The Home Office has outlined plans to introduce different passport fees for online and postal applications as part of its push to increase the use of online services and its ambition to create a se…
Amadeus renews BCD Travel partnership
Amadeus today announced the renewal of a multi-year global distribution agreement with BCD Travel.As a result of this agreement, BCD Travel will have access to extensive travel content on Amadeus.T…
Lufthansa launches automatic check-in for all flights in Europe
Lufthansa passengers will now benefit from an automatic check-in procedure for all flights within Germany and to destinations in Europe.The boarding pass for flights booked up to 24 hours before de…
Ryanair launches new Travel Credit scheme
Ryanair has launched Ryanair Travel Credit, a new incentive that gives customers who book accommodation with Ryanair Rooms ten per cent back in credit to spend on flights.Any customer with a MyRyan…
Travel Megatrends 2018: European Travelers Return to Once-Disrupted Destinations
Skift Take: Things can change very quickly in travel. Geopolitics plays a big part in deciding a destination’s popularity. With Spain undergoing its own problems, and fewer terrorist incident…
Carlisle Lake District Airport to welcome commercial flights from June
Carlisle Lake District Airport will launch commercial flights on June 3rd for the first time since 1993, Stobart Group has confirmed.The airport will connect Cumbria and the Lake District, which re…
Sharing Economy Growth Was a Big Part of European Tourism’s Excellent 2017
We learned last week that European tourism had a banner year with international arrivals projected to have grown more than 8 percent in 2017 despite terrorism incidents and economic shocks.And this…
O’Connor to lead culinary offering at Hotel Café Royal
Hotel Café Royal has appointed Kerry O’Connor to the role of director of food and beverage.She joins from The Grove Hotel, Hertfordshire, at an exciting time in her new position.This y…
Top Ski Resorts in Europe Cut Off With Avalanche Risk at Maximum
Ski resorts in Austria and Switzerland are facing their most dire avalanche threat since 1999. Bloomberg Some of Europe’s top ski resorts, including Zermatt in Switzerland and St. Anton in Au…
French Tourism Stakeholders Against Charging The Short Contracts
The recently formed Confederation of Tourism Stakeholders (CAT) which brings together 14 professional organizations of the French tourism sector wrote to the Prime Minister to express their opposit…