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Articles tagged “england”

Tourism

Public unions have the London games over a barrel and it’s the government’s fault

David Cameron's government has given the unions plenty of reasons to play hardball, unwisely and cynically hoping he could use the Olympics to force through measures they despise. Now it's backfiring on him.

Eleanor Lawrie, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

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Visit Britain’s summer staycation push for Brits undone by truly awful weather

A stronger pound and bargains in destinations like Greece are two more reasons why outbound tourism from Britain is up this year, despite campaigns to get people to enjoy "staycations."

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Britain may push more flyers to regional airports with a new two-tier passenger tax system

With complicated taxes and a blundering border bureaucracy, the U.K. seems hellbent on making arriving and flying within the country as confusing and inhospitable as it possibly can.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Travel agents on way out despite recent industry PR to the contrary

This directly contradicts industry-boosterism from the likes of Phocuswright in U.S. that is used as a proxy by travel agent groups to place PR-driven stories about the edge agents supposedly offer confused online users. For anyone who wants to use common sense, the travails of a giant like Thomas Cook in UK would tell you otherwise.

Skift | 12 years ago