Regional airline Eastern Airways is targeting corporate customers such as international companies, sports teams, the music industry and private clients with a new range of private charter services from Bristol Airport. The airline, which has operated from the airport for eight years, is offering the premium services in the 29-50 passenger market to businesses...
Bath is never far from the top of many discerning travellers’ must-visit list of destinations. Yet attracting these people in the first place, then getting them to boost tourist revenue by spending more, are major challenges in the current economic climate. Who better to ask for advice than veteran travel writer Simon Calder. Bath...
The economic slowdown is taking its toll on Bath's hotels with room occupancy declining 4.1% to 72.4% in November. This meant that despite a 2.2% rise in room rate to £88.69 compared to a year earlier, overall, room yields fell 2% from £65.50 a year ago to £64.21 in November. But compared to the...
Bristol Airport has been named Best UK Airport in the prestigious Business Travel Awards 2012. The airport saw off competition from London City, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester to land the top award, which was presented in front of 1,200 travel industry guests at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. An independent panel of judges, including travel...
The Olympic flame comes to Bristol and Bath this summer. But Olympic stars of the future are on the slopes of Austria at the Youth Winter Olympics, near Innsbruck, this week. Inspired, Travel Editor Anne Gorringe puts herself to the test in the Austrian resort of Bad Hofgastein . . . A mountain hut...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose for the second successive year in 2011 despite challenging economic conditions. The rise was modest – just 0.8% to a total of 5.7m. Overall the airport continued to grow its market share within the region while maintaining its ranking as the UK's fifth largest airport outside London. It is also forecasting...
Talk of a double dip recession plus the current Eurozone crisis isn't stopping people from jetting away in 2012. In fact, there is a determined desire to escape from it all, say travel firms with bookings on luxury breaks proving popular. Research carried out by package trip specialist Jet2holidays on over 1,000 holiday-makers found...
Want to learn to ski? There’s no excuse for not getting fit and enjoying yourself. Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE is just back from France where she discovered that the snow conditions have never been better… Bucket-loads of snow! And it’s still snowing in the Portes du Soleil If you’re going to slip sliding...
Helvetic Airways became the 12th scheduled airline operating from Bristol Airport when it launched a new route linking Zurich, Switzerland's financial centre, with the South West. Helvetic passengers benefit from seven days free of charge in the long stay car park until the end of January. Helvetic Airways has also announced a ‘skis...
Bath Tourism Plus has welcomed the new flights between Bristol Airport and Zurich. The Helvetic Airways service, which will begin on December 5, aims to attract more leisure and business visitors into the area. Bath welcomes 11,000 visitors from Switzerland a year and it is hoped that the new route into Bristol Airport will...
