Increased demand from business travellers means average hotel rates in London have risen above pre-Covid levels in October. The capital’s hotels saw RevPAR (revenue per available room) reach an average of £167.60 – an increase from £141.97 in October 2019. This result is despite of London’s overall hotel occupancy rate of 83.3% being four pe...

Hotel Hub has released its latest data on European bookings pre and post-Covid. The results show that European corporate hotel bookings have almost recovered to their pre-Covid levels, and lead-in times have also normalised. International business bookings in Europe in the third quarter of 2022 made up 43% of all hotel sales, compared with a 44...

Cathy Pacific has revealed that it is adding another 31,500 seats between London and Hong Kong for the final two months of 2022. This is the latest in their goal to rebuild their long-haul network. This is due to the fact that the load factor on this particular route reached 96% in September. This is said to be boosted by UK-bound student traff...

A historical milestone has been made by start-up carrier Norse Atlantic Airways as they have just secured permission to operate between London Gatwick and the US. This has already come into effect with Norse Atlantic starting in Oslo and picking up passengers at Gatwick. They expect to have 10 aircraft in operation by summer 2023 and have st...

Lufthansa Group and travel tech giant Amadeus have announced they are expanding their partnership with ‘ground-breaking’ deal to modernise travel distribution and retailing. The new distribution agreement, which is set to take effect from October, will allow for NDC-sourced airfares to become available via Amadeus’ platforms and interfaces, ...

easyJet has been crowned as the first low-cost carrier in the world with a fully IATA IEnvA certified Environmental Management System. The airline is committed to improving its overall environmental impact, including waste and carbon emissions, after joining the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emission by ...

Global air travel is making a strong recovery after reaching 74.6% of pre-crisis levels, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). The association released its July 2022 figures on Wednesday, September 7, with notable findings including total traffic had significantly increased compared with the same month in 2021 - despit...

London Heathrow Airport is set to continue its passenger capacity cap up until October 29th. The UK International airport initially imposed the cap of 100,000 departing passengers per day for two months from 12 July to 11 September, after the caps which were announced last month were due to end on September the 11th. Heathrow claimed the cap...

The United Kingdom’s next rail fare rise has been delayed amid the cost of living crisis and will not be higher than inflation. The UK’s Department for Transport (DFT) has promised that it will not increase rail fares for 2023 by the current rate of inflation, due to the current cost of living crisis. The annual January price increase for En...

Direct UK-China flights are planned to resume after a 20-month ban following an agreement by both governments. The CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) and the UK Department for Transport revealed that flights would resume from the 11th of August. Chinese airlines will be the first to offer flight services while work is ongoing to r...