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Budget travellers flock to London
HostelBookers.com has announced today that 2007 searches for hostels are topped by the UK capital, London, while Amsterdam, New York, Paris and Barcelona take the remaining places in the top five.
Condé Nast & BA present The Luxury Travel Fair
The most exclusive and rare travel experiences from around the world will return to Olympia this June for a second year as Condé Nast Traveller presents The Luxury Travel Fair with British Airways. Showcasing remote islands, spa resorts, private game reserves, epic rail journeys, six star cruises and exclusive and unusual accommodation from city chic to country retreat, discerning visitors are invited to meet the connoisseurs of luxury travel, take advantage of special offers, relax and enjoy spa treatments, as well as hear inspirational tales from celebrated travellers.
A hol lot of fun for Red Nose Day
Anticipation within the First Choice ranks is brewing as a red-coloured haze draws closer… yes Red Nose Day is nearly here! As the minutes tick by before the big day arrives, retail staff are feverishly performing stunts, organising events and well and truly getting into the spirit of Red Nose Day with a whole host of wacky activities.
Stratford Butterfly Farm offers free entry for mums
The Stratford Butterfly Farm is laying on an extra treat in order to spoil mums this weekend. Mums can visit the Butterfly Farm on Saturday 17 March and Sunday 18 March free of charge and at the same time see two unusual new guests which have just arrived – ‘Dragon Headed Grasshoppers’ and ‘Frog Beetles’.
UK yachting company outpaces rivals
Over the last four years Solent-based Ondeck Sailing (ondeck.co.uk) has transformed itself from a one-boat sea school into a multi-faceted venture with bases not just at Ryde, Portsmouth and Gosport, but on the Caribbean Islands of Antigua and St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Today Ondeck owns a total of 11 boats and with 40 full-time employees it has considerably expanded its portfolio of services.
New historical tours to India
Indus Tours, specialist tour operator to India, have launched two new tours ‘Journeys to Treasure’ to celebrate this year’s 60th Anniversary of India’s Independence.
Tasteful escapes
100% of all travelers plan to eat while traveling, but a growing number of people plan to travel to eat. According to a just-released survey by the Travel Industry Association in conjunction with Gourmet Magazine and the International Culinary Tourism Association, 27 million travelers engaged in culinary or wine-related activities while traveling within the past three years—and 60% of all American leisure travelers planned to do so in the near future.
Pittsburgh’s original pop idol hits the big screen
Pittsburgh’s very own pop idol, Andy Warhol, is the focus of the new movie Factory Girl which has opened in London this week. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928, Andy Warhol made his way from a Pittsburgh working class family to an American ‘Prince of Pop’ legend.
An alien Easter
This Easter the National Space Centre will be asking its visitors to help find Alien eggs hidden within the six interactive galleries and Rocket Tower. The giant Alien Easter Egg Hunt is just one of the activities visitors will be able to enjoy throughout the two week period.
Aspire . . . to the Middle East
Aspire, the specialist in luxury holidays for the contemporary traveller, has distilled the very essence of Arabia in its first dedicated destination brochure, featuring six Middle East countries – Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman – and Egypt, with prices from £485pp for a 3-night break at the Sonesta St George, Luxor.
The world's only all Cowboy theme park
On March 6th, Wild West World Theme Park entered into a long term agreement with the Journal Broadcast Group to have a remote radio studio on Main Street at the new Wild West World Theme Park, starting May 2007.
Give a tot a treat!
Make the most of it if your little ones haven’t started school yet and snap up some fantastic early bargains on Britain’s favourite holiday parks. With 34 Haven and British Holidays’ parks around the UK you’re likely to find a park within a couple of hours drive from home so you won’t even have to transport your little cherub too far - minimising not only your carbon footprint but also any cries of ‘Are we nearly there yet!’
First Choice’s Comic Relief (red) hotline!
The First Choice Red Nose Day campaign is now in full swing. As well as a variety of activity across our retail stores, First Choice Airways and in a host of overseas resorts, three weeks of activity at our Manchester Call Centre will reach a crescendo when over a hundred volunteers will give up their Friday night to man the Comic Relief donation hotline as part of “Operation Fundraiser”!
Win thirty trips in thirty days
There’s more to Europe than meets the eye and behind every masterpiece, icon and castle lies a village, a friendly local and an insight into the ‘real’ Europe. For thirty days from 1-30 March, Intrepid Travel is offering you the opportunity to win one of thirty trips to Europe so that you can uncover these hidden gems for yourself.
Princess Cruises to christen 2 new ships
In celebration of the historic dual naming of its two newest ships, Emerald Princess and Royal Princess - which takes place in Santorini, Greece on Saturday 12th May - Princess Cruises will reunite a pair of television's favourite mothers and daughters to christen its pair of vessels.