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Britons are packing their bags and hitting the excellent British seaside

January 26, 2016 • admin
It’s official, summer is finally here as temperatures are expected to rise into the nineties this weekend around the country and in true British style Britons are packing their bags and hitting their nearest beach consistent with new data released today by Travelodge. The budget hotel chain which has over 500 hotels around the UK has reported a spike in its room bookings this week as temperatures have soared around the UK. The company has seen a major rise in room bookings for its 25 coastal hotels and town centre locations. This weekend’s biggest Suncation hotspots, where Britons are flocking to, include Bournemouth, Brighton, Newquay, Bodmin, Torquay, Blackpool, Scarborough, Isle of Wight, Great Yarmouth and Paignton – with most Travelodge hotels expecting to be fully booked from Friday to Sunday....
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Most Americans plan to travel for summer vacation this year

January 23, 2016 • admin
Americans would be sky-bound this summer after they take a holiday but will are likely to stay stateside, in line with a survey by John Hancock.  Eighty percent of these surveyed said they plan to travel for pleasure this summer, up from 77 percent in the summertime of 2012. Of these who plan to travel in this summer, half (49 percent) plan to tour a U.S. city. About one-third is headed to the beach, and 22 percent plan a global destination. Individuals who aren’t taking a visit this summer plan to take action at yet again. Despite the crowded skies, 64 percent of respondents said they plan to travel by plane (up from 60 percent in 2012), with 56 percent driving (down from 59 percent last year). Six percent say...
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Malta Tourism Authority launches bespoke tours with Kirker Holidays

January 20, 2016 • admin
The Malta High Commission in London, along side the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) and leading music tour operator, Kirker Holidays, recently organised an event to announce new packages that commemorate the music events happening in Malta & Gozo all year long. The new offerings included specific bespoke tours for the Valletta International Baroque Festival to be held between the 10th and 26th January 2014; tailored to entice travellers to the Maltese islands as their cultural destination of choice. The reception, hosted by H.E. Joseph Zammit Tabona, High Commissioner of Malta to the uk, was attended by 80 of Kirker Holidays’ most affluent travellers. The specialist operator donated all proceeds to the The Young Concert Artist Trust, and was followed by a concert at St. James’s Church featuring a piano recital...
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Most costly destinations in America revealed

January 17, 2016 • admin
Provincetown, located on the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is the United States’ most costly destination by way of its hotel costs. A survey achieved by CheapHotels.org compared hotel rates for all destinations within the USA for this summer’s main travel period of July 1st to August 31st. The rankings were determined in accordance with the common cost of every location’s cheapest available double room. As such, the costs mentioned reflect the minimum amount travellers should spend to remain at a undeniable destination. Only those hotels rated two stars or higher were considered for the survey. Visitors to Provincetown must spend, on average, $217 per night for a double room. That figure makes the coastal Massachusetts city the country’s most costly destination. Coming in as second costliest is...
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VisitBritain hails tourism success of London 2012 Olympic Games

January 14, 2016 • admin
Britain received 31.1 million visitors last year, a one per cent increase at the figure for 2011, making it the perfect year for inbound tourism since 2008. Those visitors that did come also spent more, with some £18.6 billion changing hands, a four per cent increase on 2011 and a record high in nominal terms. Despite this, VisitBritain recorded a five per cent slip in visitor numbers during August last year, largely thanks to holidaymakers who didn’t have tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games deciding to delay or cancel trips. Sports fans who did make the adventure to the united kingdom were happy to spend money, however, with the organisation recording a nine per cent increase in tourism revenue in August last year, despite the autumn in visitor numbers....
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