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ABTA presses for ‘urgent’ solution to Brexit travel issues
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ABTA HAS CALLED FOR VISA-FREE TRAVEL and aviation access to be addressed “urgently” after agreement was reached between the UK and EU on the first phase of the Brexit process. Negotiations on the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU post-Brexit are underway after the UK government and EU officials concluded a “last-minute” deal on the initial phase of discussions for Brexit. ABTA said it would be lobbying for several major issues affecting travel to be addressed as soon as possible in the trade talks. These include maintaining UK citizens’ ability to travel freely within Europe, continuing visa-free travel for business travellers and tourists, and protecting consumer rights. Mark Tanzer, ABTA’s chief executive, said: “It is vital that the importance and scale of the travel industry are recognised in the discussions. “The UK outbound travel industry generates over Ð37 billion for the economies in the EU, and £28 billion for the UK. It also supports hundreds of thousands of jobs and businesses, both here and abroad. “Many travel companies have already begun to look ahead to 2019, so agreeing transitional arrangements early in the new year will help business to plan and help protect consumer confidence.”
RAIL FARES
UK rail fare rise of 3.4 per cent biggest for five years the railway”, citing projects
New York tops list of most expensive cities for business travel
NEW YORK CITY tops a list of the most expensive destinations in the world for business travel, with two other US cities rounding out the top three slots. Research by Expert Market has revealed that the average daily cost of expenses for business travellers in New York is US$549. The report compares the prices paid by corporates for standard business expenses such as hotel rooms (US$385 a night in New York), taxis/car rental and food. San Francisco came second on the list at US$534, followed by Boston at US$511. Outside the US, the research found Tokyo to be the most costly at US$489, with Zurich and London nearly matched at US$472 and US$469, respectively. Meanwhile, Johannesburg turned out to be the cheapest city in the world for corporate travellers at US$174 per day. The report ranked 100 US cities and 100 non-US cities.
American destinations made up half of the top 20 most expensive places for business travel.
8 BBT January/February 2018
TRAIN FARES IN THE UK have risen by an average 3.4 per cent from 2 January after the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) decided on the increase late last year. It’s the biggest rise since fares went up 3.9 per cent in 2013. RDG said the increase
applies to regulated fares, such as season tickets, and unregulated fares, such as off-peak leisure tickets. It said the average price rise is less than July’s RPI (Retail Price Index) of 3.6 per cent and claims 97 per cent of money from fares “goes back into improving and running
such as Crossrail, Edinburgh- Glasgow, Great Western, Waterloo and upgrades in the Midlands and the north. RDG said new measures had been introduced to help passengers with the cost of travel, such as the 26-30 railcard trial, which launched 6 December 2017, digital railcards and cheaper advanced fares available on the day of travel. RDG chief executive Paul Plummer said: “Government controls increases to almost half of fares, including season tickets.”
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