Tourism
SeaFrance ordered to close, 1000 jobs lost.
Source: Sky News
Kiss Flights the latest to blame it on ED!
London-based firm Flight Options Limited, which traded as Kiss Flights, officially ceased trading. Flight Options was launched in 1995 offering flights to various Mediterranean destinations. Kiss was set up as a seat-only operator in 2008 following XL Leisure Group‘s collapse.
In all, 13 travel firms have gone bust in the UK this year as a result of the recession, belt-tightening by travellers and the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud that threw European travel into turmoil. That compares with 33 last year.
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Arcandor files for bankruptcy with 43000 jobs to go.
The German tourism, home-shopping and department store giant Arcandor has filed for bankruptcy with a German court. Arcandor employs 43000 people in Germany and these jobs look likely to go.
