29th January 2010

British Insurance Companies Lighten Up on Visiting Kashmir

It now seems that British insurance companies are finally starting to give cover to tourists who are wishing to visit Kashmir. Earlier, the insurance companies in the UK were not giving any cover to British tourists to this area due to the advisory issues by the country. J&K tourism minister, Nawang Rigzin Jora, said that this shows some kind of softening on the British stand.
Many western countries have issued travel advisories to their citizens not to visit Kashmir after the abduction of six foreign tourists by Al Faran, a shadow outfit of Harkat ul Mujahideen near Pahalgam in July of [...]

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29th January 2010

UK Workers Could Travel Three Hours to Find Work

According to one website, Simply Hired, the recession has pushed employees into traveling far out of their way to look for work. In fact, some studies even suggest that some Brits could be traveling more than three hours each way to work in order to protect their jobs.
The poll taken by Simply Hired also showed that 56 percent of respondents said they would be willing to take an increase in vacation entitlement rather than a pay rise to help keep company costs down. UK workers are doing everything in their power to make themselves more desirable to businesses.
When the workers [...]

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29th January 2010

Pontins Gets £5 Million Upgrade

New plans have just recently been unveiled for an ice and roller skating rink for one of the best known holiday parks, Pontins. This is part of the £5 million revamp that the park is getting.
A new village square complex and a fairground are also part of this upgrade. This upgrade is going to create 300 permanent and 200 construction jobs over the next three to five years. Also planned for this area is a new amusement arcade and a village square complex. As far as refurbishment goes, the site will see an upgrade to its theater, ballroom, restaurants and [...]

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29th January 2010

Sixt Rent A Car rolls out end of January sale in Spain

Those of us who are fed up of the winter weather may well be looking forward to getting away for some much needed summer sun. If Spain is the destination of choice then now is the time to book car hire through premier rental company Sixt Rent A Car. As of 6pm today Sixt is [...]

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29th January 2010

VisitBritain teams with airlines for UK promotion

VisitBritain is the official website for information on travel and tourism in the United Kingdom, offering practical advice and great deals.
The latest offering sees the online specialist team up with both Easyjet and British Airways to provide a range of new promotions for British cities. The new advertising campaign is a continuation from the successful 2009 promotion which showcased the likes of London, Glasgow, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff and Oxford. In keeping with last year’s formula the new campaign will see the VisitBritain site provide a valuable publicity boost for destination cities for the entire year.
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29th January 2010

Airlines accused of World Cup price fixing

An investigation has been announced into suspected price fixing by South Africa’s domestic airlines ahead of this year’s football World Cup. The country’s competition watchdog is reacting to an offer by state run South African Airways who said that it will release incriminating email correspondence in exchange for leniency.
The flag carrier claims to have evidence [...]

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29th January 2010

US car hire companies recall troubled Toyotas

Rental firms in the US have heaped yet more misery on the troubled car manufacturer after announcing the withdrawal of eight models from their hire fleets until repairs are made to over 3 million cars.
On Wednesday, Toyota issued a recall for 1.1 million vehicles owing to an existing floor mat recall. The timing could not have been worse given Toyota has recently recalled another 2.3 million vehicles over sudden acceleration issues. Wednesday further saw statements issues from three leading hire car operators of their decision to pull the eight models which themselves have been mired by poor sales figures.
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