Author: Shawon Hannan

British Airways, the UK-based airline company, has announced new offers to celebrate the launch of its London Gatwick to Las Vegas service. The airline is offering a three times per week service to Las Vegas, from London Gatwick Airport, bringing its total to ten flights a week from the two main London airports to the US entertainment capital. To celebrate the new service, the airline is offering special bargain deals on three night stays at some of the best hotels on the Las Vegas strip, on bookings for the new flights made by July 25, 2012, and which commence on…

The Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, has added what is claimed to be England’s longest zip wire to its more traditional botanical attractions. The popular tourist attraction, which is based on a site near St Austell in Cornwall, is best known for its gardens and its iconic biomes, huge plastic domes that house tropical and sub-tropical plants in greenhouse-type conditions, but the new zip wire literally gives the site a whole new perspective. The 740-metre long wire spans the Eden Project’s 35 acres of gardens and installations, and provides an elevated, panoramic view of the site, its surrounding countryside and…

A recent survey claims that British workers are so fixated with taking the holiday that they want to take, when they want to take it, that they will go to almost any lengths, even employing devious or underhand tactics, to secure a specific timeslot. Attempting to beat colleagues to prime holiday weeks by booking holidays more than six months in advance is one common strategy, but failing that individuals are prepared to lie and tell colleagues that a holiday has already been booked when it has not. Other ploys to take the time off when required include calling into work…

Countries where the mistreatment of animals is commonplace are unlikely to be visited a second time by animal-loving British tourists, according to the findings of a recent study. Around 52 percent of British travellers have stated that witnessing mistreatment of animals can put them off visiting a foreign country for a second time, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by the global animal charity, SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad). Around one in five British adults reported witnessing the mistreatment of animals while on an overseas holiday, but around three-quarters of these travellers had made no attempt…

Hilton London Metropole Hotel, located close to Paddington Station, in London, has recently completed a £750,000 refurbishment of its meeting facilities, ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games. The transformation includes the remodelling of the hotel’s seventeen meeting rooms, business centre and a breakout area, all of which have been given a modern and contemporary look and fitted with state of the art audiovisual technology. The hotel is offering two large conference suites with capacity to hold 1,600 people each, and a theatre style suite with the capacity to host around 1,000 people. The recent renovation is part of a…

Olympic football games in both the men’s and women’s tournaments will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, at Hampden Park, the national football stadium, from July 25, to August 3, 2012. As it gears up for the event, the city is also celebrating 2012 as the Year of Creative Scotland, and is welcoming the arrival of its international visitors with musicians, including American piper, Megan Canning, and French drummer, Iona Sicard-Cras from Piping Live, who along with other musicians, will be playing as part of the world’s biggest week of piping, from August 6 to 12, 2012. Scott Taylor, the chief…

Rooms are still available for less than £100 a night for last minute visitors to London for the 2012 Olympic Games commencing this month, said UK-based holiday company, HolidayExtras.com. The company has reported that hotels, such as the four-star Heathrow Renaissance, have rooms available for £86 per night, between July 27 and August 12, 2012. The hotel is located close to London Heathrow Airport terminals 1 and 3, and has easy access to central London by transport links. Olympic ticket holders may also reserve a room at a Heathrow Undercover hotel, or an unnamed hotel, for £99 per night at…

Airline passengers feel that a move by Airbus, an aircraft manufacturer, to offer extra-wide seats on its A320 family of aircraft, is unfair, reports UK-based flight search engine, Skyscanner. Previously, Airbus announced that it is considering the replacement of some of its standard A320 aircraft seats, measuring 18 inches wide, with new extra wide aisle seats that have a total width of 20 inches. The new seats will be offered in rows where regular seats will be reduced to a width of 17 inches. Around 1,000 people have responded to s survey conducted by Skyscanner, and over three-quarters of them,…

Fans of The Beatles pop band can now enjoy the ultimate live-aboard experience by booking accommodation on the Fab-Four-themed Yellow Submarine. The iconic bright yellow vessel is moored at Albert Dock in the city of Liverpool, the hometown of all four members of the band. It is a converted canal narrow boat, but now has a psychedelic sixties-style interior that includes one of the scooters from the film, Quadrophenia. The brainchild of Alfie Bubbles, a businessman, the Yellow Submarine takes its inspiration from The Beatles EP of the same name that was released in January 1969, and the animated movie…

Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but for those who like to stray from the tourist spots it can be a bit of a cliché. However, there are some great ways to head to the French capital and try out some of its more unusual delights – and keep costs low along the way. How should I travel? As I live in Gillingham, which is just an hour’s drive from Dover, it makes a lot of sense for me to drive to Paris. Last year, I had a look at what it would cost for…