UK holidaymakers travelling to Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer are being warned of a rental car shortage as operators are finding it difficult to obtain credit to buy vehicles for their fleets. Hire car companies in southern Spain’s, along the Mediterranean coast, are reporting that they are not able to meet demand, even through [...]

www.europcar.com A number of the most prestigious automobile brands have been added to the Europcar rental car fleet.  The luxury line is being called “Prestige from Europcar” and includes cars from makers such as Jaguar, Mercedes, Mini Cooper and Porsche. With the luxury additions, Europcar’s fleet is now organized along five categories: 4X4; Convertible; Executive; [...]

www.expedia.co.uk According to a recent survey of European hoteliers, Britons are seen as the worst-behaved tourists on the continent. The rest of the world, however, sees British holidaymakers in a different light, according to a poll taken by online travel company Expedia.co.uk. European hotel operators said that Britons were the messiest tourists, the ones who [...]

www.airportthai.co.th Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok is about to have 126 new high-speed Internet kiosks installed by CAT Telecom, in the company’s joint venture with the airport authority. The new kiosks will feature 10 Mbps Internet access and will be free-of-charge for tourists. This move is part of an overall effort to help the Thai airport [...]

www.hertz.com The rental car industry, which been plagued by a slowdown due to the economic downturn, is reporting that the situation seems to be improving as the summer holiday season gets underway. Companies including Enterprise and Hertz reported that reservations picked up in advance of the July 4th holiday in the US, and that European [...]

www.oag.com According to figures just released, the continuing decline in airline passenger numbers has led to carriers dropping 200 routes in just this past year. The airline industry’s main data source, the Official Airline Guide (OAG), has reported that 192 of the routes into and out of the UK in June 2008 are no longer [...]

www.europcar.com As many companies report losses this year, leading car rental company Europcar continues to stay in the black. Part of the reason for this is Europcar’s exclusive partnership with budget airline easyJet. Europcar and easyJet formed an exclusive partnership in 2003 and have served more than 1.7 million joint customers. The partnership has proven [...]

After six years in the planning and making future pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andr? Borschberg showed off their prototype solar powered plane that they hope will fly around the globe. The plane has been designed and built to fly day and night without fuel, relying solely on the power of the sun. Solar Impulse HB-SIA [...]

www.thomson.co.uk The UKs largest tour operator has hinted that there may be no price increases in their 2010 brochures if the British pound continues getting stronger. There was initial fear at the start of 2009 when the pound was week against most other currencies. Holiday companies had to secure rooms and service contracts earlier than [...]