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UK Royal baby on board

April 25, 2016 • admin
As the nation waits with bated breath for the now-overdue Royal Baby, it seems that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy has sparked the most important baby boom in 40 years. New figures suggest that greater than 700,000 babies shall be born in England this year – the top number since 1971, in step with the Royal College of Midwives. In anticipation of the advent of the most recent addition to the Royal Family, VisitEngland rounds up the very best holidays and experiences on offer for brand spanking new families, as two become three… Baby in TowHis or Her Royal Highness the Prince or Princess of Cambridge will likely spend numerous their childhood at London’s Kensington Palace where the Duke and Duchess will reside. To mark the occasion, the...
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momondo pinpoints popular summer destinations

April 22, 2016 • admin
Leading meta-search momondo.co.uk this week analysed its UK flight search data of the last three months, for travel in the course of the UK Summer holiday period, which usually lies between 24 July 2013, and 1 September, 2013. Within this knowledge, momondo was capable of pinpoint popular destination airports for UK summer travellers, for 6 of the united kingdom’s largest airports. Starting points for the UK-wide evaluation were the next airports; London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and Birmingham. Bangkok, Thailand’s buzzing Capital, proved popular for Brits this summer, being most-searched on momondo for summer travel from Manchester airport, and second-most-hunted for summer travel from London Heathrow. Sunny Madeira was the foremost-searched airport on momondo for summer travel from Gatwick airport. New York’s JFK was within the Top 5...
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British government urged to develop music tourism strategy

April 19, 2016 • admin
A cross party group of influential peers has called at the British government develop a brand new method to support music-based tourism and help grow the united kingdom economy. The call was made during a home of Lords debate at the impact of music on tourism. The debate’s sponsor, Liberal Democrat Lord Storey said music festivals were attracting unprecedented numbers of overseas visitors and feature been pouring money into local economies.  He argued that the world’s “evident love” of the UK’s musical heritage should now be harnessed and used to support music tourism. A 2011 report estimated music tourists spend £1.4 billion and sustain over 20,000 jobs.  “I have seen first-hand the positive impact music could make on local tourist economies. “But, we also needs to consider the impact music...
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UK holiday spending higher inside the north than the south

April 16, 2016 • admin
People within the north of britain are spending almost £200 greater than their southern counterparts on their holiday this year – consistent with research* released today by lastminute.com. With house prices inside the south of britain up greater than twice that of the united kingdom as a complete, and typical London house values hitting an all-time high of £318,214, the price of southerners’ homes is perhaps affecting their time away. The research revealed that 2013 holiday spending inside the north of the rustic is up by a standard of £118 per person when compared with 2012, and nearly a 3rd (29%) of northerners who will go on holiday this summer plan to spend over £1,000 per person this summer. Over the border, 30% of Scottish holidaymakers also plan to splash...
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UNWTO partners with top Spanish engineering company for pilot projects

April 13, 2016 • admin
Research, best practices and new methodologies for tourism development are on the centre of an agreement signed between UNWTO and Spanish public company ISDEFE (Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España). This agreement aims at developing pilot projects in line with more than a few subjects including connectivity, energy in tourism, among others. UNWTO will draw at the expertise of Isdefe in providing engineering services to the Spanish Administration and international public bodies. “We share a typical view with Isdefe and this agreement will contribute to advance new concepts for tourism development in an effort to be positioned within the global tourism agenda”, said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, in signing the agreement. Specific areas of cooperation include projects on tourism and infrastructure and connectivity, energy, and development assistance. “We...
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