Troubled Allbury travel group staff have entered into a 30-day consultation period over redundancies at merged Libra Holidays, Argo Holidays and Jetlife. Libra holidays recently dropped Dubai from its list of holiday destinations. The company, recently renamed as Allbury Travel Group, issued a statement saying it regrets to announce that it may have to consider [...]

Less than 18% of people like to use a travel agent to book their holidays, according to a new survey. The majority of holidaymakers preferring to take advantage of online savings and book online. The largest majority prefer to book direct online (62%), with just 18.3% going through a travel agency. This means those booking [...]

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Cheaperholidays report on Britain’s Dirty Beaches The quality of the bathing water at our seaside resorts has been improving rapidly every year. But, our beaches just keep getting more and more dirty. While just two coastal bathing areas out of a total of 567 in the UK failed to meet the EU’s recent water quality [...]

Thomas Cook holidays Egypt,has launched its first edition Ancient Egypt and Beyond 2009 brochure, with three new resorts and five additional properties in Egypt. Product manager Egypt Dee Joshi said the growth of the programme comes as the operator anticipates strong sales in the country as concerns over the economy lead customers to become increasingly [...]