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Germany-based air carrier, Lufthansa, is adding to its services on UK routes as part of its recently announced summer schedule. The new schedule will include an increase in capacity between Aberdeen in Scotland and Frankfurt, in addition to two completely new services to Glasgow in Scotland and to the Welsh capital, Cardiff from the German city of Dusseldorf. The introduction of B737-500 aircraft with seating for 114 passengers, to replace the 70-seat CR7 will enable the increase in capacity on the Aberdeen route without the need for additional flights. Of the two new services to Glasgow and Cardiff from Dusseldorf,…
London’s culinary might has been recognised with its achievement of top spot on a list of the world’s greatest restaurants. According to the list, which was compiled by Elite Traveller magazine, a US-based publication, ten of London’s restaurants have a place in the world’s top one hundred. Paris came second with nine of its restaurants gaining favour, while New York restaurants could only muster five positions. The Elite Traveller list was contributed to by ‘ultra high net worth’ influencers and experts associated with the magazine. They reportedly made their choices based on the quality of food, surroundings and service at…
Adagio Aparthotels, a brand of France-based hotel group, Accor, has just opened its first UK property in the city of Liverpool. Designed as a long stay hotel, the Liverpool Adagio has 126 self-contained apartments with their own fully equipped kitchens, but guests will also have the benefit of hotel services, including a fitness room, a laundry and two meeting rooms. The new hotel, which is located near to the city’s Albert Dock, brings the company’s aparthotel ethos to the UK, adding to its 90 existing properties in European cities including Berlin, Brussels, Munich, Paris, Rome and Vienna. Another 60 aparthotels…
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is urging holidaymakers that are booking getaways over the Easter holiday to make sure that they receive an ATOL (Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing) certificate for their travel. The CAA is so concerned that travellers are overlooking the importance of being ATOL protected on their journeys that it is placing adverts in a number of daily newspapers to emphasise the point. The adverts are to appear in The Mirror, Sun, Daily and Sunday Express, Mail on Sunday, People and Daily Record this Saturday and Sunday, and online until Easter Monday. This latest publicity is part…
With weather forecasters predicting that Britain is likely to stay in the grip of the current cold snap over the coming Easter holiday weekend and beyond, a mass exodus to warmer climes is already underway. According to travel industry figures, 1.7 million Britons will be taking advantage of the Easter break and jetting away from the ice, snow and biting winds that are currently afflicting the UK. A flood of last minute bookings by chilly Brits has boosted traveller numbers to well above the average for Easter, and topping the winter escape destinations are Tunisia, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Egypt…
The UK is to be on the destination list of the world’s largest cruise ship in 2014. Mega cruiser, Oasis of the Seas, the pride of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ fleet, is to offer Europe-based itineraries for the first time from September next year, embarking from Barcelona, Spain. It is scheduled to visit Southampton on October 15, 2014, as it returns from a routine maintenance stop in the Netherlands. Sharing its ‘World’s Largest Passenger Ship’ title with its equally enormous twin ship, Allure of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas weighs in at a hefty 225,282 gross registered tons and has…
Tui Travel, an international leisure travel group with its headquarters in Crawley, UK, has announced booking figures for the forthcoming holiday season that should spread optimism through the tourism market. The company, which has the Thomson and First Choice holiday brands under its umbrella, announced today that the ‘very strong trading momentum’ that it has enjoyed in recent times is extending into the coming summer season. To add substance to the claim, it revealed that it has already experienced an increase of 9 percent on its bookings from the UK and Nordic region this year, and with higher margins than…
Travellers can now make and receive phone calls in foreign countries at no extra charge with the installation of a new app. Users of i-pod touch, smartphones and tablets will be able to access free roaming after downloading the i-mobb app, which is available at http://www.i-mobb.com. Once the app has been installed, the user’s device makes and receives calls as if it was operating in its home country. The app is currently available to users based in eight countries: U.S.A., Germany, France, U.K., Italy, Canada, Japan, and Netherlands. It assigns the user with a number in their country of origin…
Gatwick Airport, which serves London, UK, is now prepared to welcome the world’s biggest commercial aircraft, the Airbus A380. A £6.4 million investment at the airport has culminated in the opening of a new, pier-served A380 stand. Stand 110 on pier 6 is officially christened today when Emirates makes a one-off flight to the airport with one of its fleet of A380’s. Following the celebration, Gatwick will be looking to attract regular scheduled flights from other operators of the giant aircraft. Gatwick’s chief commercial officer, Guy Stephenson, said, ‘Gatwick is delighted to officially open its A380 stand today, marking an…
Travel Channel UK, a travel-based television channel that is available on Sky channels 251 and 252, has announced a corporate re-brand in conjunction with an update of its services. As part of its re-brand, the channel has adopted a new logo to help underline a major makeover of its programming, the new talent at its disposal and its intention to provide first rate entertainment for devotees of travel and travel-themed programs. The new look follows the channel’s purchase by Scripps Networks Interactive, which was completed last year. Among the programmes to be broadcast are offerings that feature adventure travel, food,…