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10
Aug

5 Reasons Your Business Needs a Travel Management Company

Travel management in Canada has become increasingly important to corporations who have a significant amount of business travellers. Corporate travel is big business and is most likely one of the highest expenses on the books, second only to payroll. A travel management company is an expert in corporate travel. They know business travel and can […]

10
Aug

UK: Aug 11-12 Southern Rail Strike cancelled

A strike on the Southern rail network has been called off to allow fresh talks in the row over the role of conductors, Acas said. Industrial action on Thursday and Friday has been called off for negotiations to resume. RMT members began a five-day walk out on Monday but Southern said it was encouraged its […]

10
Aug

Eurostar: strikes: Aug 12-15, Aug 27-29

Eurostar rail workers from two unions are to take part in two concurrent periods of strike action this month in a dispute over their work-life balance. RMT members will walk out from 12 to 15 and 27 to 29 August while TSSA members will strike on 14 and 15 and 28 and 29. Transport Secretary […]

8
Aug

Mexico: Baja California Sur: Tropical Storm Javier

Tropical Storm Javier will target Mexico’s Baja California Sur with flooding rain and locally damaging winds early this week. Javier formed at midday Sunday over the warm waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Javier will continue to strengthen as it presses away from mainland southern Mexico toward Baja California Sur into Monday night. The window […]

8
Aug

UK: five-day Southern Rail Strike begins

The prime minister “strongly condemns” a five-day strike disrupting services for hundreds of thousands of Southern passengers, Downing Street has said. Hundreds of trains have been cancelled in a row over plans for drivers, not conductors, to operate carriage doors. The RMT union claimed “rock-solid support” and said the central issue was safety. A spokesman […]