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Confusion over the role of travel associations
The fact that so many travel companies and airlines have gone bust in 2008 has meant that more of us are looking at large or established brands when booking. This means life will become tougher for smaller travel operators who will have to work harder to install confidence in consumers. Smaller,...
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Published 5 hours ago

Voting opens for the Travel Rants consumer awards
Online voting has opened for the travel rants consumer awards. I have been overwhelmed with emails from travel companies wanting me to nominate them, so I wanted to confirm that the majority of these sites I have used in some form in the last 12 months. Simply scroll down to the appropriate...
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Published a day ago

Thoughts on Air Passenger Duty changes
I have received a number of emails from readers asking why I have not commented on the changes to Air Passenger Duty. To be honest I am frustrated because this was a great opportunity to make it work, but the government bottled it because they were afraid of airlines going into administration. ...
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Published 2 days ago

Lets all hope Mumbai recovers and tourists return
I hate the fact that terrorism has such a negative impact on a tourist destination, and whilst it is not a good time to visit Mumbai I really hope that tourists are not put off visiting when things start to settle down. In the meantime the Foreign, Commonwealth Office have the latest safety...
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Published 3 days ago

The sparsest populations in the world
There are some days, like today, where I wish I could get away from people and spend some time with myself, so it was interesting to read in today’s copy of the Shortlist magazine, a list of the world’s sparsest countries. Figures based on the number of people per kilometre • Mauritania, 3...
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Published 6 days ago