NS Hispeed brengt Olympic Team Netherlands thuis

2012-08-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — NS Hispeed brengt morgen het Olympic Team Netherlands snel en comfortabel met de hogesnelheidstrein van hartje Londen naar de feestende fans op stationsplein van ’s-Hertogenbosch. Het Olympic Team vertrekt met de 6 gouden-, 6 zilveren- en 8 bronzen medailles om 11.00 uur (UK time) vanuit Londen (St London Pancras Int) met Eurostar… Read the full news article

Amadeus publishes first half results for 2012

Growth record supported by both Distribution and IT Solutions businesses Year-on-year first half highlights (six months ended June 30, 2012) • Global market share of travel agency air bookings expanded by 1.0 percentage point • Passengers Boarded (PB) lifted by 27.0% to 259.0 million • Revenue grew 8.6%2 to €1,508.9 million • EBITDA rose 6.1%… Read the full news article

Hit the slopes this winter with Eurostar

Eurostar’s direct ski services open for sale on Monday 31 July 2012 2012-07-27 — /travelprnews.com/ — Eurostar’s popular direct ski services from St Pancras International and Ashford International to the heart of the French Alps, will open for sale at 9am on Monday 31 July 2012. The direct day and night services carry ski and snowboarding… Read the full news article

Liverpool – Are You Normal? DaDaFest and Virgin Trains link up to find out!

(The press release below was issued by Bill Elms Associates on 18 July 2012). 2012-07-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — Commuters and tourists passing through Liverpool Lime Street station faced an intriguing question last Thursday afternoon (12 July) when the city’s DaDaFest disability and deaf arts festival challenged them to ask themselves ‘Am I normal?’ The survey took… Read the full news article

INFRABEL ET LA SNCB METTENT EN PLACE UNE NOUVELLE PROCÉDURE DE DÉPART DES TRAINS, PLUS SÛRE

2012-07-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — Les conseils d’administration de la SNCB et d’Infrabel ont approuvé la mise en oeuvre, à partir de 2015, d’une nouvelle procédure de départ des trains, plus sûre. Situation actuelle Les procédures actuelles obligent l’accompagnateur du train à fermer toutes les portes des ra-mes dès le coup de sifflet de départ, à l’exception… Read the full news article

Eurostar reports a resilient performance in the first half of 2012

Passenger numbers up 2% to 4.8 million in H1 2012 Sales revenues up 1% to £425 million Growth in passenger numbers and sales revenues driven by leisure traffic 2012-07-19 — /travelprnews.com/ — Eurostar, the high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, today reported continuing  growth in passenger numbers and a resilient performance in… Read the full news article