Alton Towers Plans Expansion with Third Hotel

May 7, 2009

Go to www.altontowers.com click here. Alton Towers is thinking about building a third hotel property as part of a plan to develop over a ten-year period worth millions of pounds in order to consolidate the position of the resort as the ...

Premier Inns Continues to Expand with Dubai Silicon Oasis Opening

May 7, 2009

Go to www.premierinns.com click here. A lot of companies are slowing expansion plans and reducing operating costs due to the economic recession, but Premier Inn, the biggest and most successful brand of hotels in the United Kingodm, is still planning to ...

British Airports Authority Reports £316 million Loss

May 6, 2009

Go to www.baa.com click here. The British Airports Authority, who owns the Stansted, Gatwick, and Heathrow airports, said yesterday that their pretax loss for the first quarter worsened even while revenue increased by 15 percent year-on-year as cost control, retail income, ...

easyJet Proposes Marriages During Flight

May 6, 2009

Go to www.easyjet.com click here. The budget carrier easyJet is hoping to allow their pilots to officiate marriages during ceremonies held in-flight. The airline, who flies to Alicante, Murcia, and Almeria, has proposed in-flight marriages to authorities. If the ...

Former Postman Banned from Flying

May 4, 2009

An ex-postman has been banned from flying for five years after forcing a holiday flight to Malaga, Spain to turn around, but only after threatening to kill all of the passengers on board. During the incident, he also tried ...

Heathrow Airport Runway Revolt Lead by Top Executives

May 4, 2009

Go to www.heathrowairport.com click here. The leaders of some of the largest businesses in the United Kingdom have started a revolt against plans for a third runway at the Heathrow Airport. Justin King from J Sainsbury, Roy Gardner from Compass, ...

MSC and Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Avoid Pirates

May 4, 2009

Go to www.msccruises.com or www.fredolsencruises.com click here. Both MSC cruises and Fred Olsen cruise lines are switching to new routes in order to avoid attacks by pirates. This decision comes after the MSC Melody ship was attacked recently. Pierfrancesco ...

IATA Says Airlines Ready for Phase 5 Level of Pandemic

May 1, 2009

Go to www.iata.org click here. Yesterday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that airlines are ready for the high level of alert after the World Health Organization made the decision to increase to a Phase 5 Pandemic level. The ...

Cruise Lines Cancel Trips to Mexico

April 30, 2009

A number of cruise lines have suspended stops at Mexican ports due to worries over the swine flu outbreak in the country. These canceled ship visits come after a recommendation that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...

Premier Inn to Get More Aggressive Against Costly Rivals

April 30, 2009

Go to www.premierinns.com click here. The owner of Premier Inn, Whitbread, has responded to the declining demand of their budget hotel chain, saying that they will heavily spend on their salesforce and marketing in order to attack the market of 3- ...