Author: Shawon Hannan

The new Wyndham Garden Fallsview Niagara Falls hotel has recently been added to the portfolio of the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand from Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a hospitality company with headquarters in the United States. The 152-room Wyndham Garden Fallsview Niagara Falls hotel is located in the Fallsview district of Niagara Falls, Canada, and is owned by Canop Investments. John Green, the brand senior vice president for Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, said, ‘We’re very proud to bring the Wyndham brand to Canada with the addition of Wyndham Garden Fallsview Niagara Falls, in a renowned North American destination for both business…

Travellers to Barbados in the Caribbean Sea may wish to consider staying at The Fairmont Royal Pavilion Barbados Hotel as it launches its ‘Sensational Summer Sale’. The 76-guestroom hotel sets out to create a very English ambience with its taste and decor, and it is located on the island’s Platinum Coast, which is around 32 km from the Grantley Adams International Airport, and 12.8km from the capital city of Bridgetown. The hotel is offering sale prices on its rooms with up to 60 percent savings on regular rates for the summer of 2012, which also includes complimentary accommodation for one…

Iberia, a Spain-based airline, has announced that its regional franchise partner, Air Nostrum, is terminating its services from Madrid, in Spain, to Manchester and Glasgow, in the UK. The airline has confirmed that the service to the routes has been terminated due to lack of demand. While twice-weekly services to Glasgow will terminate on August 30, 2012, flights to Manchester Airport from Madrid are expected to end on September 14, 2012. The airline is currently operating the route as a regional franchise partner of Iberia, and the recent closure of services is likely to affect the company’s sister company, British…

Crystal Cruises, a US-based cruise company, is offering a new solo travellers’ sale on its autumn Mediterranean voyages. The cruise line is offering solo travellers a stateroom of their own during this sale of eight 11-day and 12-day Crystal Serenity sailings to the Black Sea, Middle East, Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean. The sale fares are available on departures commencing on September 6, 2012, for a 10 percent solo supplement, which will save single travellers around £576 on the standard price for a private, deluxe outside stateroom, Category C. Jack Anderson, the company senior vice president of marketing and sales,…

The London 2012 Festival, a 12-week celebration for international travellers visiting London for the Olympics Games, which start next month in the UK, has officially begun. The festival is offering performances from international artists from across the globe, as well as some of the best performers from the UK, and has around 130 events scheduled for the opening week, all across the country. The gala event commenced on Thursday, June 21, 2012, with five smaller events happening at Stirling, Derry/Londonderry, South Wales the Lake District, and Birmingham. From June 21 to September 9, 2012, the festival will be featuring around…

Demand for private jets to fly to Poland and Ukraine over the next week has soared now that the Euro 2012 football tournament has moved into the knockout stages. With the jockeying and tactical manoeuvring of the group stages now resolved, the promise of the increased excitement that the knockout rounds will bring has fired the imagination of those football fans whose teams are still alive in the tournament. Avolus, a company that provides private aviation and VIP transport worldwide, is one company that is benefiting from the increased enquiries. It has carried out research that shows that 80.5 percent…

Now British tourists can enjoy a holiday orbiting the moon, claims UK-based space aviation company, Excalibur Almaz. At a space tourism meeting in London for the Royal Aeronautical Society, the company unveiled its ambitious plan to send tourists to the moon, but at a considerable price. The company proposes to send its first tourists to the moon by as early as 2015, travelling 500,000-miles through space on the round trip. The company founder and chief executive officer, Art Dula, said, ‘Excalibur Almaz is willing and able to send crewed missions deeper into space than would be possible aboard any other…

Union Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union with 1.5 million members, has reported that flights to and from London Heathrow Airport may suffer next week as cargo workers go on a strike. Cargo staff at the airport, working for Swissport Cargo Services, will be undertaking two three-day strikes due to the company’s refusal to discuss pay claims. The strikes are set to run from 06.30 on June 27, to 06.29 on June 30, 2012, and then again from 06.30 on July 4, to 06.29 on July 7, 2012. The impending strikes will affect all major flights from Heathrow for…

Younger British travellers are opting for cruises this summer, according to a recent study. Cruise vacations, generally thought of as a favourite with older travellers, are now finding favour with holidaymakers in the age group of 15 to 24 years, according to new research from Mintel, a market research company. The research suggests that around 40 percent of young British travellers between 15 and 24 years of age are contemplating a cruise vacation soon. While only around 4 percent of the same age group have actually been on a cruise, around 32 percent of older travellers, aged between 65 and…

Eurostar International, a UK-based high-speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, and an official supporter of the London 2012 Festival, is now a sponsor for the French Paralympic team to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The company is partnering with the French National Paralympic Committee, and will be providing transportation to London for the French Paralympian teams, including blind football, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball teams. The company will be offering a specially chartered service on August 25, 2012, to bring the athletes in to London, and on September 10, 2012, to take them back to France. The…