a forum, blog, and [...]

New reports now show that British Airways plans on using Madrid as an expansion point in the absence of spare runway capacity at Heathrow, following its merger with its Oneworld partner Iberia. This deal could see British Airways revive its previous ambitions to become more of a global airline brand and not just well known [...]

Just like many other areas of the travel industry, the rail industry is looking at its fair share of strikes as well. Just like British Airways did the first time that its cabin crew tried to strike, Network Rail went to the High Courts just recently to get a court ordered injunction. The signalers’ voted [...]

According to reports, British Airways has removed travel perks from any cabin crew member that chose to take part in the strike. Unfortunately for these cabin crew members, this 90 percent discount on flights is only a perk and not a contracted item. The airline has stripped these perks as another strike looms in the [...]

It now seems that Sixt, a well known car hire company, has just recently announced the launch of an electric car hire scheme in London. The Fullham/Chelsea branch of the car hire firm will be the very first of the Sixt’s outlets to offer these zero emission cars for travelers. For travelers who are worried [...]

Unlike some airlines who are still dealing with the threat of a strike, Air Berlin has just recently announced that the strike threat was just called off. This strike was called off all thanks to some last minute negotiations. In a statement that was just recently released by Vereinigung Cockpit, which his the union that [...]

It now seems that the South African Ministry of tourism has confirmed that it will investigate claims that hotels have been artificially inflating prices ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup. Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, the tourism minister, announced the official investigation following allegations of unreasonably high prices at some properties. Hotels have quickly denied these [...]

Reports in the media now claim that at least 25 people are dead and dozens more injured after two commuter trains, during rush hour, collided head on. This is now said to be the worst rail accident in Belgium in over 30 years. Due to the crash, Eurostar has suspended all services between London and [...]

It seems that Travelodge has just recently opened its very first hotel in Bromborough. This new hotel is said to be worth more than £2.3 million and will create at least 10 new jobs in the area. Right now, due to the way the economy has been, anything that brings more jobs to an area [...]

If you mention the name, Ebay, you immediately come up with a vision of bidding online for something you have been wanting for a long time. There are some real bargains to be had on the world’s biggest online auction site and you can buy anything from a box of drawing pins through to cars [...]