Articles by Date : December 01 2006 - December 31 2006

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(21 December 2006 09:00)

First Choice to go ahead with carbon offset scheme - 21 Dec 2006
First Choice has announced it will go ahead with its carbon offsetting scheme despite the Government’s decision to double Air Passenger Duty... more
(21 December 2006 13:06)

Thomson scraps fuel supplements for summer 2007 - 27 Dec 2006
Thomson has become the first major UK travel company to scrap fuel supplements for summer 2007 holidays – and slammed the Office of Fair Trading for.... more
(27 December 2006 09:00)

Visit London distances itself from former director - 28 Dec 2006
Visit London has distanced itself from former London Tourist Board director Annabel Geddes after it was reported she was a British National Party.... more
(28 December 2006 08:45)

Fears dynamic packaging sales to suffer in 2007 - 29 Dec 2006
It is predicted dynamic packaging will suffer in popularity in 2007 as a result of the deaths of two children in Corfu and ongoing legal issues.... more
(29 December 2006 09:00)

First Choice buys LateRooms - 27 December 2006
First Choice Holidays has bought online price comparison company LateRooms for an initial sum of £108 million... more
(27 December 2006 11:35)

Somewhere2stay adds transfers - 29 Dec 2006
Accommodation-only specialist Somewhere2stay.com has launched an airport transfer and taxi service... more
(29 December 2006 08:45)

Small homeworking companies target steady growth - 28 Dec 2006
Small homeworking companies plan to invest in the web and are targeting steady growth throughout 2007... more
(28 December 2006 09:00)

Hoseasons launches revamped TV ad campaign - 27 Dec 2006
Hoseaons has overhauled its advertising for a post-Christmas TV campaign... more
(27 December 2006 08:45)

HWT directs customers to local branches - 27 Dec 2006
Harvey World Travel’s New Year campaign is directing customers to local branches by putting telephone numbers for the relevant geographical branches.... more
(27 December 2006 08:30)

First Choice marketing restructure - 22 Dec 2006
First Choice has restructured its marketing team and made three redundancies in order to focus on four key areas of activity... more
(22 December 2006 15:59)

Stena Line to benefit as fog chaos at airports continues - 22 Dec 2006
Stena Line is expecting to benefit over the Christmas period as fog chaos continues at British airports for the third day running... more
(22 December 2006 10:10)

Travelzest acquires Wow House - 22 Dec 2006
Travelzest has acquired direct-sell specialist domestic accommodation provider Wow House Limited for an initial payment of £95,000... more
(22 December 2006 10:26)

Youtravel.com expands into north Africa - 22 Dec 2006
Youtravel.com has added Morocco, Tunisia and Malta to its programme following requests from travel agents... more
(22 December 2006 09:52)

Hike in numbers for 2007 British Travel Trade Fair - 21 Dec 2006
The British Travel Trade Fair is predicting an increase in the number of overseas travel and tourism professionals at next year’s event... more
(21 December 2006 11:55)

Airlines to join EU emissions trading scheme - 21 Dec 2006
Airlines will join a European Union scheme to cut carbon dioxide emissions by trading pollution allowances from 2011, adding between £1.30 and £6.40.... more
(21 December 2006 11:41)

Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus fails -21 Dec 2006
Ryanair’s £1 billion hostile bid for Aer Lingus has lapsed and any future bid may be terminated by a European Commission inquiry announced.... more
(21 December 2006 11:00)

Fog causes large-scale flight cancellations - 21 Dec 2006
BA has cancelled all domestic flights into and out of Heathrow and many services to Paris and Brussels for a second day as dense fog continues to.... more
(21 December 2006 10:47)

Dynamic packaging market doubles in value - 20 Dec 2006
More than 1.5 million people went on a holiday dynamically packaged by a travel agent in 2006, according to Thomas Cook... more
(20 December 2006 10:36)

Advantage targets homes in New Year push - 21 Dec 2006
Travel agency consortium Advantage is sending out 700,000 direct mail flyers as part of its New Year marketing campaign... more
(21 December 2006 09:00)