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Tripadvisor Faces Legal Dispute
The world’s largest travel review site, Tripadvisor, has come under scrutiny recently as hundreds of hoteliers and restaurateurs could bring legal action against the influential reviews website over claims that its reviews are defamatory. The persuasive travel site makes up the largest travel comm
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Cattle Class Taken To The Limit
A new style of aeroplane seat has been designed to allow airlines to squash even more passengers onto their planes. Known as the ‘Skyrider’ the seat was unveiled in America earlier this week and is designed to look like a riding saddle. Designers claim that the new shaped seat will not compromis
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Dragon’s Den Is Childs Play
An ingenious mum has come up with a wonderful idea for keeping children entertained on long and boring flights. The TrayKit was invented by mum of two, Solvej Biddle and went down a storm when she pitched the idea on BBC’s Dragon’s Den programme. Dragon Peter Jones, a father himself, was particu
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Toxic Air Leaves A Sweet Smell Of Victory For Sick Flight Attendant
Joanne Turner, a flight attendant for East-West Airlines who fell ill as a result of breathing “toxic” air on an aircraft has been awarded damages by the Australian High Court. Mrs Turner was five months pregnant when she fell ill after smoke infiltrated the cabin during a flight on a British-bu
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Olympics Site Under Near-Miss Collision
Lucky passengers in a near-miss collision will be thanking their lucky stars this week after a Heathrow-bound airliner carrying 232 passengers came within 200ft and only a matter of seconds off a mid-air collision with a business jet over London, an official report revealed yesterday. The German-own
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Thomson Sport Joins The Tartan Army
Scotland’s national football team have named Thomson Sport as their preferred travel provider of match breaks for supporters, players and officials, with the company becoming an official travel partner of the Scottish Football Association and the Scotland Supporters’ Club. Thomson Sport will be
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Mexican Cash Flow Changes
From 13th September 2010, there will be restrictions on the cash flow of US Dollars in Mexico according to an announcement made by the Mexican government. Passengers travelling to Mexico will be restricted to exchanging only $1500 (cash) per month into Mexican pesos at currency exchange bureaus and
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Budget Airline Admits Overcharging
It has recently emerged that one of the UK’s leading budget airlines may been unfairly charging passengers for oversized hand luggage, due to its measuring devices being too small. Customers flying on Bmibaby flights are requested to place their hand luggage in a metal cage to ensure that it meets
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Christmas Travel Disruptions Predicted
A new strike ballot by British Airways cabin crew is looking highly likely according to the trade union Unite; this could result in major disruptions to travel over the Christmas period. A meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse recently was attended by over 1,000 cabin crew to discuss the ongoing disput
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Could New Pill Beat Jet-lag?
A new pill is currently being developed to help travellers get over their jet-lag. The idea is that the pill works by re-setting the body’s internal clock, making it easier for people to adjust when travelling through different time zones. Professor Andrew London of Manchester University, where th
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