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The increasingly bloody Thai political crisis that has crippled the country’s tourism industry has been dealt a further blow after some of Bangkok’s best hotels closed their doors.
With the protesting Red Shirt demonstrations setting up camp in the upmarket areas around five-star hotels and shopping complexes in the capital, the worry that fighting may spill over onto their doorstep has forced hotels to evict guests to safer locations, with many refusing bookings till next week at the earliest.
The InterContinental and Grand Hyatt, two of Bangkok’s premier hotels, advised guests they would be required to check out today. The Four Seasons [...]

Hertz Rent2Buy, the online car sales arm of the car rental giant, has announced a new partnership with Kelley Blue Book.
The arrangement will see car shoppers provided with an enhanced car purchasing experience using the benefit of the hire industry expert and car buyer guide. The relationship will see customers given the capacity to compare the Hertz price for a car to the Kelley Blue Book® Suggested Retail Value.
Additionally, the Hertz car sales range will be available at The Trusted Marketplace online portal, providing web-based car shoppers with a complete range of access the Hertz sales selection. Hertz welcomed the [...]

After nearly a week of chronic disruption due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland, it now looks as if the world’s airline industry can start to return to some semblance of normality. Last night, the UK’s airspace was reopened and a British Airways passenger jet inbound from Vancouver was permitted to land at Heathrow. German officials say that they plan to resume flights as of today and planes have already been taking off from Amsterdam, Madrid and Paris.
The World Meteorological Organisation said that it is confident that the worst of the impact of volcanic ash in the atmosphere is over. [...]

Cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse has set sail from Southampton to rescue holiday makers who have been stranded in Spain because the volcanic ash cloud hovering over Europe. Because the ash has meant an almost week long closure of much of Europe’s air space, travellers have been desperately seeking alternative modes of transport to get back to Britain.
Celebrity Cruises said that unfortunately it will not be able to accommodate all those wishing to book passage back to the UK. The cruise form says that it will only be taking passengers who booked their holidays through Thomson, First Choice and the Cooperative [...]

New figures show that British motorists are now spending 30 per cent more than a year ago on fuel for their cars. On Monday, the average price of a litre of petrol was 120.96 pence. The hike in fuel prices could cause many families, who have had their incomes cut or frozen because of the [...]