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ABTA to launch health and safety audit tool
Bev - Nov 28, 2024
ABTA is to launch an initiative in early 2007 giving members the chance to access a health and safety database…
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ABTA re-launches ABTASure
Bev - Nov 28, 2024
ABTA is re-launching its own travel insurance scheme after abandoning it decades ago. The scheme is being operated in conjunction…
Advantage pre-empts insurance sales clampdown
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
Advantage is to train members to become Financial Services Authority-appointed representatives in advance of a government review of how agents…
Hilton in $143m Indian joint venture
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
Hilton Hotels Corporation plans to develop 75 hotels and apartments in India through a new joint venture company. The hotel…
Nassau dropped from Virgin’s Caribbean network
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
Virgin Atlantic is dropping direct flights from the UK to Nassau in the Bahamas. The airline said there was not…
easyJet to charge for seat selection
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
EasyJet is to charge between £2.50 and £7.50 for passengers wanting to pre-select their seats. The no-frills carrier, which has…
First Choice admits to mainstream sale talks
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
First Choice today responded to weekend newspaper speculation tipping MyTravel as a potential purchaser of its mainstream holiday arm. The…
Aspire adds staff and moves base
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
XL Leisure Group luxury operating brand Aspire has relocated its headquarters to Southgate in London and taken on extra staff.…
Are Chinese tourists ripe for US group travel?
David - Nov 28, 2024
US tour operators looking hungrily at the expected boom in Chinese tourism are seeing some small signs that American policy-makers…
TravelMole Travel Technology Digest Q&A with Global Travel Market’s Dave Simmons
Phil Davies - Nov 28, 2024
Dave Simmons is chief executive of destination-based metasearch specialist Global Travel Market. The company launched australiatravelmarket.com two years ago and…
UK hotels to show best performance in a decade
Phil Davies - Nov 27, 2024
London hotels remained buoyant in October while properties in the regions also saw further growth, according new figures. The average…
Active Hotels becomes Booking.com
Phil Davies - Nov 27, 2024
Priceline.com-owned online hotel booking firm Active Hotels is changing its name to Booking.com. The name change is designed to enable…
