According to Senator Walton Brown, the Caribbean island of Bermuda is making steps forward on visa-free travel privileges to Europe. Brown has been working for 18 months just to secure Bermuda passport holders with visa-free travel privileges to Europe.
Under the previous EU policy, all citizens of Bermuda are required to obtain visa when entering countries within the bloc, except if the passport holder has a ‘right of adobe in the UK’ stamped on the document.
The senator is glad to inform that the people of Bermuda are now entitled to have the ‘right of adobe in the UK’ stamped on their [...]

The local sex industry is now selling costumes that look the same with the one used by Japan Airlines (JAL) flight attendant uniforms. Being famous and highly hunted by fetishists, several shops now have joined the craze and went on imitating the carrier’s uniform.
Since the announcement of Japan’s flag carrier’s bankruptcy, many cabin crew, being subjected to mass layoffs, are tempted to have their uniforms on sale to gain money. Japan Airlines expects that many of its uniforms are now being sold in the black market.
Costume designer Yu Teramoto said that it is nearly impossible to purchase an authentic JAL [...]

The ongoing economic downturn that has stunted rental car sales in Europe has led to Avis Europe Plc announcing a new move in the Chinese car hire market.
The second largest hire car organisation in Europe, Avis Europe has launched the new initiative to capitalise on the hugely potential Chinese market as the local industry remains stagnant. The new move will see the group quadruple the number of rental outlets across the Chinese mainland.
Avis Europe already operates 26 Chinese rental stations through its partnership with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, but the latest deal will see this number rise to well [...]

Some 50 ships, including passenger ferries, have been stranded in the iced-over Baltic Sea according to maritime authorities in Sweden.
Reports detail the plight of the commercial vessels that are awaiting aid from ice-breakers, with up to six passenger ferries carrying thousands of people included in the freeze. Two of the ships have so far been freed. Swedish maritime authority spokesperson Johny Lindvall has called the situation the worst since the 1980’s.
Of the six stranded passenger vessels, five were making the trip between Finland and Sweden, while the sixth – the Regal Star – had been travelling to Estonia when it [...]

A growing number of Canadians are making border runs to the US to avail of cheaper air travel fares compared to flying from their home country. They said that US carriers offer much lower ticket costs and more hassle-free airport security than the ones they have in Canada.
Burlington Airport’s Director for Aviation, Brian Searles, said that 40 per cent of the airport’s passengers are Canadians. The airport is just 30 miles from the border.
Meanwhile, Plattsburgh Airport revealed that 85 per cent of the travellers using the air terminal are Canadians. The Canadian Airports Council estimates that there are about 2.5 [...]

Holidaymakers, as well as regular shoppers, were caught in surprise as the British pound fell into its 10 month low. Experts also warned that the sterling will drop further.
As the trading day passes, the pound fell 1.6 per cent against the US dollar – a record low since May. The unexpected drop from $1.52 to $1.48 was the sterling’s biggest one-day fall since January 2009. The sterling had lost almost 10 cents against the US dollar in just a week, affecting holidaymakers, petrol pump prices and import expenditures of businesses. This year alone, the pound lost 7 per cent against [...]

The past year has not been a kind one for the motor industry. Car hire companies across the globe have faced slashed budgets, staff cutbacks and fleet reductions as they try to stay afloat in the ongoing economic downturn.
While several smaller operations have been forced out, some have thrived and look primed for a bumper summer season that looks to leverage off the strong end of season rush experienced in 2009. Indigo Car Hire is one such rental group, with the company formerly known as 121 Car Rental being busy enough  in recent times to expand and upgrade its services [...]

Two passengers have died onboard a Mediterranean cruise ship after the vessel was hit by a massive wave measuring some eight metres in height.
The two men, one Italian and one German, died after abnormal waves struck the Louis Majesty, part of the Greek Louis Cruise Lines, on Wednesday. There were around 1,800 people on board at the time of the tragedy, including 1,350 passengers and an additional 580 crew. The deaths occurred as the freak waves crashed over the side of the ship, smashing a series of windows in the boat’s public area. Six others were injured in the same [...]

Dayton City is now preparing to clear up the fixtures of the recently closed Dayton Airport Hotel prior to its demolition. The hotel, now on its 40th year, will be transformed into a parking space.
Some of the stuffs to be liquidated are the furniture and fixtures bought before by the city to refurbish the hotel. However, they were never been used as the renovation project was deserted prior to its completion. Included on the sale will be some of the kitchen’s appliances and several furnishings of the remodelled rooms.
Iftikhar Ahmad, Dayton’s director of aviation, informed that the local government had [...]

The Met Office had recently revealed UK’s temperature data from December 2009 to January this year. The result: heavy rain, snow, sleet and freezing temperature made the 2009-10 winter season the coldest in 31 years. During the recent winter season, temperatures across the country dropped to 1.51 degrees Celsius in average, much lower compared with any record from 1971 to 2000 – where average temperatures read at 3.7 degrees Celsius. The recently released temperature figures also show that the recent winter was the harshest ever since the 1978-79 season.
The latest news may be shocking to travellers who experienced snow last [...]