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As holidaymakers around the world continue to show growing dislike to online hotel reviews made by the hotel itself, the European Union makes it illegal.
From April 6 EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive comes effective. It makes it illegal for companies to write blogs or reviews about themselves, or to pay anyone to do so. […]

Dubai will be hosting the Global Travel and Tourism Summit April 20-22. The summit will see industry experts and government representatives come together to discuss important issues in tourism.
Tourism and travel employ 231 million people around the world, 10% of the global GDP comes from tourism. A major issue in tourism today is sustainable development, […]

BAA’s plans to fingerprint all passengers travelling through Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 have been put on hold after concerns were raised about the legality of the security measurement.
UK’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner, is investigating the plan after a complaint by a privacy campaign group.
As arriving and departing passengers from both domestic […]

Facebook is taking over every area – holidays and travel included. American Airlines has announced a new application that uses the Facebook platform.
The airline is launching Travel Bag on Facebook; the application will allow people to exchange their travel experiences easily – including reviews and comments on shops and restaurants.
Travel Bag links to […]

Tourism Australia is hoping that a new blockbuster movie filmed entirely in the country will boost the number of people deciding to take a holiday in Australia.
Baz Luhrmann’s movie Australia is an extended advertisement of the country, Tourism Australia believes. The romantic epic has been filmed in the Australian outback, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh […]

Cruiselines are set to step up their training on being environmentally friendly this year in an attempt to become greener.
The Association of Cruise Experts have stated that its training will encapsulate what cruise ships can do to become greener, such as the use of on-board recycling.
The director of business development Andy Harmer commented: “It […]

Close to opening Terminal 5 is promising to be a bright new future for BA. British Airways will move into the terminal overnight, in preparation for their opening to passengers on 27th March.
The Terminal has the capacity to see around 30million passengers fly using BA every year, and has also been designed to ease congestion […]

Ryanair is to begin flights from Manchester to Barcelona, Bremen, Marseille and Milan during April.
The budget flight company’s director of scheduled revenue, Sean Coyle, commented that the new services “are great news for Mancunian passengers”.
Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newquay are among the many UK cities that are expected to reap the benefits […]

For those travelling on a golfing holiday this year should make sure that they and their equipment are properly insured.
Graeme Trudgill, the technical and corporate affairs executive for the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) commented that travel insurance policies can vary in the specifics of what they actually cover.
It is therefore important that holidaymakers carefully […]

Most Brits see taking a holiday as a necessity, according to a brand new report that was published by Thomas Cook.
The tour operator showed within its report called ‘Money Matters’ that 59% of holidaymakers are so keen to get away they pay for their holidays with a financial card, although around one third still pay […]

This month has seen comments on travel agents, as it is considered that cancelled or delayed holidays should be refunded or rearranged.
One expert, from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba), has commented that the responsibility is that of the travel agent, as this should be one of the benefits of booking your holiday through […]

Two new flight services have been introduced from London Luton Airport by easyJet. The two new services will fly to Jersey and Pisa, and the airline expects to carry around 100,000 passengers on the two routes in the next twelve months.
David Osborne, the general manager of easyJet UK, claims that these two popular destinations will […]

The ski resorts within Europe saw freezing temperatures as well as a large snowfall over the weekend, which is the ideal conditions for anyone considering a last minute ski holiday.
The wintry blast over the Easter period delivered fresh snow, as well as a good powder on the upper slopes.
The Austrian ski resorts have some of […]

After purchasing any valuable souvenirs or presents on holiday, travellers are being warned to carry these items within their hand luggage.
Frances Tuke, a spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), has commented that travellers who go to the Middle East, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong often buy electrical items, as well as larger […]

Just before the Easter Break, Nationwide bank is suggesting that the many Britons who are planning to fly off on holiday can save money by using their credit cards. Nationwide are telling people to stop wasting money on exchanging their spending money but to use their credit cards abroad instead, but they are still warning […]

Travellers flying from Manchester Airport will be happy to know that flight options will be broadening from 2007, with many new services around Europe as well as to London Stansted.
The two new routes that have been planned for 2008 by bmibaby are Lisbon and Madrid, and these will open in the summer.
Later on in September, […]

The amount of passengers that travel through all UK airports was up by just 2.4% in 2007, which was the smallest rate of growth within the last decade.
A study undertaken by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has been recently released, and shows that 2.5million passengers travelled through all UK airports last year. It also highlighted […]

A hiking trail has been opened by Shania Twain on her New Zealand property in accordance with new requirements for overseas buyers.
The Canadian country singer owns a 24,700 hectare property in the South Island, half of which is above the snow line. New Zealand has been worried that rich foreigners will buy the best […]

The world’s first alcohol-free hotel chain is to open its first hotel in Mecca in September. Rayhaan Hotels and Resorts will be opening hotels around the Middle East, all without bars.
In most countries in the Middle East alcohol is illegal, and hotels are the only places it can be served. Rayhaan Hotels believes there […]

American Airlines will cease to operate from London Gatwick airport after 26 years. The airline will keep the same number of services from London to America, but flights will be departing from London Heathrow.
Under the new US-EU open skies agreement, American has decided to focus its flights to Heathrow airport. All employees have been offered […]