Travelodge is to open 22 new hotels across the UK in deals worth £165m. The budget chain has also forged a partnership with clothing retailer Arcadia Group to develop a 96-room hotel above the Topshop […]
Antony Gormley OBE, one of Britain’s best known sculptors, is displaying his Flare II work at Salisbury Cathedral until later this year. A dense wire mesh of a falling figure within a wire cloud, the […]
Consolidation between industry sectors promises to improve UK customer service in general A combined sector skills council for the hospitality, passenger transport, and travel industries has been created through the merger of People 1st and […]
Thamesdown Transport’s bus network is to benefit from advanced ticketing technology utilising Parkeon’s Wayfarer200 platform which is able to dual read ITSO concessionary passes and its own commercial smartcard scheme. Thamesdown has brought forward the […]
FirstGroup has placed a limited number of Scania Irizar PB Greyhound model coaches on sale to the public via its website. The model Greyhounds come complete with destination screens and vehicle names matching those of […]
LED Autolamps has introduced two new ranges – Round (series 181) and Low Profile (series 44) Marker Lamps. The lamps offer ‘sealed for life’ electronics, a five-year warranty, and 12/24 dual-voltage versatility while being fully […]
Following the successful demonstration of its new TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) at the e-Safety Challenge 2011 event in Vienna on May 31, Bridgestone Europe has announced plans to roll out its commercial vehicle system […]
Poland PolskiBus is taking delivery of 18 Van Hool Altano TD 921 coaches to establish new intercity routes across Poland and into neighbouring countries. The operation is being modelled on the Megabus concept which has […]
USA Stagecoach Group has announced Megabus has carried more than 10m customers across North America, as the brand continues to expand. Megabus has reached the milestone in five years and now serves around 60 cities […]
Rental program ‘first of its kind’ in the industry USA Thomas Built Buses, the US schoolbus building subsidiary of Daimler Buses, is now offering its products under a rental programme through its ‘MyBus’ dealerships. The […]
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