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Paris voted Europe's best city to visit

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There is likely to be a surge in people booking cheap flights to Paris after it was voted Europe's best city to visit. The French capital came out on top ahead of New York, Rome, London and S ...

Business lobby demands airport action

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A business lobby group has called for urgent action to deal with the UK's airport capacity crisis. London First, whose mission is to make London the best city in the world in which to do busi ...

Passengers forced to wade through water after airport floods

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Going for a paddle isn't something you expect to do before you've even left the airport, but for passengers at Penang International Airport on Sunday (1 September) it was necessary in order to ...

Etihad offers 'Flying Nanny' service

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Mary Poppins is no longer the only flying nanny after Etihad announced it has given childcare training to 300 of its cabin crew. The new 'Flying Nanny' service means that parents who book ...

Second 'balconing' death in Mallorca

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Two people have lost their lives in the past two days in Mallorca while engaging in 'balconing'. The high-risk craze involves jumping from hotel balconies into swimming pools below and ha ...

Alitalia seeking €400m to stay in the air

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Alitalia requires €400m (£338m) to keep it in the air, with the the loss-making airline set to run out of cash by the end of the year. Despite being repeatedly bailed out by the Italia ...

Holidaymakers favour paperback over e-books

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More than two-thirds of holidaymakers prefer reading a paperback book to an electronic one when they are relaxing on the beach.Those surveyed at Heathrow Airport complained that e-readers are hard to ...

Rubber farmers threaten to block Thai airport

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The Thai government has said it will use force should protesting rubber farmers carry out their threat to block access to Surat Thani Airport.Around 20,000 protesters have already set up roadblocks ac ...

London landmark melting nearby objects

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The owners of one of London's newest landmarks are feeling the heat after the building caused £1,000 worth of damage to a car parked beneath the skyscraper. Martin Lindsay returned to h ...

BA to offer Dreamliner flights to Austin

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British Airways has announced that it is to become the first carrier to offer a direct service to Texas, USA, from London. Passengers can now book flights to Austin for March 2014 onwards, when B ...

Smelly carpet causes emergency landing

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A Stockholm plane bound for Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen after a strong odour was reported in the cabin. The Lufthansa Airbus A320 with 129 people onboard lande ...

Time to start booking your cheap flights for next year

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You may have only just returned from your summer holidays, but it's already time to think about booking your cheap flights for next year after easyJet unveiled its 2014 schedule. More than 9m ...

15% bin holiday gifts

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Travellers are being advised to spend their holiday money on activities for themselves rather than gifts for friends after a survey found that 69% of people aren't happy with the souvenirs they re ...

Halloween scares on O2 roof

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If you've booked a hotel in London for this autumn and are looking for a special Halloween event to add some thrills to your stay, Up at the O2 might just have the answer. The rooftop experie ...

21st century tourists 'more adventurous' than 80s counterparts

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Modern holidaymakers have been branded 'more adventurous, enlightened and spontaneous' than their 1980s counterparts.According to the Post Office's 'Travel Essentials' research, to ...

Ryanair scales back after profits fall

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Ryanair is set to scale back its winter operations after admitting that its 2013 profits are likely to be at the lower end of its forecast. As a result of low demand, as many as 80 of its aircraf ...

Passenger buys promoted tweet to complain to airline

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A man has made international headlines after paying for a promoted tweet on the social media site Twitter to complain to his airline. While complaining via social media is nothing new, what makes ...

WAGs check in ahead of crucial England qualifier

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The wives and girlfriends of the England players have checked into the team's Hertfordshire hotel ahead of the crucial World Cup qualifying clash with Moldova. This marks a relaxation of the ...

Smuggling attempt thwarted after officials spot something fishy

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A smuggler's attempt to sneak live fish into New Zealand came unstuck after the bags he was carrying them in started to leak. Upon landing in Wellington from Australia, Vietnamese Tuan Nguyen ...

Psychic accused of planting man in attic for haunted hotel tour

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A psychic has been forced to defend his ghost tours after paranormal knocking noises heard in a 'haunted' hotel were found to be coming from a man hidden in the attic. Chris Date, a.k.a & ...
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