During June and July, Butlins are bringing exciting guests to Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness. As well as seaside resorts, water park excitement and day time entertainment for all the family, Butlins now have a number of special evening entertainment guests visiting all three resorts. Between 22nd of June and 16th July Special guests include: Stars from The Voice! X […]
Continue reading »Great news for UK holiday travelers as Flybe are expanding their flight base by restoring flights between Leeds Bradford and London Gatwick. This is particularly good news as it follows BMI’s decision to axe the route earlier this year. Flybe will operate a new three times daily (twice daily on weekends) service on June 29 using Bombardier Q400 aircraft. The […]
Continue reading »British Airways has given another warning that its revenues in the coming financial period will fall by approximately 5% and would as a result be posting another loss next year. BA’s response to this and the falling passenger numbers caused by the recession is to reduce capacity this summer by up to 2%. The company, which expects losses of £150million in 2008/9, is said […]
Continue reading »Arriva, the UK bus and rail operator has warned that the poor state of the economy was making it impossible to make any confident forecasts over passenger revenues. Arriva has seen a £60 million increase in fuel costs at the same time as slower rail revenue growth. Although their profits rose by 30% to £150million last year, the company expects a […]
Continue reading »Your currently saved Airmiles are risk if you do not collect any more in the next 6 months. That is the warning to all Airmiles collectors will be receiving in the post in the coming days. Airmiles allows shoppers to collect points when they buy particular good and services which can then be redeemed for free flights – the reward […]
Continue reading »The Government have announced the intention to log all foreign travel of all Britons for up to 10 years. Among the information to be collected are itineraries, credit card details and contact information for all 250 million rail, air and ferry journeys in to and out of Britain each year. Ministers claim the move will help protect borders and fight crime and […]
Continue reading »Here is something to cheer you up during these long dark winter months – a chance to win holiday prizes and a chance to prove to your friends how good your travel knowledge is. The Quest for the Gold Ticket has been launched by ebookers and by simply answering some testing travel questions you gain entries in to a prize draw for tickets […]
Continue reading »A statement on nationalrail.co.uk has rejected claims that the National rail enquiries website crashed on Monday when the bad weather hit. This will come as a surprise to the thousands of passengers who were desperately trying to get rail updates on Monday morningas they prepared for work. However, according to the release, the website handled 48,000 simultaneous visits during the […]
Continue reading »As the recession starts to bite, Virgin Atlantic have announced that they are introducing a pay freeze for its staff. Coming in to effect in March, the freeze aims to ensure that Virgin Atlantic remains in a strong position during the downturn. Chief Executive Steve Ridgway commented that they were taking responsible action to protect jobs.
Continue reading »It would appear that the tougher financial climate is not bad news for all in the travel trade as the Hostelling International website has reported a 31% increase in bookings. In 2008, 87,123 overnight stays were booked through the hostel travel website with Paris in France proving the most popular destination. In fact, Paris hostels were listed in 3 of […]
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