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Air France-KLM summer profits drop 96%
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Air France-KLM’s second-quarter profits collapsed from €736 million in 2007 to €28 m...


Sandals boss Cowles quits
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Tony Cowles, managing director for Sandals in the UK and Europe, resigned from the company today.He ...


Cosmos splits managing director role
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Cosmos has appointed managing directors for its mainstream and specialist businesses divisions, repl...


Cook's celebrates founder's birth
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Thomas Cook is marking the 200th anniversary of its founder’s birth on November 22 by offering...


CAA and trade target airlines
Thursday, November 20, 2008

The body that runs the Atol system was heading for a showdown with the industry this week over an ex...


Aito to join big two in Hoon talks
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Aito has joined Thomas Cook and Tui Travel in setting up a meeting to discuss financial protection w...


Abta tells agents to 'act now' on insurance
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Abta is urging agents intending to sell travel insurance next year to ensure they have arrangements ...


Interest rate cut threatens income
Thursday, November 20, 2008

The prospect of record low interest rates in 2009 will reduce vital income for travel companies and ...


Fears APD may rise
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Concerns are growing that the government is about to postpone plans to replace Air Passenger Duty an...


Hays Travel reshuffle is a boost for conversions
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Hays Travel has undergone the biggest restructure in its 28-year history, creating divisions dedicat...


Technology 'will propel a recovery'
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Technological advances will pull travel out of recession, but traditional high street agents will al...


Jet seeks code-share with BMI
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Indian carrier Jet Airways is in talks with BMI about code-sharing flights from regional airports to...


Bloggers roll up for Travel Rants
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Travel firms and bosses were warned of the dangers of jumping “on the blogging bandwagon&rdquo...


Hotels4U.com unveils XML booking system
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Hotels4U.com has launched a new agent booking system featuring an expanded product range and improve...


Emirates offers agents free A380 flights
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

 Emirates is offering agents the chance to win free flights on its Heathrow-Dubai Airbus A380 s...


Abta and FTO to move to London Bridge
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Abta and the FTO are to move to new premises at London Bridge in January 2009. Abta is currentl...


Jet Airways to drop Amritsar service
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Indian carrier Jet Airways is dropping its Heathrow-Amritsar service from December 1 as the carrier ...


Stelios in denial over easyJet losses
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Iannou has refused to sign off the budget airline’s accounts rele...


Traveltek to double sales team
Monday, November 17, 2008

Traveltek, the travel technology supplier, has revealed it will double its sales team by the end of ...


British skiers unfazed by recession
Monday, November 17, 2008

British skiers will not be deterred from hitting the slopes next year by the poor economic climate, ...


Avis Europe to cut 300 jobs
Monday, November 17, 2008

Car hire firm Avis Europe is cutting more than 300 jobs and closing some rental locations to save &p...


EasyJet founder battles with board
Monday, November 17, 2008

A damaging row has broken out on the easyJet board with the airline's founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioan...


Strikes cause travel chaos in France
Monday, November 17, 2008

France is facing continued travel chaos after striking transport and public sector workers, includin...


Opec bid to keep oil prices high
Monday, November 17, 2008

The Opec cartel will push to keep oil prices between $70 and $90 a barrel, according to Chakib ...


Ski sector expects strong season
Monday, November 17, 2008

The ski industry is predicting a bumper season this winter, with snow already falling at resorts acr...


Devon's £10,000 answer to the 'X Factor'
Monday, November 17, 2008

A lucky Devon devotee could win £10,000 if they can convince a panel of judges they are t...


Mobile phone service reveals help requests
Friday, November 14, 2008

Mantic Point, provider of information and support to tourists abroad via text messaging, has reveale...


WTM: Panama reports UK visitor boom
Friday, November 14, 2008

Panama expects to have doubled last year’s UK arrivals figures by the end of this year. Last y...


WTM: Trinidad forms links with UK schools
Friday, November 14, 2008

Trinidad and Tobago is hoping a tie-up with UK primary schools will boost tourism to the islands.The...


WTM: Luxury outfit Exsus unveils new look
Friday, November 14, 2008

Luxury tailor-made specialist Exsus unveiled a new look at World Travel Market this week.  The ...


Twenty suppliers sign with insurer Acumus
Friday, November 14, 2008

Twenty travel companies have signed up with specialist travel insurer Acumus Insurance Solutions to ...


Tui Travel profits soar 20%
Friday, November 14, 2008

Tui Travel’s pre-tax profits rose by nearly a fifth in the third quarter of this year, despite...


Celebrity Eclipse to call Southampton home
Friday, November 14, 2008

Southampton is to become the home port of its Celebrity Cruises' newest ship, Celebrity Eclipse, in ...


