2008 will be a ‘challenge’ for travel industry
Phil Davies - Dec 03, 2025
The travel industry faces a challenging year in 2008, according to ABTA president Justin Fleming. Making his closing remarks at…
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Porritt predicts environmental disaster
Jeremy Skidmore - Dec 03, 2025
The Mediterranean beach holiday will be finished by 2030 and European skiing is in terminal decline, claimed leading environmentalist Jonathon…
Further tax and regulation on the horizon
Jeremy Skidmore - Dec 03, 2025
Environmental concerns will lead to further attempts to tax and regulate travel over the next 15 years, ABTA Travel Convention…
Online agency tops Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list
Phil Davies - Dec 03, 2025
TravelRepublic.co.uk has topped The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list just four years after the company was formed. The…
‘Set-jetting’ boost for UK film tourism
Phil Davies - Dec 03, 2025
‘Set-jetting’ – where travellers visit the locations of popular films – has been identified as a growth area for UK…
Teletext to impose restrictions on the number of advertisers
Bev - Dec 03, 2025
Teletext Holidays is to reduce the number of advertisers it allows on key sections of its TV pages. It will…
Expotel and Thomas Cook join forces with travel club
Bev - Dec 03, 2025
Expotel has joined with Thomas Cook to launch a leisure service for its clients. The company, which has until now…
Virgin Blue e-commerce head joins SkyEurope
Phil Davies - Dec 03, 2025
Slovakian budget airline SkyEurope has recruited a new commercial head from Virgin Blue in Australia. The Australian airline’s head of…
Thumbs down to Japan’s new fingerprint checks
Phil Davies - Dec 03, 2025
TravelMole guest comment by Euromonitor International research analyst in Singapore, Parita Chitakasem Japan’s new finger printing policy has sparked controversy…
56 killed in Turkey plane crash
Bev - Nov 30, 2025
A domestic flight from Istanbul has crashed in south-western Turkey killing all 56 people on board. The Atlasjet, carrying 49…
CAA vows to enforce new protection laws
Jeremy Skidmore - Nov 30, 2025
Civil Aviation Authority director Richard Jackson has warned that new laws on financial protection will be rigidly enforced and offenders…
ABTA yet to decide on 2008 convention venue
Phil Davies - Nov 30, 2025
ABTA will not decide on a venue for 2008’s Travel Convention until the new year. The association usually closes the…
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