The well known hotel chain, Travelodge, has just announce its plans to build new hotels in a wide range of locations all across England. So this is good news for them, but what does it mean for the public? They will have more rooms to sleep in? Actually this announcement has a very big impact [...]

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 [...]

It now seems that hundreds of holidaymakers are suing one of the leading holiday companies, First Choice. They are claiming that they became ill on trips to the Dominican Republic that were set up by First Choice. Claimants from all over the UK say that they suffered acute gastroenteritis following their stay at an all [...]

It seems that Eurostar has finally restarted its rail shuttle service between London and Brussels. However, the company did note that this service was going to be very limited. Apparently the goal right now is for three trains a day to run the route. However, since the train has to take a diversion around the [...]

A new study now suggests that travel companies are failing to cater to the needs of disabled travelers. This study carried out by Tourism for All is a British-based charity group that specializes in travel for the disabled. They found that 85 percent of respondents did not believe that travel agents understand the needs of [...]

Reports are showing that thousands of Network Rail workers and managers are to be balloted over strikes, which could lead to industrial action. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association said it would ballot more than 2,000 supervisors and managers over jobs. On top of this, almost 13,000 Rail Maritime and Transport union members will also vote. [...]

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 [...]

It now seems that the luxury hotel chain, Hilton, has just unveiled a £20 million refurbishment project in some of its UK hotels. These improvements are being made in the lounge and will be applied to 16 of its British hotels. The idea is to replace the separate restaurant, bar and lounge areas on the [...]

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 people are still not letting Eurostar forget the mishaps that happened over the Christmas season. According to an independent report into the failures of the service, Eurostar trains had not undergone sufficient weather preparations. Heavy snow storms in northern France saw six trains malfunction in the Channel Tunnel. This caused up to [...]