Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), who own the car rental group Hertz, are just about to become the proud owners of British Car Auctions (BCA) in a multi-million pound deal. The owners of the rental chain are purchasing the group from another buyout company, Montagu Private Equity, for what is thought to be around £390 [...]

A British man who went missing on Christmas Day in the French Alps is thought to have been killed by an avalanche. A body, believed to be that of the 42-year-old Nigel Jackson, was found on Boxing Day between to two marked out pistes. Police believe that the man was caught out by a small [...]

A student that was based in the UK is to be charged with attempting to blow up a jet as it came in to land at Detroit Airport on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who was aboard the Delta Airways flight from Amsterdam, tried to fuse to substances together as the plane was flying [...]

The stunning Marina Beach in Chennai that was severely affected in the 2004 tsunami has been officially reopened to the public this month after a massive clear up and rebuilding operation. The tsunami struck the coast line around 08:30 on Boxing Day morning destroying the local fishing community and causing havoc for tourists that flock [...]

As temperatures dropped to well below zero yesterday the death toll linked to the icy conditions rose to 15 amid further travel chaos. Roads have been made particularly dangerous across the country as the artic cold winds have engulfed the entire region.
A coach crashed outside of Penzance on Tuesday night killing to passengers on board. [...]

The car rental firm, Dollar Rent A Car, have announced this week the launch of their new website that focuses of travel blogging. The website will based on the British side and will feature invaluable information from some of the best travel writers in the world first hand. These writers will have all the latest [...]

The currency in Brazil has not faired well in the last year, but it is having a positive impact on their tourism business. Figures for the last six months have shown that the country has continued growth with more people taking the chance to travel to somewhere they may not have thought of before. Cheap [...]

The low-cost airline that has been in the headline this week, FlyGlobeSpan, finally called in administrators late last week after they failed in their bid to secure financial backing for the firm who also offered package holidays. The closure of their doors meant that thousands of people that were abroad were left stranded. Travellers that [...]

The award winning comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk, has stepped up to the mark and come in top in the search listing for the UK market. For the month of September the top three keywords which were ‘car hire,’ ‘car rental’ and car hire UK’ and there were 1.5 million searches made in the UK using these [...]

It has been long awaited, but plans for a new high-speed rail network in the UK could be unveiled early next year. The transport secretary, Lord Adonis, said the British Government hopes to publish the plans by next March and it will include details on cost, planned routes, economics and environmental impact it will have [...]