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Iceland’s Bardarbunga Volcano Orange Again

Aleksandr Shatskih

Status Iceland’s huge Bardarbunga volcano is now threat level orange again after having been elevated over the weekend to red . On Saturday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office issued a red alert, which suggests an eruption of the massive volcano is imminent. Later, erroneous reports of sub-glacial lava led to the threat level being reduced.

11 years ago

Iceland Evacuates Area Around Bardarbunga Volcano

Aleksandr Shatskih

In the latest news on the Iceland volcano emergency, the area around the Bardarbunga volcano is being evacuated and all tourism activity inside the national park surrounding the volcano have been suspended.

11 years ago

Europe Car Rental Market Scalding Hot

Phil Butler

According to a report via Breaking Travel News, Enterprise Rent-A-Car branches are now open at major airport and city locations in Poland, Turkey, Israel and Switzerland. As the rental car in Europe space heats up, partnerships with key players now receives its just due.

11 years ago

New IATA Data Reveals Travel Slowdown

Aleksandr Shatskih

A recently released IATA assessment of premium and economy travel for June reveals air traffic slowing over a confidence dip and other factors.

11 years ago

Air Guitar World Championships 2014

Aleksandr Shatskih

For those Baby Boomers out there who remember playing Led Zepplin’s Stairway to Heaven on the guitar, without a guitar, the “Air Guitar World Championships” in Oula, Finland should be on your bucket list.

11 years ago

Catch the “Blogger of the Future” @ World Travel Market 2014

Aleksandr Shatskih

World Travel Market 2014 is intent on showing the future of blogging via the WTM Blogging Progamme. A two part blogging session, run by Melvin Boecher (Traveldudes.org) and Keith Jenkins (VelvetEscape.com), is to follow WTM’s first ever Blogger Speed Networking event on Thursday 6 November.

11 years ago

Marathon Asset Management 11 QMH Hotels

Aleksandr Shatskih

In hotel news, Marathon Asset Management is to acquire a group of 11 UK hotels owned and operated by Queens Moat House hotels (QMH) for more than £130 million.

11 years ago

Gay European Tourism Association (GETA) Taps Grayling for PR

Aleksandr Shatskih

Organized back in 2011, GETA promotes gay travel across Europe. The organization has announced having named Grayling as their PR agency of record (AOR). According to the news from PR Week, the Grayling agency will support Gaywelcome, promote GETA globally, and advertise across social media and elsewhere for businesses wanting to reach LGBT tourists.

11 years ago

TUI Racks Up on UK Online Bookings

Aleksandr Shatskih

According to news from TUI, online bookings in the UK now account for over half of the legendary travel booker’s business. TUI

11 years ago

ReviewPro and L.E Hotels Pen Deal for Advanced Analytics

Aleksandr Shatskih

ReviewPro and L.E Hotels have penned a deal for a comprehensive plan to fiot custom monitoring tools for 80 of the hotel groups properties.

11 years ago

Ebola Travel Alert for 4 African Countries

Aleksandr Shatskih

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its travel health alert to Level 3 for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and to Level 2 for Nigeria.

11 years ago

LOT Polish Airlines Offering Insane Dreamliner Flights

Aleksandr Shatskih

LOT Polish Airlines has just begun offering insane airfares available for purchase today, Aug. 6, through Aug. 20, 2014 for travel from Oct. 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. The flights from LOT’s Chicago and Toronto gateways into Poland include fares available for all service classes aboard the Dreamliners LOT operates on its long-haul flights.

11 years ago

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