Bristol Business News Travel Editor Anne Gorringe has won a prestigious award for the best on-line travel article of the year at a ceremony organised by the Italian State Tourist Board. Anne picked up her trophy at a glittering ceremony in London last night, placing her alongside winning journalists...
Writing about the highs and lows of an ultra-extreme 330k run in the Alps has bagged Bristol Business News Travel Editor Anne Gorringe a nomination for a top journalistm award. The Italian State Tourist Board short-listed Anne for her work highlighting the amazing Tor Des Giants (tour of the...
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...
Swiss airline Helvetic Airways is to continue its Bristol-Zurich flights into the summer following the success of the service so far. The route was launched last December 5 with three flights a week each way and has proved popular with tourists and business travellers in both directions. From March...
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...
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...
The European Aviation Safety Agency is expected to issue an air worthiness directive today ordering airlines to inspect Airbus’ A380 superjumbos following the discovery of hairline cracks on the wing components of two super-jumbo A380s. Two different cracks have been identified on the same metal component inside the superjumbo’s...
Airbus, which designs and part-builds the wings for its airliners at Filton, has increased the catalogue prices of its commercial jets by an average of 3.9% – but is nudging up the price of its re-engined A320neo family of medium-haul, single-aisle jets by a bigger margin. This is to...
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...
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...
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...
Helvetic Airways has become the 12th scheduled airline operating from Bristol Airport with 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...
Helvetic Airways will inaugurate on Monday the first scheduled service between Bristol and Zurich for more than four years. The new service will link businesses across the region to one of Europe’s major financial centres. Zurich also has much to offer leisure travellers including skiers – the city’s airport serves...
