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 [...]

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 [...]

New research has revealed that the English spend more time at work than any other nation in Europe. They are given fewer public holidays and less paid leave from their jobs, according to website Hotels.com. The survey shows that English workers receive a minimum of 28 days per year away from their desks compared to [...]

Customers of Holidays 4 UK, a tour firm based in Brighton which went into administration earlier this week, have been informed that compensation may not be paid for a number of months. Around 20,000 bookings have now been cancelled. The company dealt mostly in package deals and flights to Turkey. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators, [...]

UK airports are preparing for a mad rush this weekend as schools break up and families jet off on their summer getaways. Dreary weather in Britain and a flurry of special offers from travel agents has encouraged many people who were planning on a ‘staycation’ in the UK to pack their bags for sunnier climes. [...]

Passengers at Paris’ second airport, Orly, have been angered and frustrated by an Air Algerie strike which has left them stranded. The Algerian state-run carrier is currently in conflict with its cabin crew over levels of pay. An impasse has resulted in a walkout by crew members which started on Monday. Air Algerie crew are [...]

A recent study commissioned by high-speed train operator Eurostar suggests that Brits are less concerned by environmental issues when they choose their holidays than some European neighbours. The survey revealed that 70 per cent of residents in the UK are not influenced by environmental concerns when they buy a holiday compared to 60 per cent [...]

P&O has announced that it will be launching the largest cruise liner constructed for British passengers in 2015. It will cost £489 million to build and will have 17 decks and 1,812 cabins. The ship is still to be named and P&O are still to announce the finer details. However, it is believed that the [...]

According to a recent study, it is no longer the case that a fortnight’s summer holiday is enough time away from work and that now Brits are more likely to need six holidays every year to avoid feeling tired, stressed and burnt-out. The Post Office Travel Insurance report suggests that those who do not manage [...]

As families across the UK look for ways to cut back on spending, it appears that the annual foreign summer holiday is one of the casualties. Travel leaders Thomas Cook and Tui – owner of Thomson and First Choice – have already warned that earnings will be lower this year than in 2010. Much of [...]