Articles By: Hannah Westfield

W Hotels to Open in Dubai

W Hotels to Open in Dubai

0 May 14, 2012 11:00 am

W Hotels Worldwide, which is a luxury boutique hotel brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, has announced an agreement with Al Sharq Investment LLC that will see its debut in Dubai on The Palm Jumeirah. W Dubai – The [...]

Paris Costs Most for Club Sandwich

Paris Costs Most for Club Sandwich

0 May 10, 2012 8:54 am

According to research published by Hotels.com this week, Paris has been named the most expensive city around the world to buy a club sandwich in. This sandwich features chicken, egg, bacon, lettuce and mayonnaise; and they can be bought in [...]

$100 Fee to Carry On Spirit Airlines

$100 Fee to Carry On Spirit Airlines

0 May 7, 2012 11:00 am

Starting in November, Spirit Airlines will start charging passengers up to $100 per carry-on bag. The carrier is already the first to impose fees on customers who take luggage on board with them to store in the overhead bins. It [...]

Fire Destroys Best Western Hotel

Fire Destroys Best Western Hotel

0 May 3, 2012 8:43 am

On Monday, a major fire destroyed the Best Western Falmouth Beach Hotel, despite the efforts of over 100 firefighters. The blaze started just after noon local time, and all hotel staff and guests had to be evacuated to safety. Even [...]

Europcar Reports Financial Milestones

Europcar Reports Financial Milestones

April 30, 2012 11:49 am

Last Tuesday, Europcar announced important milestones achieved in optimising its maturity profile and capital structure. It also revealed amendments made to some of its key financing arrangements. One of the milestones is the car hire group’s Senior Asset Revolving Facility [...]

Enterprise Leads UK Female Employment

Enterprise Leads UK Female Employment

April 26, 2012 8:46 am

At the end of last week, Enterprise Rent-A-Car celebrated its inclusion in the Top 50 Employers for Women list, which is published by The Times. It’s produced in collaboration of Opportunity Now, a gender campaign from Business in the Community, [...]

Trojan Horse Steals Hotel Guests’ Info

Trojan Horse Steals Hotel Guests’ Info

April 23, 2012 11:02 am

Last week, researchers warned that there has been a trojan discovered on black market websites that allows hackers to steal hotel customers’ credit card information straight from the front-desk. The discovery was made by security firm Trusteer in an advertisement [...]

Thrifty Launches Foreign Rental Websites

Thrifty Launches Foreign Rental Websites

April 19, 2012 8:47 am

Thrifty Car Rental, which is part of holding company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, is working to expand the success of its English language website with the launch of several foreign language websites. These include: Irlanda Noleggio Auto (Italian), Alquiler de [...]

New Rail Punctuality Rules Mulled

New Rail Punctuality Rules Mulled

April 16, 2012 11:02 am

New regulations to govern the punctuality of trains are being considered, which would toughen up the current rules. This comes as all train operators have been able to run more than nine out of ten of their services on time, [...]

Bank Holidays Cost £19 billion

Bank Holidays Cost £19 billion

April 12, 2012 8:52 am

According to think tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), every bank holiday costs £2.3 billion for the UK economy and getting rid of them would give annual output a £19 billion boost. The group is calling on bank [...]