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HostelBookers, a UK-based company that offers accommodation on a budget, is offering a curated collection of boutique hostels in Europe for its customers. The curated hostels provide budget accommodation, featuring stylish lounges and rooftop areas, and additional frills, such as en-suite bathrooms, air conditioning, in-room flat screen TVs, complimentary Wi-Fi, and complimentary breakfast, for prices that commence from €9.00 per night. Currently the company is offering accommodation at select properties at discounted prices, as part of its extended summer sale, with savings of up to 40 percent on normal rates. The sale is available until August 31, 2012, with stays…
Whitbread PLC, the owner of UK-based Premier Inn brand of hotels, has announced a sustainability strategy to reduce its carbon emissions. The company, which is the owner of the Costa and Premier Inn brands, has reported reductions of around 1,579 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2011, from its hotels, restaurants, and coffee shops, as stated in the company’s tenth annual Environment Report, which released on June 1, 2012. The savings are equivalent to an 11 percent reduction in carbon emissions, compared to sales revenue. Chris George, the head of energy and environment at Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, said, ‘Our…
UK residents are travelling more for business than for leisure, according to a recent report released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an independent producer of official statistics for the UK. The report suggests that the number of international business trips made by UK residents has increased by 5 percent in the last year, compared to those made in the previous year. UK residents made around 6.98 million overseas business trips in the year ending June 30, 2012, compared to 6.62 million business trips made in the same period, ending June 2011. Meanwhile, leisure trips have declined by 2…
People of all ages love ice cream and there’s no better refreshment during the summer time. Especially people who were lucky enough to have tasted original Italian ice cream know that the Italians have perfected the art of making ice cream. Since Italian ice cream has become a seal of quality, Italy will soon open the doors to the first museum in the world that is dedicated totally to ice cream. The museum itself is located in Anzola Dell’Emilia near Bologna in Northern Italy. If you are planning to spend a vacation in Italy, paying the museum for ice cream…
Tourists have been welcomed back to Huangshan Mountain in China by the authorities who had closed the site for safety reasons. The mountain site had been closed due to typhoon Haikui and has now re-opened. The site, a UNESCO World Heritage site in east China’s Anhui Province, had been closed for a short time as typhoon Haikui made her presence felt in the region. Authorities had evacuated 19,000 people before the typhoon arrived on Wednesday. The typhoon had lashed the area with heavy winds and rains and some damage was inflicted on structures in the area. Tourism activities had to…
Israel is becoming a popular destination for its rich wine-making tradition. The nation has a thriving wine industry and tour operators are now promoting conducted tours that seek to link the culture, history and politics of the nation with the equally important wine industry. Wine tourism is important to Israel’s wine industry to increase consumption and to encourage more people to enjoy its wines, and wine tourism from overseas clients is particularly valued. For the tourist, Israel offers 5,000 years of winemaking history, and those trying to get a grasp of the industry will also interact with the nation’s agriculture,…
The whole world is looking on London at the moment. The XXX Olympic Games fascinate people all over the world – whether they are in front of their TVs at home or were lucky enough to get tickets for the Games to watch the participants perform live. The only downside to attending the Games live is that it is a very expensive pleasure. Whereas visitors from the UK may very well either live in London or have relatives or friends there, people from other countries or even continents have to pay a lot more. The costs for flights, hotels, food etc.…
US cities, Portland and Seattle, have been attracting the attention of tourists who are visiting them following their depiction in the novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. The novel, which is being hailed as an erotic best seller, is expected to increase tourist flows into the two cities. Many of the ‘important’ scenes in the novel take place in Seattle and Portland, and with plans afoot for a film version of the book, the cities are attracting more tourists who are keen to soak up the novel’s ambience. Hotels and service companies have reported higher bookings, supposedly due to inquisitive customers…
TUI Travel PLC (LSE: TT), a UK-based travel company, has reported that travel bookings in the UK market have increased in the third quarter of 2012, ended June 30, 2012. The company, considered to be one of the major players in the travel sector in the UK, has reported that 63 percent of its bookings are from the UK for the summer of 2012, up by 7 percent from last year. Peter Long, the chief executive officer of the company, said, ‘We are pleased with our performance, driven by our strategy of differentiated and exclusive product with a focus on…
ScotRail, the railway network in Scotland, has announced the commencement of a half-hourly Sunday service for its Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk route, which will commence from September 9, 2012. The expansion of the services means the addition of around 12 more trains on the route, with the provision of an extra 2,250 seats every Sunday. Steve Montgomery, the company managing director, said, ‘These improvements to Sunday services between Edinburgh and Glasgow are a real boost for rail users. We recognise that people’s travelling patterns continue to change and these new, more frequent services offer even more opportunities for people…