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Hays Travel appoints new directors

Hays Travel, has taken on four new directors to head up roles in marketing, Hays Faraway, Hays beds and foreign exchange. The new head of web......more >

XL confirms talks on refinancing

XL Leisure Group has confirmed it is in talks on refinancing, but declined to comment on reports that it is seeking a cash injection as a matter of urgency. ...more >

Thai airports reopen

Three Thai airports have reopened after they were closed down by anti-government protesters....more >

Unprecedented number of Brits expected to book Oasis of the Seas

Unprecedented number of Brits are expected to book Oasis of the Seas, which goes on sale this week......more >

EasyJet cuts fee on GDS bookings

EasyJet has cut the fees it charges business travel agents to book flights via global distribution systems in face of a boycott by leading travel management companies. ...more >

Ryanair asks Microsoft to help block screen scrapers

Ryanair has enlisted the help of software giant Microsoft to ramp up its attempts to block third parties from screen scraping fares from its website....more >

Millions flee hurricane Gustav

Millions of people have evacuated the Southern US as hurricane Gustav approaches the coast. ...more >

Gatwick operator fails with 300 abroad

Gatwick-based seat-only operator Pure Flights has failed with 300 UK holidaymakers abroad. ...more >

Alitalia seeks bankruptcy protection

Alitalia will file for bankruptcy protection and the airline be broken up following a decision of the board today. ...more >

Lufthansa confirms talks on airline merger with TUI and Thomas Cook

Lufthansa has confirmed it is in talks with TUI Travel and Thomas Cook on a potential three-way merger of the travel groups' German airlines and Lufthansa-owned low-cost carrier Germanwings. ...more >

EC to investigate BA deal with American Airlines

The European Commission is to investigate the proposed deal between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia following the trio's application for anti-trust immunity in the US. ...more >

Zoom collapse hit 65,000 passengers, says CAA

Almost 65,000 passengers have lost bookings or been left stranded by the collapse of Zoom Airlines, according to the Civil Aviation Authority. ...more >

Zoom Airlines ceases operations

Low-cost transtlantic carrier Zoom Airlines has ceased operations due to a huge increase operating costs over the last year. ...more >

June holiday prices up £66 per passenger

June holiday prices were up £66 per passenger on the same month last year, according to statistics from Ascent MI's Leisure Travel Monitor ......more >

Demand grows for alternative holiday durations

Demand for holidays of under six nights and between eight and 13 nights is increasing as the popularity of traditional durations continues to wane, according to Ascent MI's Leisure Travel Monitor......more >

HotelConnect adds Caribbean content

Accommodation only supplier HotelConnect is adding 80 hotels across the Caribbean to its portfolio....more >

XL Airways cancels winter Caribbean programme indefinitely

XL Airways has cancelled its entire winter Caribbean programme from November 2008 as a result of increased fuel costs and falling demand....more >

Major travel company could face restructuring

The Confederation of British Industry has warned travel firms face increasingly difficult trading, amid concern that a major player is seeking financial restructuring. ...more >

Exclusive: Public turns back to high street travel agents

The decline in the proportion of sales through high-street agencies appears to have halted, according to new industry-wide......more >

Leading travel agencies turn away from Ryanair

Major travel agencies are turning away from Ryanair following its ongoing crackdown on screen-scraping websites....more >

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