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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…

British travellers spend an estimated £118 million a year on forgotten holiday items, once they are on a holiday, according to a recent study carried out by an international river cruise company. The study has reported that around 41 percent, or nearly one in two British travellers, has forgotten at least one item that they had intended to pack when going on holiday abroad. British holidaymakers leave around 15 million holiday items behind each year, with around 27 percent forgetting to pack shoes, 25 percent forgetting their mobile phone chargers, and 13 percent forgetting their sun cream, but as a…

The summer travel bug is biting as British residents look to escape the UK’s depressing run of bad weather and head off to sunnier climes. For those holidaymakers that are yet to decide on a holiday, France, Italy, Greece and Spain, are proving to be the biggest draw this summer, according to car hire specialist, 121carhire.com. British travellers are likely to get as much as 15 percent more value for money by visiting these European countries, as the British pound strengthens against the wavering Euro, following the recent Eurozone crisis. Michael Bond, the spokesperson for 121carhire.com, said, ‘We’ve definitely seen…

Hilton London Wembley is the latest of the new hotels to open in London in time to cater for the huge influx of foreign travellers to the city that is expected in the run up to the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza. The 361-room Hilton is located close to the iconic sporting venue, Wembley Stadium. The hotel was designed to incorporate British culture, history and heritage, and to blend into its Wembley neighbourhood. With its sporting location in mind, the hotel features a two-floor display depicting key events in the history of Wembley Stadium, while a separate custom made art installation…

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…