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Blackpool’s Golden Mile is famous for its illuminations, amusement arcades and fish and chips, but it is now set to be renamed in an attempt to rid the resort of its tacky reputation. The seafront will soon be known as Queen Elizabeth Promenade, following a £100million project to improve the area. Peter Callow, the leader of the council, said: “Our new promenade is going to be world class so we believe it deserves a new title.” The project includes improved walkways, ‘Spanish-style’ steps from the promenade to the beach and a new open-air events space, the Tower Festival Headland. A…
On the first day of the Songkran festival in Thailand 29 people were killed in road accidents while another 400 were injured. And a man was shot by a teenage gang following a fight in a snooker club. The incidents occurred at the start of The Thai festival, which celebrates the traditional Thai New Year. The festival, which lasts a week, is known as the seven dangerous days of Songkran. The 29 deaths were caused by drunken driving and speeding, common during the celebrations. But the figures are down on the 2010 festival. During the same period last year there…
Holidaymakers travelling with British airways could give a sigh of relief yesterday when it was revealed their will be no strike from the BA cabin crew – temporarily at least. Instead peace talks will continue for a 28-day extension, to prevent further peace talks. Just days after both Unite and BA consulted a clinical psychologist, in an effort to heal the deep rift between the two parties, Unite’s new leader, Len McCluskey, and BA’s new chief executive, Keith Williams meet to try and compromise and reach a deal over the dispute. However, throughout the 28-days of peace talks the union…
Singapore welcomed record numbers of visitors through its doors in 2010, and it seems that the city state’s flash new resorts are the star attraction. The Association of Singapore Attractions has just released the results of its first survey into arrivals at its individual members, giving welcome insight for tourism chiefs on exactly who is going to see what when they come to town. Their results include destinations such as the massive new developments on the city’s Sentosa Island as well as more traditional places such as the Singapore Zoo. Overall, Singapore attracted a record number of 11.6 million visitors…
A recent travel survey has unveiled what British holidaymakers want most from their ideal holiday this year, with the old favourites, sun, sea and sand still proving to be the most popular desires for travellers. However, the results of the survey also reveal that British holidaymakers are becoming much more specific when it comes to their holiday wants, with such variants as temperature, the time of year and the duration of the holiday being the most important aspects to many holidaymakers, say Beat the Brochure. Daniel Ox of Beat The Brochure says: “This new study, which questioned 2,000 British holidaymakers,…
A survey has shown that British travellers are more willing than ever to travel by themselves. A recent survey has shown that British tourists are increasingly willing to embark on holidays by themselves. This data comes from travel insurer LV, who found that over the past two years the amount of people willing to go on such trips has doubled. Alex Francis of Travelmatch.co.uk comments on the results: “This data mirrors are own observations that many people are willing to go abroad on city breaks and beach holidays by themselves. We think this is fantastic news as solo trips to…
Up till now, most people could only gaze in longing at the giant cruise ships that call into Port Victoria during the months of November through April and dream of maybe one day winning the lottery to go on a once-in-a-lifetime luxury cruise. Costa Cruises, in association with their regional representative ATOM Travel of Mauritius and Ocean Charters of Seychelles, have now brought luxury cruise holidays within the reach of most holiday makers. This was announced during a reception aboard the Costa Romantica, a 600-cabin luxury cruise liner in Port Victoria on its way to the Mediterranean for…
Thanks to the way the bank holidays have fallen and the extra day off for the Royal Wedding, this Easter will feel like a much longer holiday than usual. Especially if you take three days off in the middle, this will give you an extra long break of eleven days. Thanks to Good Friday falling later than usual, April 22, followed by the royal wedding on the 29th and then the May Day bank holiday on the 2, many of us will be escaping the office for longer than usual. In fact take three days off , April 26 –…
The world’s leading private sector of travel and tourism businesses has called for the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) to be abolished ahead of the introduction of the European Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012. Championed by the World Travel&Tourism Council (WTTC), the call follows the British government unveiling its budget (March 23, 2011). The budget has abandoned an industry-pacifying consultation on changes to the much-derided tax and delayed yet another rise in the fee, which would inevitably have been passed on to travelers. “APD has always been a blunt instrument and a bad tax. Whether in its current per-passenger form…
The all-inclusive holiday has been revived as travellers try to keep to a tight budget. Going all-inclusive has become hugely popular due to the recession, as holiday makers keep the holiday spending to a minimum. Now First Choice, one of the UK’s largest travel operators, has announced it will be embracing this trend and making all of its holidays all-inclusive from 2012. This leaves travellers to pay for their holiday and need little in the way of spending money when actually abroad. Everything from flights, to food and drink – including alcoholic beverages – are included Johan Lundgren, the UK…