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 [...]

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines is seeing one of its latest booking patterns this summer according to the company’s UK general manager, Jo Rzymowska. Speaking in London at the launch of Royal Caribbean’s website for training travel agents she said that the booking market was one of the latest she had ever experienced. She added that [...]

Cash-strapped parents are being partially blamed for an increase in school truancy figures as they opt to take cheaper family holidays during term time. According to recently published figures, close to 40,000 pupils are being taken out of schools every day because parents are no longer choosing to pay the heavy premiums levied on holidays [...]

Ryanair has announced that it will not be flying to and from Trapani airport in Sicily for the foreseeable future because the Italian military has commandeered it as a base. The airport will be used as a springboard for operations in Libya and will now be the home of Eurofighter and F-16 jets. The budget [...]

Holidaymakers planning to spend Easter in Spain may be forced to rethink their plans as airport workers threaten to walk out on strike. If the industrial action goes ahead it could see the closure of airports across the country. The threat comes after negotiations by unions and the Spanish government over privatisation plans involving AENA, [...]

A recent survey has revealed that the average Brit will spend £168,000 taking 120 holidays over the span of a lifetime. A poll conducted by Teletext Holidays found that most will begin their holiday life at the age of 18 and continue to take holidays for the next 60 years. The average yearly spend is [...]

Following revelations that two high-profile members of the French government accepted controversial travel invitations, President Sarkozy has told ministers that they will have to take their holidays at home in future. The announcement was made at the Elysee Palace during a cabinet meeting. Michele Alliot-Marie, the French foreign minister, has faced calls from the opposition [...]

UK holidaymakers planning to travel with their families to Tunisia over the school half-term holidays and Easter are faced with uncertainty as fresh violence erupts in the North African country’s capital. Major tour operators including Thomas Cook and Thomson are currently monitoring the situation and deciding whether to start taking tourists back. The Foreign Office [...]