Battle of the budget brands
Dinah - Jun 24, 2026
Budget hotel brands Premier Inn and Travelodge have butted heads again this week as the former’s owner Whitbread suggested it…
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Sparkling Flybe cleans up in Which? Holiday poll
Dinah - Jun 24, 2026
Consumer watchdog Which? Holiday has rated Flybe the top UK airline after polling 5,745 people. The airline beat off the likes…
Flight Centre raises entrant salaries
Dinah - Jun 24, 2026
Industry entrants applying to Flight Centre will be looking at basic £18,000 salaries after the company boosted the figure by…
TripAdvisor inks deal on holidaylettings.co.uk purchase
Dinah - Jun 24, 2026
TripAdvisor has announced it is to buy holiday home website holidaylettings.co.uk. The huge UGC company’s latest acquisition cements a direction…
Unite tells BA: settle dispute by Tuesday or we ballot
Dinah - Jun 23, 2026
Cabin crew union Unite has told British Airways that it has until June 29 to settle the long-running dispute between…
Thomas Cook to fly out of Bournemouth and Southampton
Dinah - Jun 23, 2026
Thomas Cook has introduced 17 new routes from 13 UK airports for next summer and will fly out of Bournemouth…
Industry reacts to Osborne’s budget
Dinah - Jun 23, 2026
The travel industry has reacted with cautious optimism to chancellor George Osborne’s emergency budget. ABTA says it “welcomes George Osborne’s…
Freudmann perplexed by Osborne’s failure to tackle APD
Dinah - Jun 23, 2026
ITT chairman Steven Freudmann has described George Osborne’s deferral of the introduction of a per plane levy in his emergency…
Future of airline tickets in hands of carriers
David - Jun 23, 2026
Airline carrying the bulk of the world’s air traffic are on course to sell the majority of airline tickets direct…
Company created to offer new business agent travel accounts
David - Jun 22, 2026
A new company, Forte Business Travel Solutions Inc., is designed to provide agencies with needed resources to pursue new business…
Per plane levy decision deferred in emergency budget
Dinah - Jun 22, 2026
Chancellor George Osborne postponed a decision on scrapping APD and replacing it with a per plane levy until the autumn…
IHG predicts room rate rises
Ian Jarrett - Jun 22, 2026
Corporate travel managers in Australia can expect to see demand-driven increases in hotel pricing in the coming financial year, particularly…
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