23rd
December
2009
After a long three days of cancellations due to weather, Eurostar has finally been able to resume services between London and the Continent. Although this is great news for passengers, the bad news is that the service is still very limited.
On top of this, there is other bad news for passengers. Now that travel has restarted, there is a chaotic scene at St Pancras, as thousands waited in subzero temperatures in hopes of being able to catch the first high speed train out of the station since Friday. Almost 3,000 customers were waiting at 5am, some of them had been [...]
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23rd
December
2009
Apparently new reports now show that administrators for the collapsed Globespan company have asked its credit card transactions firm, E-Clear, to put the £35 million of owed money into a joint bank account. This move comes just after PricewaterhouseCoopers claimed that E-Clear had been stalling on payments owed to Globespan from credit card customers for months. Many experts claim this is the main cause of Globespan’s collapse.
On top of this, there is also a lot of confusion right now surrounding the business interest of Greek travel industry entrepreneur Elias Elia, who is the chief executive of E-Clear, following the collapse [...]
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23rd
December
2009
Apparently the United States Department of Justice has come out and talked about their view on the British Airways and American Airways tie-up. The department went on to say that the proposed tie-up would result in competitive harm and lead to transatlantic fares rising by as much as 15 percent.
The Department of Justice recommended major concessions in return for granting the British Airways and American Airways antitrust immunity. This recommendation was given to the Department of Transportation, which will make the final decision on whether the deal can go through or not.
The Department of Justice went through and highlighted services [...]
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23rd
December
2009
One of the country’s leading car hire comparison sites has said that it predicts the troubles being experienced by car hire firms at the moment will continue next year. Managing director of Carrentals.co.uk, Gareth Robinson warned that a shortage of vehicles as well as an increase in prices will continue to affect car hire customers [...]
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23rd
December
2009
The owner-operators of the Australian based Abel Rent A Car have been instructed to depart the hire car industry following continual complaints.
Customers, mechanics and panel beaters are all among the long list of disgruntled partners of the disgraced company, whose managing director Nathan Conn has been banned from the industry for the next 30 months. Conn had taken over the running of the group in 2007 after his father Steven was banned from managing any corporate entity until 2011.
In that time, Abel has received more than 100 complaints prompting an investigation from the Commissioner for Fair Trading. Steven Conn was [...]
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23rd
December
2009
The Dollar Rent A Car group, which is part of the Dollar Thrifty Automotive organisation, has today announced that its British website will feature a brand new travel blog.
The new offering will feature contributions from around the globe with a variety of subjects covered and car hire tips of course. The aim is to provide customers with information relative to their car hire process and destination, including an expansive section dedicated to driving throughout the United States. In Europe, the blog will aim to cover topics such as differing road rules and conditions for continental travel along with itineraries and [...]
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