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Holiday Inn London Regents Park, a luxury hotel located in central London, is offering considerable savings on its rooms for a limited period of time. The hotel is offering a discounted room rate of £99 per room, per night, on a twin sharing basis, on stays from July 13 to 26, 2012. The rates being offered reflect a saving of up to 50 percent on the hotel’s normal rates, while for the 2012 Olympic Games period, the rates at the hotel are being increased to £220 per room, per night. The hotel is located close to many of the main…

The influx of visitors to the UK for the London Olympic games is about to be matched by a mass exodus of Brits departing the country for their annual holiday. Now that the school holidays are underway it is estimated that as many as two million British holidaymakers could be leaving the UK this weekend and heading for the sunshine resorts in Europe and beyond. Heathrow Airport alone expects to speed the departure of 482,000 British travellers over the next two days. 50,000 more will exit on Eurostar trains through the channel tunnel. Provincial airports are also likely to experience…

With the summer vacation season about to hit its busiest period, the hope for better weather and the popularity of upcoming festivals have increased the interest in camping as a holiday option. Winfield Outdoors, a company selling outdoor camping gear in the UK, has reported an upward trend in sales as an increasing number of families decide on camping holidays, and festival fans prepare to make the annual pilgrimage to their favourite event. The upcoming UK festivals include Bestival, to be held from September 6 to 9, 2012, at Robin Hill Country Park, Downend, Isle Of Wight, with a line-up…

Aer Lingus, an Ireland-based airline company, is to relocate its operations in Belfast, North Ireland. The airline, which has been operating out of Belfast International Airport, will be based at the George Best Belfast City Airport from the commencement of its winter schedule on October 28, 2012. Christoph Mueller, the airline’s chief executive officer, said, ‘Northern Ireland’s vital London connections are secure with Aer Lingus. The two aircraft which we normally use in the winter for a mixture of sun destinations and Heathrow will be used for Heathrow and Gatwick with a third aircraft serving two European routes in the…

Kuoni Travel Ltd, a travel company that is based in Switzerland, has announced the launch of a new iPad app for customers wishing to access the company’s brochures, videos, travel article feed and website through their tablet devices. Matt Rooke, the company e-business and publishing vice president, said, ‘We want to make Kuoni as accessible as possible to all its customers and provide effective and efficient methods that feed the current demand. The app self-updates so we can rest assured that customers are getting the best quality of information on a daily basis, in a format that suits them. Also,…

Travel advice provider, Gogobot, has announced that it has launched a new iPhone application that allows customers to perform various travel-related functions through their smart phone. The company said that its Gogobot 2.0 app is a comprehensive solution that would allow customers to research, plan, book and share travel experiences with friends using a mobile device. The firm said that the app would have a role to play in all stages of travel, from planning a trip, to sharing experiences while on the trip, to reviewing a destination. Gogobot said that the new app relies on recommendations from friends and…

Taking in-flight entertainment to new levels, Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia, has announced that it will provide its customers with free iPads on selected routes. Customers will be able to use the iPad devices to access their choice of content from a menu that will be available during the flight. The airline said that it would offer the iPads without any extra charge on its B767 aircraft. The wireless QStreaming in-flight entertainment service may be accessed for free by users via the iPads in both the economy and business class areas of the aircraft. The service is to be…

The European Commission (EC) has postponed taking a decision on allowing passengers to carry liquids in their hand baggage. The EC had previously banned passengers from carrying liquids in hand baggage as a security measure, and it had set itself a deadline of April 2013 for the removal of the current restrictions. Authorities said that the decision was taken following consultations with stakeholders and trials conducted at airports. In a statement, the commission said that the decision was ‘based on results of trials carried out at a number of EU airports and on extensive consultations with a wide group of…

The average number of countries visited by a globetrotting three-year-old child in the UK is 13, according to a survey carried out by UK-based flight search engine, Skyscanner. The report reveals that the majority of toddlers in the UK have visited around double the number of overseas destinations that their parents had by the same age. The survey of more than 1300 UK parents showed that the preference of many parents to take their vacations overseas has resulted in the average child traveller having visited more foreign destinations than destinations in the UK. Mary Porter, the spokesperson for Skyscanner, said,…

StayWell Hospitality Group, an Australia-based hotel company, has recently announced plans to expand its hotel business in the UK, with the opening of a new hotel. The company has identified its first hotel project in the UK as the Park Regis Birmingham, which the company will be operating for the next 30 years. The 300-room Park Regis Birmingham is scheduled to open in 2014, and is located in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK. The hotel will have a rooftop restaurant and cocktail bar, a lobby restaurant, a lobby lounge and bar, a library, a business centre, and…