Author: Shawon Hannan
Ryanair, an Ireland-based low cost airline, is operating an extra service, known as Six Nations specials, from Dublin to Bristol, for rugby fans. The Six Nations Specials service will be available from Dublin today and tomorrow, returning from Bristol on February 3. Ireland will be playing Wales in the Six Nations Rugby Championship at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, February 2, while England will be playing Scotland on Sunday. The airline is also offering 15 rugby flights between Dublin, Glasgow, and Edinburgh for Ireland’s tie with Scotland on Sun February 24, 2013. The airline head of communications, Robin Kiely, said,…
Garuda Indonesia, an Indonesia-based airline, will be offering a service from London Gatwick Airport in the UK. The airline is offering non-stop flights from London to Jakarta, Indonesia, six times per week. The airline will be operating Boeing 777-300 Extended Range aircraft on the route, which can carry up to 300 passengers. The UK prime minister, David Cameron, on welcoming the airline to the country, said, ‘We want to link Britain up with the world’s fastest growing economies. And good air links are vital to achieving that. This new route from London to Jakarta is good for British business and…
Whether it’s a weekend shopping trip to Belgravia, or a quick afternoon tea at the Ritz, hotels in London are steeped in history and tradition, and, despite the city’s reputation for high prices, there’s something available for every budget. Even the grandest Georgian townhouse could be the most modest hostel inside, and the plain, even demure buildings of the past century might house the costliest exercise in five-stare hoteliery. The hotel as we know it is a relatively recent phenomenon. Prior to the 19th Century, ‘lodging houses’ or ‘coaching inns’ were the norm, and served the needs of a limited…
East Coast Trains, a UK based train service, has announced a low fare for Scottish Executive class tickets between Edinburgh and London. The new fares will cost £99 return, compared to the £199 return on normal prices, and they are effective from February 3, until March 4, 2013. The offer is only available through travel management companies, and is booked in standard class but is automatically upgraded to first class. The normal return first class fare is around £416. The tickets are inclusive of complimentary in-seat meals in first class, and free Wi-Fi. An East Coast spokesman said, ‘We are…
Flybe, a UK-based airline company, has launched its newest service from Glasgow Airport in Scotland to Shannon Airport in Ireland. The airline is offering three times weekly flights to Shannon from Glasgow from May 1, 2013, with inaugural fares commencing at £36.99 one-way. Simon Lilley, the airline’s director of marketing, said, ‘Flybe is committed to developing further its route network out of Glasgow. We have every confidence that this additional new service will prove successful in offering an attractive and affordable way for travellers to access this growing business and leisure destination that is widely regarded as the West of…
Wizz Air, the Hungary based low-cost airline, has announced two new routes from Glasgow Airport in Scotland. The airline is offering two routes to Gdansk and Warsaw in Poland from Glasgow Airport from March 1, 2013. The twice-weekly flights to Warsaw are priced at £48.99 one way, while the flights to Gdansk are priced from £31.99, one way. Amanda McMillan, the managing director of Glasgow Airport, said, ‘We are thrilled to welcome Wizz Air on board which is yet more good news for Glasgow Airport. Not only will it provide our customers with greater choice, it will further strengthen our…
The tourism authority in Hawaii is planning to promote 18 big events on Big Island for 2013. The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) has entered into an arrangement with the City and County of Honolulu, and the counties of Hawaii, Maui and Kaua’i to arrange the programmes. The itinerary will comprise 98 events and includes programmes to be held state-wide that will receive funding under HTA’s County Product Enrichment Programme (CPEP) for 2013. Mike McCartney, president and CEO of the HTA, said, ‘As part of our marketing efforts to perpetuate and promote authentic and unique experiences on Hawaii Island, the HTA…
Tourism authorities at Myrtle Beach are to focus on wedding tourism this year. Officials of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce said that this year it would focus more on marketing the Grand Strand as a wedding destination. The chamber is focussing on weddings because statistics show that last year, 25 percent of all marriage services performed in the US were destination weddings. With more people opting to get married in exotic locales, the demand for unique and bespoke wedding services is high, and authorities at Myrtle Beach are gearing up to meet that demand, which is estimated to…
Business travel in the UK has grown in 2012, even while the country’s economy was registering a slowdown in the same period. A report published by UK-based Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC) said, that the last quarter of 2012 showed a 4 percent overall increase of services offered by travel management companies, when compared to the same quarter in 2011. This infers that the travel industry has grown even when UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the same quarter saw zero growth. For the full year 2012, members of the GTMC have recorded a 4 percent increase over the…
Gatwick Airport in the UK has expressed its anger at frequent flight cancellations by airlines following the forecast of bad weather conditions, including snow. The airport has written to Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport, requesting a solution to help keep flight cancellations to a minimum due to bad weather conditions, a problem which has recently impacted on the travel plans of a significant number of business and leisure travellers. Stewart Wingate, the airport chief executive officer, said, ‘It just cannot be right that passengers are being asked to accept apologies for pre-emptive flight cancellations. Huge numbers of…