Archive for category: Holiday News

British girl drowns in hotel swimming pool in Egypt

British girl drowns in hotel swimming pool in Egypt

0 / May 20, 2013 8:36 am

A British mother is beside herself with grief after her 5-year-old daughter, Chloe Johnson, died while swimming in a pool on an Egyptian holiday. The mother is now looking for compensation after she claimed that no lifeguard was on duty [...]

Travel Agents to Close Up Shop on Tuesday to Protest Airfare

Travel Agents to Close Up Shop on Tuesday to Protest Airfare

0 / May 6, 2013 8:37 am

If anyone is looking to buy airline tickets on Tuesday, May 5, through a travel agent, they may just find themselves up the creek without a paddle. That is because many travel agents are going to close up shop on [...]

Tour companies start canceling trips to North Korea

Tour companies start canceling trips to North Korea

/ April 11, 2013 8:38 am

North Korea could go to war any day now. Despite this fact, some people still want to travel there. So much, in fact, that many Chinese tour operators had to be told by local authorities that they must halt all [...]

Florida finally gets rid of new law that was preventing Brits from driving

Florida finally gets rid of new law that was preventing Brits from driving

/ April 5, 2013 8:38 am

A while back, Florida announced a new law that was actually banning some holidaymakers from the UK from renting cars in Florida. The only way around this law was for people to have an international driving permit, which most Brits [...]

FCO launches a new Road Safety Campaign for Brits travelling this Easter holiday

FCO launches a new Road Safety Campaign for Brits travelling this Easter holiday

/ March 28, 2013 8:19 am

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has started a new road safety campaign. This campaign, with the help of Carrentals.co.uk, is being launched in order to help Brits drive safely while travelling abroad this Easter holiday. The campaign was established [...]

Brit leaps from hotel in India over fears of a sexual attack

Brit leaps from hotel in India over fears of a sexual attack

/ March 21, 2013 8:35 am

People are willing to do almost anything to escape danger. In some cases, they are willing to put themselves in more danger. At least that was the case for one Brit who actually jumped out of a hotel window in [...]

Thomas Cook finally announces strategy for moving forward

Thomas Cook finally announces strategy for moving forward

/ March 14, 2013 8:31 am

Recently there has been a lot of bad news surrounding Thomas Cook. In fact, the company has announced that it’s cutting a number of jobs in order to stem losses. Ever since that announcement was made, people have been wondering [...]

Thomas Cook continues to lay off workers and shut down stores

Thomas Cook continues to lay off workers and shut down stores

1 / March 8, 2013 8:09 am

The travel industry in the UK is starting to improve. However, for companies like Thomas Cook, it’s not improving fast enough. Recently the holiday firm announced that it would be cutting 2,500 UK jobs. This just adds even more stress [...]

Thomas Cook posts increase in performance, shareholders aren’t impressed

Thomas Cook posts increase in performance, shareholders aren’t impressed

/ February 25, 2013 8:13 am

Thomas Cook, last Thursday, announced that they have started to improve their performance in key markets. The 172-year-old travel company is on track to see improvements year over year. Despite this good news, shareholders aren’t impressed in the least. In [...]

New Hertz study determines how far people are willing to travel for Valentine’s Day

New Hertz study determines how far people are willing to travel for Valentine’s Day

/ February 12, 2013 8:22 am

Some say that there is no limit to what they will do for love. Unfortunately, that may not be the case for all Brits. Thanks to a new Hertz survey, the car rental giant has been able to determine just [...]

In the Press
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