Ace launches Ambassador scheme
Friday, November 14, 2008

The Association of Cruise Experts is to launch a new accreditation scheme to recognise agents who ex...


WTM: Abu Dhabi launches fam 'jigsaw' competition
Friday, November 14, 2008

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority is offering agents a chance to win a place on a fam trip to the Unit...


WTM: Royal Brunei Airlines to sponsor golf event
Friday, November 14, 2008

Royal Brunei Airlines is to co-sponsor the new Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.The golf championship,...


Superbreak expands Tui partnership
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Superbreak has become Tui’s preferred supplier for UK airport and cruise port hotel stopovers ...


Northwest drops Heathrow-Seattle route
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Northwest Airlines is dropping its non-stop service between Heathrow and Seattle, only five mon...


Co-op's homeworkers to get own websites
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Homeworkers at Personal Travel Advisors and Future Travel will soon  have individual websites t...


Bosses to thrash out Atol stance
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Top travel bosses will meet next week to agree their position on consumer protection before Tui Trav...


Court action likely over Travel Republic claims
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Whatever the CAA decides to do with XL claims of customers of non-Atol holders, some sort of court c...


Wyatt's brother joins Kiss parent
Thursday, November 13, 2008

  The brother of former XL boss Phil Wyatt has become a director of Meridian Aviation, the...


Jet2 blames rivals for sparking ASA enquiry
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Airline Jet2.com has has blamed mischief-makers from rival airlines for alerting the Advertisin...


Cook boss calls on hotels to cut rates
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Thomas Cook group chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa has called on hoteliers at WTM to lower rates...


Caribbean 'lacks flights'
Thursday, November 13, 2008

SuperClubs has warned there will not be enough airlift to meet demand for Caribbean and South Americ...


WTM: Vegas plans $25bn evolution
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

More than $25 billion is being invested in Las Vegas in the next two years to keep the city cutting ...


WTM: Oman plans to improve facilities
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Oman has declared its intention to considerably improve tourist facilities and attractions over the ...


WTM: Tunisia to tap into golf appeal
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tunisia plans to capture the interest of holidaymakers by raising its profile as a high-quality golf...


WTM: Comedian's father calls for Marbles' return
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Edward Enfield, veteran journalist and father of comedian Harry, today praised the New Acropoli...


WTM: 'Water conservation efforts vital'
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tourism is growing in regions where water is scarce, requiring the need for education and investment...


WTM: Choose carbon offsets carefully
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Travel companies must not be lead by price and location when choosing a carbon offset project, it ha...


Tourists warned about bogus Spanish clubs
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Holidaymakers at airports across the UK are being warned to steer clear of bogus Spanish holiday clu...


Travelocity Business sells service to Expotel
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Travelocity Business UK has sold its UK hotel and conference booking service to specialist Expotel f...


NZ wins Virgin responsible tourism award
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

New Zealand has won this year’s Virgin Holidays' Responsible Tourism award. The country, ...


Kuoni blames UK arm for profit hit
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Kuoni has blamed the UK operation for putting the brakes on its earnings growth, and warned there wa...


WTM: Abu Dhabi unveils Desert Islands
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Abu Dhabi has unveiled phase one of its new nature-based destination Desert Islands. Sir Bani Yas Is...


WTM: New Zealand films Brits for adverts
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tourism New Zealand has unveiled phase two of its “What do you say UK?” marketing campai...


WTM: 'Force hotels to pay more for water'
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hotels should be forced to pay more for electricity and water than the local people in the countries...


Travelzest suitor calls off takeover talks
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Travelzest has announced talks with a potential bidder interested in buying the company have been ca...


Green issues 'ignored by holidaymakers'
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Holidaymakers are shunning environmental concerns when booking their holidays, according to research...


WTM: Sri Lanka aims to be carbon neutral
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Sri Lanka is committed to becoming completely carbon neutral by 2018 and has put turning its tourism...


WTM: Hotelly launches with 220,000 videos
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A new holiday search website will enable holidaymakers to choose agents and operators based on custo...


Holiday Autos adds vans for hire
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Online car hire broker Holiday Autos has introduced a van hire option for holidaymakers with bulky e...


WTM: Dannii gives Etihad the X factor
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Dannii Minogue, X Factor judge and pop star, was on the Etihad stand at WTM today, advertising the a...


WTM: Air Asia X touts no-frills to Oz
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Malaysian airline Air Asia X said today it believed passengers would choose a no-frills option to fl...


WTM: Iceland Express launches shopping tours
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Icelandic no-frills airline Iceland Express is launching Christmas tour packages including a persona...


STA Travel to rebrand
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

STA Travel, the students and young adults specialist, is set to change its logo, website and store d...


WTM: Air Mauritius axes agent commission
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Air Mauritius is moving to zero commission from January, in a move that follows a new code share agr...


