And the most read TravelMole stories in 2011 were…
Virgin, Ryanair and Thomas Cook hit the headlines this year, but not always for the right reasons.
TravelMole can reveal that the 10 news stories generating the most hits in 2011 were:
Man slashes throat on Virgin flight to Caribbean
Travel agents die of poisoning on fam trip
Bomb threat brings central London to standstill
Agency publishes list of world’s safest airlines
Marrekash blast was bomb attack, say latest reports
Ryanair introduces a €2 per passenger fee
US, Australia and whole Pacific region on tsunami alert
Long-haul specialist goes under
Thomas Cook shares collapse as it seeks more cash
What do you think of the list? Is there a story that you think would have been more read by TravelMole subscribers? What, for you, was the most important news event to happen in 2011?
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Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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