Author: News Team
In the last decade one of the most tricky issues holiday accommodation has had to deal with is likely to be the online review. More likely than not appearing on TripAdvisor, angry reviews could reach millions in minutes of being posted. Holiday goers could browse reviews in an attempt to find a true reflection of a hotel’s services, and honest opinions of places to stay. Now hoteliers are fighting back against negative reviews, which many argue are unfair views of tricky customers or worse – fake reviews written by rivals to ruin reputations. TripAdvisor have responded by…
In an attempt to entice tourists back, following rebellion and violence in recent months, Egypt and Tunisia have begun promotional campaigns. These campaigns will show these holiday destinations as safe and attractive and hopefully instil confidence in tourists that have stayed away. ‘Welcome to the country of peaceful revolution’ is the slogan that Egypt has decided to use following a violent beginning to the year with protests against former president Hosni Mubarak. The campaigns have been highlighted in the global trends report by market analyst Euromonitor International as part of the World Travel Market (WTM) opening today in…
The East Midlands is a crowded place, as far as it goes; you’ll find plenty of towns and cities vying for your attention when you’re making a shortlist of places to go in the area. While Derby, Nottingham, Northampton, Lincoln and Boston may all seem like perfect places to go for one or more reasons, you’ll find plenty of fun to have in Leicester. As a great city to work into an itinerary of a tour of the area, there are plenty of options to take further coach holidays from Leicester and make your break that extra bit special. Leicester…
The first day of World Travel Market (WTM) 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry, was a resounding success with exhibitor invitations visitors up a massive 14 percent on WTM 2010. Guests included Danni Minogue at the launch of the airline’s new routes to the Maldives and the Seychelles. The Monday of WTM is an Exhibitor Invite only day with the aim of allowing exhibitors to hold discussions and negotiations with those people that they want to conduct business with. The first day of WTM 2011 saw more than 7,600 (7,614) Exhibitor Invitations visitors attend, according to unaudited…
An estimated 6.5 million people are to be affected by the rise in Air Passenger Duty tax. Travellers who have booked flights for April 2012 onwards will be forced to pay an additional fee towards their flights, even if they’re already paid for. The decision on whether Air Passenger Duty will increase is expected to be announced at the end of this month, during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on November 29. Flights taking place after April 1 are to be affected by the rise, even if the tickets for the flights were purchased before April. Virgin Atlantic…
In a survey conducted among its members, the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) has discovered that a major slump in leisure tourism bookings is underway. At the end of October 2011, ETOA canvassed 38 operators who move more than two million people annually to London. They revealed that they were expecting a significant downturn throughout 2012. This looks like it will be extremely severe in July and August, where operators are currently seeing a 60percent shortfall in bookings, becoming acute during the period of the Olympic Games where bookings are running at 95 percent below where they would normally be.…
Businessman Donald Trump has formed an unlikely friendship with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The two have previously been against each other over the building of Trumps golf resort. But the pair has buried their differences to show a united front against the plans for wind turbines. The American tycoon and the RSPB claim that the 11 turbines in Aberdeen Bay will destroy the environment, and that it’s an irresponsible project. Trump and the RSPB have previously been on opposite sides of the fence over Trumps proposals to build a £750million golf resort. However standing together, they…
A Century after RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, just two hours and 40 minutes after striking an iceberg, and with a loss of more than two thirds of the passengers and crew. The story has lost none of its power to shock. The arrival of the long-running artifacts exhibition in Singapore brings the raw emotion of Titanic’s infamous maiden voyage, aided by an audio narrative from imagineear. The exhibition narrative tells the human stories behind the tragedy of the Titanic – the world’s largest, ‘practically unsinkable’ passenger vessel– illustrated by over 250 artifacts recovered from almost four kilometers beneath the freezing North…
AT 2.5 METRES wide and with just 53 square metres of floor space – this luxury lodging is the world’s smallest five-star hotel. The Eh’hausl hotel in Amberg, Germany, would be a perfect location for vertically-challenged jet-setters such as Tom Cruise, Bernie Ecclestone or even French PM Nicolas Sarkozy to make a short getaway. Although Mr Sarkozy’s 5’9″ supermodel wife, Carla Bruni, may have to watch her head if she tries to enter the diminutive domicile. From the outside, the EUR240/GBP210 per night hotel looks as though it has been sandwiched in between two neighbouring buildings. …
A study by comparison site TravelSupermarket.com has revealed that 25 per cent of Britons think the anticipation of holiday is as important as the holiday itself. In some cases those surveyed said it was more important than the getaway. A sixth of those involved in the survey (117 per cent) stated that booking a break before the end of the year helps make the winter months more bearable. In the run up to a holiday the research revealed that women are more emotionally attached than men. The research found that 24 per cent of women count down the days immediately…