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May 16, 2012 8:02 am
Online travel agent DialAFlight has warned concerned holidaymakers to dump their Greek euros in case the troubled nation abandons the currency. For the first time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has acknowledged that Greece may have to quit the euro, and [...]
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May 15, 2012 8:09 am
According to a report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), children are being kept in ‘degrading and disgraceful’ conditions for long lengths of time by the UK Border Agency at London Heathrow Airport. The Home Secretary appointed the IMB five [...]
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May 11, 2012 10:15 am
On Thursday, Dubai flagship airline Emirates said that it will seek new routes to sustain its quick growth after annual profits were hit by a steep rise in its fuel bill. Net profit for the company fell 72%. However, the [...]
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May 10, 2012 10:22 am
In an announcement in the Houses of Parliament this week, the Queen announced that laws will be put in place very soon to make drug driving an offence. This will mean that motorists found guilty of drug driving will be [...]
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May 9, 2012 8:03 am
The website for Thrifty Car Rental (Thrifty.com) has been rated the best for Technical Quality among car hire booking sites. The rating comes after a study conducted by Keynote Competitive Research, an industry analysis group of internet and mobile cloud [...]
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May 7, 2012 11:43 am
At the end of April, Zipcar announced a big expansion of its world-leading car sharing network into Austin, Texas. The new programme is an effort collaborated with Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Council Member Chris Riley. It now provides residents, [...]
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May 4, 2012 9:30 am
Budget airline bmibaby is due to be grounded later this year, which means flights and hundreds of jobs are risk of being lost. This follows the carrier being taken over by International Airlines Group (IAG) last month, when it also [...]
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May 3, 2012 9:28 am
The Canadian International Cooperation Minister, Bev Oda, is reimbursing taxpayers for the hired car and driver she booked during a trip overseas. This followed her saying earlier that she had paid all inappropriate travel costs back. Her office didn’t confirm [...]
May 2, 2012 8:07 am
On April 26, car2go, a subsidiary of Daimler Group, launched its biggest worldwide rental fleet in Berlin as part of a joint venture with car hire firm Europcar. Before the official launch, the car sharing network already had about 2,000 [...]
April 30, 2012 11:04 am
On Friday, the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) updated its travel advice for Nigeria. This followed a bomb attack on Thursday at the newspaper office of ThisDay in the Jabi area of capital city Abuja. Another blast occurred at [...]