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Passengers using the Heathrow Airport will soon be enjoying the latest boarding pass technology offered by Continental Airlines.
Continental will be the first airline to be offering paperless boarding for its flight from the UK to the US. Under the initiative, passengers will be given a boarding pass directly to their mobile phones or PDAs, thus eliminating the need for conventional paper tickets and boarding cards.
Vice President for Reservations and E-commerce of Continental, Martin Hand, said that the service improvement was due to consumer demands. He said that the airline has plans to offer the self-service technology to its domestic and [...]

Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) recently called on the public’s attention to contact their MPs to dispute on the government’s intention to raise the Air Passenger Duty (APD) or widely known as flying poll tax starting 1 November.
Under the scheme, the amount of tax to be paid will depend on the length of time a passenger takes, which eventually makes huge difference on long haul flights. Consequently, the increase will have direct hit on families that have travel plans to Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Asia and Australia.
As an example, a family of four travelling to Nigeria, Pakistan or [...]

Hertz Global Holdings, the largest hire car organisation on the planet, has revealed that its fourth quarter loss has dropped dramatically from the dark times of a year ago. This time last year, the car rental industry was embroiled in a bitter fight to stay afloat as the effects of the global recession weighed heavily on operating costs.
The latest results were above most analyst projections for the period, as were the average earnings per share.
Hertz, which is based in New Jersey at Park Ridge, announced that the fourth quarter loss was just $30.9 million, an equivalent of $0.08 per share. [...]

The European rail industry looks set to continue its frustrating lack of options for seniors in 2010, but Britain and a select few others have some great deals if you know where to find them. Unfortunately, most of the Seniors passes apply to first class travel – meaning that the actual costs are often more expensive than a standard second class ticket. Britrail has reduced its ticket prices this year, others have raised them, while UK seniors should note that across Europe the status age begins at 60.
BritRail continues to offer its Flexipass as the best option for most rail [...]