Ukraine’s capital Kiev has been named as the rising European destination for Brits in a new TripAdvisor survey. The European city was followed by Moscow, Turin and St Petersburg in the top 10 list, which also included Naples, Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast, Valencia and Liverpool. Kiev was third in the global list of ...

UK & Europe, November 13, 2012

British Airways and easyJet have been granted with operating flights between London and Moscow with Virgin Atlantic’s bid rejected. BA will continue to run the services from Heathrow following its bmi takeover while easyJet is due to launch services from Gatwick to the Russian city early next year. Virgin Atlantic said ...

UK & Europe, October 25, 2012

Marriott International has announced it plans to double its bedbank in Europe by 2015 with a focus on developments in Russia. The chain aims to have more than 30 hotels in Russia & CIS by 2015 and will have 80,000 rooms across the continent in three years’ time. New openings will ...

UK & Europe, October 19, 2012

Football fans planning trips to next month's Euro 2012 are now able to buy Ukraine’s currency from all Post Office outlets in the UK. From Tuesday 22 May, the Ukrainian hryvnia will be available for pre-order and next day delivery at all 11,500 Post Office branches. The Polish zloty is already ...

UK & Europe, May 21, 2012

Representatives from 85 airlines are to meet in Estonia this weekend for the annual Routes Europe conference. More than 175 airline delegates will head to the Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia in Tallinn for the three-day event, which will open with a keynote address from Siim Kallas, vice president European Commission. Its ...

UK & Europe, May 17, 2012

Flybe has teamed up with Travelfusion to develop a Direct Connect XML API for online booking tools. The new partnership has allowed agents to move away from the ‘screen scrapping’ method and has been announced as the airline launches its consumer ‘Making Flying Better’ campaign. “The challenges facing our partners in managing ...

UK & Europe, April 26, 2012

TUI has defended its all-inclusive offering and impact on communities by saying comment around the issue is ‘exaggerated’. Speaking at a panel session last week, David Burling, managing director of TUI UK & Ireland said it was aware of the concerns and had commenced its own research into the impact ...

UK & Europe, April 23, 2012

City breaks across Europe have been a top seller for many tour operators so far this year, so Simon Willmore takes a relaxing trip to Prague   Once more, the fascinating machinery whirrs into life. The cage of scolding red hot coals is picked up, levered vertically upwards and over, and ...

UK & Europe, March 12, 2012