24/11/2008 18:27
The travel industry is so badly failing to meet the needs of lone travellers that half would rather stay at home than take a ‘typical’ singles holiday.
Singles aged between 31 and 45 years old cannot find a holiday which suits their needs, new research reveals.
But 68% said they would...
24/11/2008 18:20
USA (World Tourism News) - Green Globe International, Inc., the worldwide owner of the Green Globe brand, today announced an agreement with Sustainable Travel International (STI), under which Green Globe International and STI will partner to deliver co-branded products and services to the global...
24/11/2008 18:13
The British are amongst the most annoying travellers in the world, a global poll reveals.
Americans top the list (18%), followed by those from France (12%) and Germany (10%).
British and Chinese travellers (equaly six per cent) complete the roll call of the five most annoying nationalities,...
24/11/2008 17:50
Germany is embroiled in a controversy over a monumental Nazi-era holiday resort on the German island of Ruegen that is to be opened to holidaymakers for the first time.
The giant complex of hotels in the Prora resort on the country's biggest island in the Baltic Sea was designed to house...
24/11/2008 14:43
Hotels in the UK saw a moderate slowdown in occupancy during October as business and leisure travellers cut back on spending, according to the latest figures from PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. In London, the slowdown in business travel meant occupancy declined from 86.5% to 83.8%, while in the...
23/11/2008 15:18
British Airways has announced that from 23 February 2009, it will stop using the middle seat in its Club Europe cabin. At the moment, many of BA’s European services are configured with two seats on one side of the aisle with a half seat in between and with three seats on the other side of the...
22/11/2008 16:48
Ryanair has carried out its threat to terminate its hotel supplier contract with Expedia Inc.
A statement from Expedia confirmed that Ryanair "turned off Expedia hotel bookings, effective November 14".
It added: "We strongly believe that Ryanair does not have the right to...
21/11/2008 18:43
UNWTO launches its new long-term research programme UNWTO Future Vision: Tourism Towards 2030. The study will forecast international tourism growth through the year 2030 and identify key actual and future trends and their impact on tourism development.
It will combine industry data with...
21/11/2008 17:30
Air France-KLM is considering legal steps against the Austrian state holding company's planned process for the sale of Austrian Airlines, Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday.
"We are thinking about taking legal steps against the sale process, in which the rules of the game were...
21/11/2008 16:27
Technology created and honed for British tour operators could soon be driving an explosion of travel in other countries.
BlueSky Travel Systems has long provided travel distribution software for some of the UK’s biggest operators, including Thomas Cook and TUI Travel.
Now,...
