It appears that many advocacy groups are still targeting car hire companies. This news follows all the reports that came earlier about car hire companies putting their consumers in jeopardy by renting out cars that have been recalled. Many of these cars that have been recalled get driven many more times before they are ever [...]

Accor Announces Big Global Expansion

Posted on: August 23rd, 2010 Posted by Sharon Miller

The well known French hospitality group Accor has just recently announced plans to double the number of hotels in its global portfolio to 7,000. This is going to be done over the course of the next seven years. The expansion itself is said to be worth some €1.4 billion. It is set to target mostly [...]

It seems that just recently the London-based travel company Flight Options, which operates principally as Kiss Flights, has just ceased trading this week. With this news comes the end of yet another UK-based travel operator. Right now the Civil Aviation Authority is trying to step in to protect holidaymakers.
There are some 60,000 people that are [...]

Unite Union Calls Off Airport Strike

Posted on: August 18th, 2010 Posted by Helen Young

According to recent reports, the Unite trade union has just recently reached an agreement over pay disputes with the airport operator that it was suppose to be taking industrial action against. This is great news as it now averts the threat of a strike action that was going to take place later this month.
During talks [...]

Acromas Reveals a Loss of Some £529 Million

Posted on: August 17th, 2010 Posted by Stewart Perry

Acromas, which is based in Folkstone, has just recently revealed a £529 million annual loss. This news comes as the company continues to pay huge interest payments on debt that has eclipsed the company’s sales.
This group, which operates specialist tour operator Saga Holidays and the AA, posted an operating profit of £183.5 million for the [...]

It’s a story that too many people have heard this year. Another tour operator has collapsed and left some 1,200 British holidaymakers stranded abroad. This time the tour operator that went under was the Birmingham-based Sun4U.
This company, which specialized in Spain and Mallorca holidays, announced on its website that, as of Thursday night, it had [...]