GREEN TOMATO CARS TO INCREASE FARES


GREEN TOMATO CARS will increase fares by 4-6 per cent to cover the Congestion Charge for drivers once it goes into effect for private hire vehicles (PHVs) in London in April. A £11.50-per-day Congestion Charge, already in effect for drivers of other vehicles would also apply to PHVs, such as minicabs and ride-hailing services including Uber, from 8 April in a bid to combat the capital’s rising pollution problem.


Only zero emission-capable vehicles will not be liable for the Congestion Charge, although that will


Safety and wellbeing top travel managers’ priorities


DUTY-OF-CARE, traveller wellbeing and data security have topped a list of the concerns of UK travel managers for 2019. A survey by Traveldoo shows 73 per


cent of travel managers believe duty-of- care will be the most important challenge facing their organisations this year, followed by traveller wellbeing (70 per cent) and data security (65 per cent). Bringing technology and innovation into their programmes (57 per cent) round out the top four. These came in ahead of cost saving


(56 per cent) and access to full content (55 per cent), showing travel managers are now more concerned with looking after their travellers than cutting costs. Environmental sustainability (30 per


cent) and transport ancillary services (22 per cent) completed the list.


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change in 2021, when only fully electric cars will be exempt. Green Tomato Cars claims the new charge could see fares in and around central London increase. Some operators may charge up to 50 per cent more. However, the company says it will absorb some of the cost to “avoid central London fares increasing disproportionately”. It claims 90 per cent of its clients are London-based corporates and public sector organisations, such as the NHS, which will be most affected by the increase in fares.


HRS EXPANDS IN EUROPE


HOTEL SOLUTIONS PROVIDER HRS has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of new offices and two fresh regional appointments. The company has opened its first office


in Amsterdam to serve the Benelux region. Located in the UP waterfront building in the “Silicon Island” area of the city, the ground- floor office is near Amsterdam Central train station and will serve as a hub for HRS’s clients and hotel partners in the region. In addition, HRS has moved its Paris team


into a new office in the city’s La Defense district. Since the team was established in 2006, the company has seen a surge in new business in the region, including the signing of Airbus in October 2018. HRS has also appointed Rob Hornman


as senior vice-president for EMEA and Veit Fuhrmeister as senior vice-president for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.


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