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Air Commodore Mark Swan Named

British Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon appoints new airspace director for Civil Aviation Authority

By eTN Staff Writer

LONDON - Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon and Defense Secretary John Hutton have appointed Air Commodore Mark Swan as a member of the Board of the Civil

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Spain

Benidorm declares war on unruly British tourists

By telegraph.co.uk

Beaches will be off-bounds between midnight and 7am in a bid to stop drunken couples having sex in the sand after leaving the late night bars and discos.

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Tourist's Murder

Open verdict on British tourist found hanged in India

By telegraph.co.uk

Stephen Bennett, 40, from Cheltenham, Glos, disappeared four days after arriving in Goa on a pre-Christmas break in 2006.

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British Capital Hosting Travel Agents Association Of India

London woos Indian tourists

By eTN

London is pleased to welcome over 1,200 representatives from the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) taking place from September 26-28.

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UK

Tourism minister says British hotels are overpriced and rush-hour trains 'dreadful'

By telegraph.co.uk

Hotels in Britain are too expensive and of "worrying" quality while our rush-hour trains are "dreadful", according of the Government minister responsible for attracting more tourists to the country.

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Transatlantic Wars

Airline trio hit at rival claims

By ft.com

British Airways, American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia, which are seeking regulatory approval to forge a transcontinental venture, have challenged claims that the alliance would dominate key transatl

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British Guild of Travel Writers Revamps Website

Website for travel writers takes off

By eTN

Total flexibility and search-ability, constantly updated pages and an enhanced member database and contacts book are among the many features of the dynamic revamped website launched by The British Gui

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New survey finds Brits rudest and heaviest drinkers at resorts

Brits least attractive on the beach

By Unal Basusta, eTN

A new survey of holidaymakers in Europe has found that Brits are regarded as the least attractive on the beach and the most undesirable at resorts.

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UK

3000 blank British passports hijacked

By AFP

LONDON - Hijackers made off with boxes of blank British passports worth a fortune on the black market in a raid on a delivery van, police said Tuesday, in the latest blow to the government's record on

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Turkish Tourism

Turkey, not Spain, is Brit’s top vacation spot

By Unal Basusta

ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - For the first time in 40 years Spain is no longer the most popular destination for British summer holidays, if latest figures are to be believed.

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Florida goes after UK kids

Florida tourism officials target British kids

Visit Florida, the state's official tourism marketing agency, said this morning that it has partnered with First News, the widest-read children's publication in Britain, to promote the state to the ne

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Zakynthos

Brit tourists in sex game disgrace

Nine British women who took part in an oral sex competition while on holiday on the Greek island of Zakynthos are facing charges of prostitution.

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Bild: Achtung - Britische Touristen!

Germans told how to avoid British tourists

Germany's biggest-selling newspaper has printed a guide to help readers going abroad to avoid British tourists.

Bild's contribution to the annual battle of the beach loungers was sparked when a British holidaymaker, David Barnish, was awarded £750 in compensation after suing his travel company over a vacation at a resort filled with ... read more