Visitors coming to Britain for this summer’s Olympic Games will now have an extra 120,000 hotel rooms to choose from as the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games hands them back after originally booking 600,000 for officials and the media.
The rooms were originally booked as part of the bid to secure the Games in [...]

Premier Inn hotels owner Whitbread, which also runs the Costa Coffee chain, has reported strong sales for the 11 weeks ending 18 August. Like-for-like sales were up by 4.8 per cent, with total group sales rising by 12.9 per cent. For the second quarter, sales at Costa outlets climbed by a massive 9.7 per cent.
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Complaints about rowdy behaviour in hotels involving off-duty British Airways cabin crew could lead to the airline having to cancel some routes. There are mounting complaints coming into the airline from managers of hotels that crew staying over night are holding alcohol fuelled parties and behaving in an unacceptable manner.
British Airways has asked captains to [...]

Whitbread, owner of the Premier Inn hotel brand, has announced that it intends to open up three new hotels in Yorkshire within the coming three years. The decision means that the group is on track for its ambition to run 65,000 hotel rooms throughout the UK before the end of 2016.
The hotels are to be [...]

Thomas Cook’s chief executive officer is to stand down with immediate effect as the tour operator struggles to come to terms with a dramatic slump in its UK business. Manny Fontenla-Novoa has been in charge since mid-2007 and has been working for the firm for 15 years. In the interim, deputy chief executive, Sam Weihagen, [...]

As many UK families continue to struggle with the squeeze on their finances a number of travel firms have announced that they will be slashing the price of summer holidays which remain unsold. Some firms are dropping the price of their deals by as much as 60 per cent. According to Bob Atkinson from price [...]

Online shopping service Kelkoo has announced partnerships with Lastminute.com, Alpharooms.com and Airflights.co.uk. By teaming up with the brands, Kelkoo is giving its users greater access to a wide range of deals on flights, hotels and holidays. The move will also give Kelkoo a greater presence in the European travel marketplace.
Kelkoo’s managing director of travel, Chris [...]

Lack of confidence in the economy has caused a slow down in summer holiday bookings from UK customers, according to travel operator Thomas Cook. In February, the package holiday group said it would be increasing capacity by up to three per cent, but has reversed the decision saying it will now be reducing the number [...]

Although in no hurry to make a public offering, CEO of Hilton Worldwide, Chris Nassetta, did not rule out doing so in the future. He explained that the hotel operator was more interested in directing its efforts into building the brand in growing markets such as Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Hilton currently operates in excess [...]

Interest in travel to Dubai and Miami has soared following the recent turmoil in the popular tourist destinations of Tunisia and Egypt. Although the situation in both countries has eased since the deposition of their leaders, it is likely that the tourism industry in both will feel the repercussions for some time to come.
According to [...]