WTM: Worldhotels rate rise for key accounts
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

International hotel group Worldhotels is offering its key accounts a rate 5% better than the best av...


WTM: New York updates I Love NY logo
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

New York State Tourism has unveiled its new take on the classic “I Love New York” logo t...


WTM: Canada develops customer profiling tool
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Canadian tourism bosses have developed a customer profiling system to direct potential travellers to...


WTM: Argentina unveils tourism website
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Argentine Secretariat of Tourism has launched a new tourism website.The site, which will eventua...


WTM: Report reveals future pricing trends
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

New pricing models are making inroads into the the travel industry according to the WTM global trend...


WTM: Mexicana to start Gatwick-Mexico link
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Mexicana Airlines is to launch its first transatlantic route in 2009, with a direct scheduled flight...


WTM: Somak fears over India hotel prices
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bookings to India have fallen off because of big increase in hotel prices, just as consumers have le...


A memorable farewell to the QE2
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Hundreds of well-wishers are bidding an emotional farewell to the QE2 as it docks in Southampton in ...


Princess Cruises launches Ruby Princess
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Port Everglades in Florida was bathed in a sea of red as invited guests attended the naming of Ruby ...


Qatar gains $500m to buy three Boeings
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Qatar Airways has secured a $500 million funding deal to acquire three new Boeing 777 aircraft.The M...


WTM: Four Seasons to boost Grenada's profile
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

 An international hotelier coming to Grenada will be an important promotional tool for the Cari...


WTM: Montenegro opens UK office
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Montenegro’s tourist board is increasing its support for travel agents in the UK by opening a ...


WTM: Aldi to launch travel deals website
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Aldi, the budget supermarket that has risen to prominence during the credit crunch, is to break into...


C&M opens Sydney office
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

C&M Travel Recruitment has opened an Australia office. The firm, which celebrates its 10th ...


Alpharooms.com appoints Tilby-Baxter
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Alpharooms.com, the online accommodation supplier, has beefed up its executive team with the appoint...


WTM: Healey buys into Worldtravellers
Monday, November 10, 2008

Vertical Group chief executive Peter Healey has become a minority shareholder in, and chairman of, o...


WTM: Egypt buoyed by 17% UK growth
Monday, November 10, 2008

Neither the economic crisis nor the absence of XL Airways will dampen Egypt’s growth as a top ...


WTM: Uganda tourism village plan approved
Monday, November 10, 2008

Solar Green Tourism has received permission from the Ugandan government to build a traditional Ugand...


Ryanair flight crash-lands in Rome
Monday, November 10, 2008

A Ryanair flight from Frankfurt to Rome has crash-landed at Ciampino airport in the Italian capital....


WTM: SuperClubs to open Panama property
Monday, November 10, 2008

SuperClubs will enter Panama for the first time next year with a Breezes resort near Playa Blanca.Th...


WTM: Kenya will fully recover by 2009
Monday, November 10, 2008

Kenya Tourist Board predicts the country will recover its record visitor levels of 2007 by the end o...


WTM: Americas needs UK flights - SuperClubs
Monday, November 10, 2008

More airlift is needed to the Caribbean and South America, according to SuperClubs’ new presid...


WTM: Amazon coalition targets UK visitors
Monday, November 10, 2008

Bruce Parry fans will be able to follow in the BBC explorer’s footsteps with the launch of cro...


WTM: Morocco looks for more UK visitors
Monday, November 10, 2008

Morocco is confident it can attract more visitors from the UK during the economic downturn through i...


WTM: Croatia moves upmarket
Monday, November 10, 2008

The Croatian Ministry of Tourism has outlined the efforts it is making to transform its country into...


WTM: Go4travel.net opens for business
Monday, November 10, 2008

Go4travel.net, a new site for booking hotel accommodation online, was launched at WTM yesterday.Mart...


WTM: Advantage signs OTT training deal
Monday, November 10, 2008

Advantage has signed up to a new white-label training system developed by Online Travel Training.The...


WTM: Call for a greener ski industry
Monday, November 10, 2008

The Travel Foundation and Ski Club of Great Britain have started a campaign to persuade ski business...


WTM: Empire State set for $500m facelift
Monday, November 10, 2008

The Empire State Building is to undergo a $500 million facelift to restore its lobby and observatori...


WTM: Ireland's Chase Travel targets UK
Monday, November 10, 2008

Irish accommodation-only and technology provider Chase Travel aims to establish itself in the top th...


WTM: Trading down is latest hotel trend
Monday, November 10, 2008

Hotel occupancy rates are falling in advanced economies such as the US, and there are signs of tradi...


WTM: Costa to maintain UK strategy
Monday, November 10, 2008

Carnival-owned Italian line Costa Cruises has promised no let-up in its activities aimed at the UK i...




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