Recently released figures show that around 74,000 holidaymakers have experienced problems after the travel companies they booked their holidays with went bust this year. This resulted in claims totalling £26 million for repatriation and compensation. The peak time for failures was over the summer-holiday period, and during 2011, 24 holiday companies have been forced to [...]

The Thanksgiving holiday in the US will see more people getting into their cars, or hopping on a plane, than in recent years. It is estimated that around 43 million people will travel over the period. Shops are also expected to open their doors early in order to cash in on the festivities. Retailers usually [...]

A new report by ministers suggests that family holidays are not just beneficial to the members of those families, but also to the UK’s economy. Encouraging more families to spend time away together could add around £5 billion to the tourism industry every year, the study claims. It is a cross-party report and is called [...]

A senior minister has praised the electronic e-borders screening system which was first introduced at airports and ports in 2005. Damian Green, the Immigration Minister, said that the system had so fare been responsible for the arrests of some 10,000 criminals at border checks, including murderers and rapists. He added that this worked out at [...]

Torrential downpours have resulted in flash floods in parts of Italy as most of the country was lashed by rain. The worst hit areas included Tuscany, and Liguria, a coastal region in the north-west. At least nine people have lost their lives, a further six are said to be missing. Of the nine killed, six [...]

Spanish tourism received a much needed reversal of fortune this summer, as foreign visitors returned in their droves. According to a survey, between July and September, the country welcomed 20.9 million tourists. The figure is an 8.5 per cent improvement on last year, and represents the third busiest summer period since records were first begun. [...]

As Thailand continues to struggle against the worst flooding the country has experienced for at least half-a-century, the waters are coming dangerously close to the capital’s main domestic airport. Bangkok’s Don Muang airport is already being used by officials as an evacuation centre for residents of the city who have been affected by the flooding. [...]

Experts are warning that failures among tour operators are inevitable in the coming months. The news comes via the ‘Red Flag Alert’ report, commissioned by corporate administrator Begbies Traynor, which said that continued economic hardships continue to take their toll on the bookings of unsuspecting tour operators, travel firms and  holidaymakers. Figures in the report [...]

A recent survey has shown that British holidaymakers are likely to be surprised by extra costs when travelling overseas. The news comes via a report by the Post Office, which said that compulsory departure taxes and tourist visa fees could add as much as an extra £145 to a trip for a family of four. [...]

An undercover investigation has found that holidaymakers are visiting doctors in foreign countries to buy medical certificates so that they can try and claim for thousands of pounds worth of insurance. In the last year, insurers say they have discovered around £6 million worth of false claims which are one of the reasons why premiums [...]