Foreigners being replaced by Spanish tourists in Spain

MADRID — The economic crisis means that Spanish hotels will have more domestic than foreign tourists this summer for the first time in decades, an industry official predicted Friday.

Liverpool adds new flights on Monday

Business and leisure travelers are set to benefit from new convenient air services to Aberdeen and Southampton as Eastern Airways launches its first-ever scheduled flights from Liverpool John Lennon A

Space tourism "yet to be embraced" in UK

The UK is ill-prepared to exploit the emerging commercial spaceflight sector, says the president of Virgin Galactic.

Hartmut Mehdorn strengthens Air Berlin’s board

Hartmut Mehdorn has been appointed as a new non-executive director to the board of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG.

Austrian Airlines to cut 1,000 jobs by mid-2010

VIENNA — Austrian Airlines, the ailing carrier due to be taken over by Germany's Lufthansa AG, said Thursday it will cut about 1,000 jobs by mid-2010 as part of an effort to boost its competitivenes

Angry Comorans protests target airline

PARIS - ANGRY Comorans delayed a Paris flight to Sanaa and shut down travel agents in Marseille on Wednesday in fury at the crash of an airliner that left 152 feared dead, saying the tragedy could hav

Unite rejects imposed British Airways restructure

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EU will open in-depth probe of Lufthansa's Austrian Airlines takeover

FRANKFURT - Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Wednesday the European Commission will start an in-depth anti-trust probe into Lufthansa's planned takeover of Austrian flag carrier Austrian Airlines AG.

Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake in Crete, Greece

A Magnitude 6.7 was recorded in Greece at 12.30 pm local time today. At this time no injuries or damages are reported.

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ETOA’s City Break: Great way to experience the new EU countries

Gothenburg, Sweden, played host to this year’s well-received City Break, organized by the European Tour Operators Association in partnership with Reed Travel Exhibitions.

Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry

MOSCOW – Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry — a symbol of the

OpenSkies could face the chopping block by this fall

Transatlantic airline OpenSkies was launched a year ago this month to tap the booming market of premium-class business travel.

EU is planning global airline blacklist

Brussels - The European Union will propose a global blacklist of airlines that do not meet minimum safety standards in the wake of the Yemen Airways accident off the Comoros Island, the EU's top trans

Virgin Trains performance is good, but not good enough

"Our performance is not good enough yet," admitted Virgin Trains today, although it welcomed news that more and more and customers are satisfied with their journeys.

Arab tourists are on a shopping spree in Istanbul

ISTANBUL - Not many Turkish citizens can afford to go on a shopping spree nowadays, as they have to watch each penny they spend.

Fertility tourism boom prompted by NHS restrictions

Hundreds of women over the age of 40 are travelling to fertility clinics in Europe to try to get pregnant because NHS clinics in the UK will not take them, the first-ever Europe-wide study of fertilit

Salinas worth its salt with the tourists

SALINAS, Portugal - Shoveling drying salt in a pit under scorching sun while tourists and fellow villagers drink beer and look on from above may sound like a miserable experience, but not in Salinas,

Iceland – get the idea

Iceland’s best-known movie director, Baltasar Kormakur, is right now working on a new high-budget Viking movie.

"Reach for the Stars" with CHI Hotels and Resorts

Malta-based CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) held a graduation ceremony at the Corinthia Hotel St.

Tourist plunges to death from Eiffel Tower

A teenage tourist hurled herself to her death from the Eiffel Tower in Paris and crashed on to the roof of a packed restaurant 180 feet below.