Bristol Airport has won an award from web portal Essential Travel for its Silver Zone car park – the first on-site parking space to receive the monthly accolade. The car park award, presented every month since May 2011, is based on customer reviews of their own experiences. Thousands of...
Spectacular views from the top of the Jungfrau Railway This week Swiss National Day was celebrated on the same day as the highest railway in Europe, in the Swiss Alps, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE travels through the centre of the Eiger on the journey to...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose by 6.9% in June against the same month last year and airport bosses are expecting a busier than usual end to July as the traditional summer getaway coincides with an expected increase in inbound passengers en route to Olympic events in Cardiff and...
Aer Lingus Regional yesterday celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Bristol Airport to Cork service. Nearly 300,000 passengers have travelled on the route, operated by Aer Arann, since it was launched and it has become an important commercial link for business and leisure passengers and has supported tourism in...
Technology retailer Dixons has opened its first Dixons Travel-branded outlet at Bristol Airport, offering travellers around 1,000 products, including hundreds of different headphones and gadgets. The store, in the airport’s departure lounge, offers a ‘reserve before you fly’ scheme, allowing customers to phone and reserve products to collect and...
More than 100,000 passengers are expected to pass through Bristol Airport over the Jubilee Bank Holiday – from tomorrow to Tuesday – with tomorrow and Saturday set to be the busiest days. Airlines and tour operators are reporting hefty demand, with destinations within the eurozone as well as this summer’s...
Want to be ‘at one’ with nature? Bristol Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE discovers what else there is to get up to in the mountains above St Anton once the ski season comes to a close… How can letting dozens of ants crawl up your arm keep a...
Two disused platforms at Bristol’s Temple Meads railway station will be reinstated to improve services, according to a new vision for the station being unveiled today. A new entrance will also be opened east of the station to give access to the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone while the...
First it was Richard Branson, then Stelios revolutionised the way we fly. Now entrepreneur Clive Jackson’s affordable private jet innovation is taking off. Victor was set up by Clive when he was told his regular commercial airline route to Majorca was being scrapped. Through research, he discovered that on...
Budget airline EasyJet has said that it will introduce a year-round service to Copenhagen from Bristol this autumn. It follows Ryanair's announcement on Wednesday that it will launch Bristol's 8th route to Poland, flying three times a week to Warsaw Modlin from October 30. Easyjet will fly to Copenhagen...
The pretty marina at La Grande Motte Want to work out those abs but hate the gym? Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE jumps on board for the latest water sport…. Concentrating all my efforts on keeping my balance as I paddle my way across the ripples of an azure...
Food travel experts SSP are investing more than £150,000 in upgrading bars and restaurants at Bristol Airport to improve ambience, accessibility and comfort for passengers. The terminal’s table service restaurant Dexters will be first to undergo a makeover, with new furniture and lighting. Among the improvements will be a...
Destination Bristol and Bristol Airport will be promoting the region to thousands of potential American visitors at the New York Times Travel Show this week. The influential exhibition, organised by the world-renowned New York Times newspaper, is acknowledged as one of the leading consumer and travel trade shows in...
