Beach Holidays
Hidden Croatia - Top holiday picks for 2010
With its non-Euro currency, large number of regional UK flying connections and exceptional value, with greatly improved standards in hotels and resorts, Croatia is tipped to be a top destination for UK travellers in 2010.
Thailand tipped for best value holidays in 2010
Long-haul, tailor-made tour operator and retailer, Travelmood has identified Thailand as the destination in its collection that is offering the best value deals on 2010 holidays.
Festive season sees Brits book 2010 holidays
Leading online travel agent On the Beach saw a significant rise in bookings for summer 2010 during the Christmas period, with the Spanish Canary Islands proving the most popular destinations amongst sun starved Britons.
Phuket hosts first raw food workshop
Raw food doesn't have to mean carrot and celery sticks. A new kind of raw gourmet food is gaining popularity for its unrivalled health benefits including weight loss and anti-aging. Celebrities including Demi Moore and Donna Karan have also adopted a raw food diet.
Bin the buffet – Caribbean all inclusive goes gourmet
If travellers think staying at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic means they have to dine buffet-style every single night, they’re wrong. Resorts across the Dominican Republic now offer an array of unusual, specialty and a la carte restaurants to suit all tastes.
Kuoni launches luxury holiday sale
Laze on a white sand beach, take a dip in turquoise waters, dive amongst psychedelic fish, cruise down the Nile in Egypt, spot tigers and temples in India or stand on the Great Wall of China. Due to popular demand The Kuoni Sale is back with savings of up to 30% on a choice of 120 amazing offers to exotic destinations around the world.
Big discounts for early bookers at Vauxhall Holiday Park
The 15 per cent discount available at Vauxhall Holiday Park to anyone booking a week’s stay this year has been extended until 10 January.
High tea in the Maldives
Beach House Maldives, which will join the Waldorf Astoria Collection on 1 March 2010, has launched a new Art Gallery offering guests the opportunity to sample a unique take on the traditional afternoon tea.
Kauai – more accessible than ever
Kauai is considered by many to be one of the most special places on Earth. Only about four percent of the island is developed and the unspoiled beauty which dominates the senses has forever intrigued those fortunate people who visit the island.
Holiday hotspots of the last decade
With the noughties at an end and the top ten countdowns in full flow, lowcostholidays.com, the cheap holiday experts have compiled ten destinations that Brits have flocked to over the last decade.
Migrate to Antigua for sunnier climes this winter
If the thought of the cold, dark days of winter makes your heart sink, Jolly Beach Resort & Spa has a something to lift your spirits.
Escape the winter blues in Thailand
On the quiet north-eastern tip of Koh Pha-ngan, one of Thailand’s most beautiful islands, lies Santhiya, recent winner of the ‘Luxury Spa Hotel’ category at the World Luxury Travel Awards and a unique hideaway set within lush tropical gardens overlooking a sandy bay, offering luxurious accommodation, a warm Thai welcome and the ideal antidote to winter in the UK.
Sponsor a Whale Shark this Christmas
Stuck for gift ideas this Christmas? The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (maldiveswhalesharkresearch.org) has come up with a new twist on the stocking filler with a whale shark sponsorship scheme. The UK charity has created this new scheme to fund their ongoing research and keep the project alive with help from The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.
Travellers head to Lanzarote in search of winter sun
Despite the credit crunch and the ongoing weakness of sterling against the Euro the small Canary Island of Lanzarote still expects to welcome over 1.3 million foreign tourists by the end of this year.
Have a whale of a time in Hawaii this winter
View the humpback whale from the comfort of an ocean front room on the Hawaiian island of Maui this winter, courtesy of US specialist, Bon Voyage.