Sharp Fall Suffered by the Domestic Holiday Market

Posted on: October 19th, 2009 Posted by Abi Bray

The very recent spike in domestic tourism this summer has finally reached its end. Not only has it reached its end, but it has now taken a very sharp decline as well. This bad news comes as many holiday makers are planning on spending their upcoming holidays at home rather than travel to local places [...]

Calypso Water Park in Ottawa

Posted on: October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tiffany Phillips

Ottawa will soon boast another attraction. As of next summer, visitors to the capital will be able to enjoy water fun at Calypso Park, which promises to be the biggest water theme park in Canada.
The company behind the project, Groupe Village Vacances Valcartier, held a weekend long open house last week to reveal the nearly [...]

Shanghai airport gets new Boeing facility

Posted on: October 16th, 2009 Posted by Stewart Perry

Boeing has recently inaugurated the opening of a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport as planned even if the aviation market is still sluggish, it’s been reported Friday.
The large hangar, with the capacity to accommodate two B747 aircrafts, is also Pudong’s first MRO facility. It’s operated as joint venture under [...]

Hotel giant Accor reports poor sales

Posted on: October 16th, 2009 Posted by Helen Young

The French group Accor, the largest hotel company in Europe, reported this week that sales have dropped 8.4 percent during the third quarter of 2009 to a total of 1.85 billion euros (2.76 billion US dollars) stemming from the recession which has caused a decline in travel. Meanwhile, revenues at the hotel giant have plunged [...]

Easyjet adds cities plus a new airport in Belfast

Posted on: October 16th, 2009 Posted by Helen Young

The budget carrier Easyjet have announced is to transfer one of its flights from Belfast International Airport to the George Best Belfast City Airport.
A twice-daily connection to Luton Airport in London will leave from the George Best facility starting from January 7 2010.
The carrier said via a statement that if the move proves to successful, [...]

Airlines Asking Ireland to Get Rid of Passenger Tax

Posted on: October 16th, 2009 Posted by Stewart Perry

It now seems that three airlines are stepping up and asking Ireland to do away with their passenger tax. The carriers have already noted that passenger numbers have dropped by 15 percent since the introduction of the new tax.
This surprising act of unity between three airlines took place Wednesday. They all came together and asked [...]