Industry hits back at Tory plans for ‘green’ air tax
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
The travel industry has come out in force against new environmental taxes being proposed by the Conservative party. Unveiling the…
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British tourism returns to pre-2001 levels
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
Britain’s visitor economy has finally returned to pre-2001 levels, according to figures unveiled today. Based on available 2005 data, the…
Agent-friendly hotel booking website launches
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
A new travel brand enabling agents to book discount hotel rooms and transfers officially launched today. Vacenza, the sister company…
BDRC report shows surge in online bookings for UK hotels
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
The internet is used by 60% of business travellers and 50% of leisure travellers when booking a hotel in the…
Qantas preparing to shift maintenance jobs offshore
John Alwyn-Jones - Mar 12, 2026
A weekend report in The Herald Sun says that Qantas may be preparing to shift key parts of its maintenance…
Royal Caribbean launches 2008 Europe brochure
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
Royal Caribbean Cruises Line has launched its Europe and the Med 2008 brochure early, and with its largest ever fleet…
Expedia to offer global corporate carbon offset programme
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
Expedia Corporate Travel is to roll out a global carbon offset programme to its corporate travel customers. It has partnered…
Sabre re-signs full content deals with 13 airlines
Bev - Mar 12, 2026
Sabre Travel Network has re-signed new full-content travel marketing agreements with 13 airlines operating from Europe, Africa and the Middle…
TravelMole subscribers say APA offer for Qantas should be rejected
John Alwyn-Jones - Mar 12, 2026
The ongoing Mole Poll asking TravelMole subscribers if they think that Qantas shareholders should reject the APA bid has a…
Singapore wins the bid for FDI 2009 – one of the World’s Largest Dental Congresses
John Alwyn-Jones - Mar 12, 2026
In what is hailed as another mega event achievement for the booming Singapore MICE industry, Singapore Dental Association (SDA) announced formally…
Aussie airlines improve punctuality
John Alwyn-Jones - Mar 12, 2026
A Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics report says that 87.3% of Australian domestic departures and 86.1% of arrivals were on time,…
India to promote tea-tasting tourism
John Alwyn-Jones - Mar 12, 2026
If Europe has wine-tasting tourism, India's answer to that is a tea-tasting tourist circuit, with tea tasting, along with holding…
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