Even with a wave of complaints from within the travel sector, yesterday saw the introduction of the first of two increases to Air Passenger Duty (APD) at all airports in the UK.
Economy travellers must now add between £11 and £55 to the price of any flight leaving the UK, with more rises scheduled for November [...]

Manchester’s Metrolink management has opted for a second free travel day on its tram network during the period leading to Christmas.
The decision follows the senior councilor Pat Karney urging bosses at Metrolink to provide Manchester commuters with a two-day Christmas ‘gift’.
Metrolink authorities had recently revealed to the public that they were considering to give commuters [...]

The United States is now among the few countries, including Qatar, Yemen and Sudan, that have been banning HIV infected visitors from crossing their borders.
The Congress and the Bush administration began the process to eliminate the HIV travel ban. The President Obama announced that his administration would finish it by revealing the final rules to [...]

Aspiring space tourists can start packing their suitcase as 2012 is the time planned for the launch of the first orbiting hotel, thanks to a very generous $3billion offered by an anonymous billionaire to back the project.
But amateur cosmonauts will need a healthy stash of cash as the Galactic Suite Space Resort since a three-night [...]