July 31st 2009
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Warner Leisure Hotels, the award-winning hotel group renowned for its short break leisure holidays, has been nominated in four separate categories in the prestigious British Travel Awards 2009/2010, including Best Leisure Hotel Chain and Best UK/Domestic Tour Operator.
These nominations recognise the wide range of choices provided by the group's six ...
According to Europcar, the UK’s leading vehicle hire company, families taking domestic holidays this summer should look at alternatives to traditional rail travel this summer for value and convenience. With rail fares going up by an average of 6%* this year combined with planned engineering works at weekends on some ...
July 29th 2009
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Hotels.com and Wedding Ideas magazine found that stags continue to revel in a final fling of freedom as three quarters (74%) say their celebrations will last for a weekend or longer. Stay-at-home hens, meanwhile, are far more likely to economise as two-thirds (59%) say their pre-marital celebrations will only last ...
The Financial Times reported recently (6.2.09) that bookings for all inclusive holidays were up 20% on 2008, despite the current economic troubles. Holidays in Turkey and Egypt are increasingly popular medium haul destinations, out of the expensive Eurozone but close enough to be medium haul.
Tui Travel’s latest UK consumer research indicates that ...
July 28th 2009
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The heat is on as HostelBookers launches its first ever hostel summer sale with as much as 70% off selected European hostel prices in August. HostelBookers guarantees to offer the cheapest accommodation around, as rooms are available for as little as £3 per person per night.
Over one hundred participating hostels throughout ...
July 24th 2009
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British Airways will launch the first ever longhaul Club World service from London City airport this September.
British Airways has taken the decision to press ahead with the launch of the twice-daily Club World service flights from London City to New York JFK service. The first flights are set for September 29th ...
July 23rd 2009
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Brilliant Widgets, LLC. has announced availability of their shoe socks(TM), the world’s first form-fitting stretchable protective shoe covers. They fit over your shoes just like a pair of socks fits over your feet. This prevents dirt and germs on your shoes from getting into your luggage, sports bags, or any ...
July 22nd 2009
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Celebrate the biggest arts festival in the world with Hostelbookers. Use our Edinburgh Fringe Festival top tips to help you plan your visit to the Fringe Festival and book yourself in to the coolest arty Edinburgh hostels.
Edinburgh takes center stage in August for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With a line-up of the ...
July 22nd 2009
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British Airways is taking the fight for customers to the no frills carriers by launching a 'value calculator' on ba.com. The new tool will allow customers to check the true cost of Ryanair and EasyJet's added charges versus the value of BA's full service.
Richard Tams, head of UK & Ireland ...
July 22nd 2009
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M&S Travel Money has released new research which shows that British families could save up to £135* in holiday spending money just by investing a few minutes reading up on the tipping etiquette for the country they are visiting.
The survey by M&S Travel Money found that almost 40% of British holidaymakers ...
July 22nd 2009
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New research from Hotels.com has revealed that relaxing on holiday should be easy, but more than half of British travellers (55%) find it hard to switch off from work and rely on their laptops and Blackberries to keep in contact with the office.
Hotels.com research* has revealed that in tough economic ...
July 22nd 2009
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Iceland ProTravel, the fully licensed tour operator, has reported a massive increase in UK travellers to Iceland, spurred by the favourable exchange rate between the Great British pound and the Icelandic krona.
Coupled with the fact that the average price of petrol is currently lower in Iceland than in the UK, Iceland ...
July 22nd 2009
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The M&S Q2 2009 travel money report, which analyses data from sales at the national network of M&S in-store bureaux de change from April to June 2009, reveals that while Egypt and Turkey are amongst the most popular holiday destinations for 2009, going to Fiji will make the travel money ...
July 21st 2009
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Stena Line, leading ferry company, has announced that it has teamed up with London-based expert Gary Pope to advise holidaymakers on the best way of preparing themselves and their family before a car holiday.
Gary Pope is managing director of the British company Kids Industries. It's Gary and his colleagues who ...
July 21st 2009
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Leading website Hotels.com has seen a 120% rise in searches for hotels in the Austrian capital of Vienna, following the UK premiere of Bruno in Leicester Square. As Bruno hits cinema screens around the world, it seems the character's home nation of Austria is already reaping the benefits of Bruno ...
July 16th 2009
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With the world’s airlines having somehow managed to ‘mislay’ more than 40 million items of luggage in 2007 – up a mere eight million on the previous year – it’s no surprise that the worry of arriving on holiday minus suitcases is of increasing concern to many holidaymakers.
Which is one ...
July 16th 2009
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Luxury Link (www.luxurylink.com), the world’s premier online luxury travel resource, is pleased to present the “Uncompromising Vacation Getaway”. A unique giveaway designed for the sophisticated and uncompromising traveler desiring the ultimate in luxury travel.
This exclusive travel package giveaway showcased on LuxuryLink.com offers the winner a 4-night luxury trip for two ...
July 15th 2009
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The new trend-bucking figures show a year-on-year increase for January to June 2009 on the Stena Line dutchflyer service across the North Sea. This success has however not been confined to just the last 12 months. The dutchflyer service, which comprises rail travel to Harwich from London Liverpool St and East ...
July 13th 2009
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The batting of Kevin Pietersen or the bowling of Andrew Flintoff could bring massive British Airways fare reductions, for fliers between England and Australia during the latest Ashes contest series.
For one of the five tests, national carriers British Airways and Qantas are teaming up to offer fares on flights to Australia based ...
July 13th 2009
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Thomas Cook launched its first edition 2010 brochures for Thomas Cook Summersun and Thomas Cook Families alongside June edition brochures for bespoke destinations on 25th June 2009. These brochures complete the Thomas Cook portfolio for Summer 2010, with the long haul brochures having launched earlier this month.
Featuring holidays available to ...
