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Americans lead recovery in inbound tourism

Today trade association UKinbound, which represents over 300 UK tourism businesses that service international tourists visiting the UK (inbound tourism), has released new figures for 2022, showing the industry is beginning to recover. In a March survey of its members, undertaken by Qa Research, over one in three (39%) of respondents stated that international bookings […]

FlixBus starts domestic services in Canada

FlixBus is launching a domestic service in Canada today (7 April 2022). In addition to an express route between Ottawa-Toronto, the operator is running a Niagara Falls-Toronto line including a stop in St. Catharines, as well as a more comprehensive local line with stops including Waterloo (University of Waterloo), Kitchener (Downtown), Guelph, Mississauga and Toronto. […]

Ticketer enables multimodal ticketing functionality

First Bus, Great Western Railway (GWR) and Ticketer have collaborated to provide new electronic ticketing functionality connecting bus and rail services via a single QR code. Passengers can now purchase a rail and PlusBus ticket through their smartphone for their complete journey with First Bus and GWR for travel to and around Weston-super-Mare, using a […]

BSIP funding announced

Thirty-one counties, city regions and unitary authorities have been chosen for the Government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding. The successful areas have been chosen because of their ambition to repeat the success achieved in London, according to the Government. In its announcement of the BSIP allocation, the DfT said areas not showing ‘sufficient ambition’, […]

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