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It seems that the end to the domestic air travel boom is coming to an end as regional airline Flybe has announced a slump in sales for its UK routes. Flybe is based in Exeter and runs a service which takes passengers between Aberdeen, London, Manchester, and Norwich. The company has issued two profit warnings [...]  The US travel industry has asked the UK government to put aside new plans that might see the Air Passenger Duty increase for all travellers that enter the UK. About thirty different travel organizations based in the United States have already signed a letter from the Air Transport Association asking Chancellor George Osborne to start [...] It is expected that due to the poor economic conditions throughout Europe, tourism is going to be slow to expand in the region during 2012. This is according to new figures from the World Travel and Tourism Council. President of the Council is David Scowsill and he has commented, “Most growth is taking place in Asia [...] The share prices and finances of budget airlines, which were hit badly by the credit crunch have shown signs of recovery. At the beginning of the year it seemed as if the recovery was already under way but this quickly petered out. Ryanair and easyJet at the start of the year were trading at around [...] The government has recently made public that it has concerns that people will be leaving the country for holidays during the Olympic Games. The culture secretary is Jeremy Hunt and he is taking steps to make sure that this does not happen. The government have recently announced that they are in talks with several hotel chains [...] British Airways and Chase Card Services have recently announced that in October this year holders of the British Airways Visa card will be entitled to a $50 refund if they eat at one of the restaurants mentioned in the New York City Michelin guide 2011. They will be able to do this up twice in [...] Growth in the budget accommodation sector has encouraged Travelodge to launch plans to double its size this year. Marriot hotels have also been sold by the Whitbread company so they can focus on their lower cost Premier Inn offering. Travelodge was bought in 2003 by Permira, a private equity company. The expansion plan will bring [...] Nathalie Thomas has just taken up a position at the largest budget hotel chain in the UK. She has become the ‘Director of Bed Bouncing’ at the Premier Inn chain of hotels. Ms Thomas, 39, has been given the task of testing that all of the beds in the hotel chains are soft enough for [...] In spite of the challenging economic environment, the UK independent accommodation sector saw an occupancy gain of 8% year-on-year during the second quarter of this year (April to June). In the run-up to the peak booking season, overall occupancy stepped up from 48% in April to 58% in June. The strongest region was the South East, [...] After its recent acquisition of GTA the Kuoni Group has adopted a new organisational structure. All the tour operating groups that come out of Europe are going to be known as ‘Outbound Europe.’ This means that the UK branch of the company is really part of the European part of the company. The recent restructure [...] |
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