In a report released earlier this week the Center for Disease Control said that travelers should not cancel their travel plans, but should practice caution as the spread of the H1N1 virus continues to grow in parts of the world.  This contradicted the report of a White House advisory committee which gave dire predictions that [...]

The global recession and concerns about the outbreak of the H1N1 virus have many would be travelers staying home this summer holiday season.  This is bad news for the tourism and travel business, with hotels and car rental agencies most acutely feeling the sting.  Companies like Europcar, the largest car rental company in Europe, getting [...]

UK hotels and resorts have been the beneficiary of an unexpected boost in sales, as worries over the H1N1 virus and the slumping economy have led many Britons to take their holiday within their own country.
The global recession has many Britons looking for ways to cut costs, which means many are putting off expensive travel [...]

A recent report out of Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka cited students from the United Kingdom and the United States as the biggest spreaders of the H1N1 virus.  These travelers have been asked to quarantine themselves and avoid large crowds upon arrival to their destination country.  Asian countries like Sri Lanka have been hardest [...]

With the travel industry reeling from paranoia about the H1N1 virus, as well as the terrible global economy, the travel industry has been hit hard, seeing drastic losses in numbers of customers.  This has left some travel companies trying to maximize the smaller number of sales by making them more profitable.
TUI Travel is one travel [...]