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Holiday fakers ‘smuggle’ counterfeit goods back into the UK

With schools breaking up for summer, the annual holiday exodus is well and truly underway as consumers head overseas in pursuit of sun, sand, sea and, most importantly, shopping.

More than half of Britains will holiday overseas this year

This year, 54% of Britains will be taking an overseas holiday, according to new research from Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo Credit Cards.

Business travellers unwind with Hyatt Regency Trinidad

Stays at Hyatt Regency Trinidad don’t have to end when the meetings, conferences, and business gatherings do.

Save £100 pp on a family adventure to Kenya

Families Worldwide has reduced the price of its 11-day Rift Valley Explorer adventure holiday, departing 19 October, by £100 per person*.

Silver Travel Advisor’s top tips for keeping healthy at 37,000 feet

Flying off to exotic lands is a glamorous and exciting way to travel. But, it can be equally hazardous, distressing and sometimes fatal, with dry eyes, wind and constipation among the least worrying of a myriad of symptoms!

Autumnal escape to the New Forest

The Stanwell hotel is an oasis of calm, located on bustling Lymington High Street, one of the UK’s prettiest market towns, which is lined with Georgian buildings and has been home to a huge market every Saturday for over 800 years.

Holiday packing tips for mature travellers

Over fifties travel review website Silver Travel Advisor has come up with its definitive holiday packing list for the mature holidaymaker this summer.

Star Clippers offers ex-UK tall ship cruise

In 2012, as part of a maiden summer season of Baltic tall ship cruises, Star Clippers will offer a sailing from Southampton on the 170-passenger, full-rigged tall ship `Star Flyer’, the first time one of the Star Clippers’ tall ships has been in British waters since the ship’s launch in 1991.

The Chedi Muscat prepares for luxury spa opening

The Chedi Muscat is counting down for one of the most important spa openings in the Middle East. The five star resort is in the process of enlarging its current spa and wellness offering, which will open its doors at the beginning of August 2011.

Globe-trotting grandma wins national holiday competition

61 year old grandmother, Jean Smith, from Huyton in Liverpool, has won a two night stay at the 4* Red House Country Hotel in the Peak District, courtesy of the UK’s fastest growing travel review site for over 50 year old travellers Silver Travel Advisor.

Further dates for Royal Garden Hotel Junior Chef package

The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington has announced a further two dates for its popular ‘Junior Chef’ stay, a series of school holiday cookery lessons aimed at introducing 5-10 year olds to the kitchen in a fun way.

Time poor business owners struggle to get away from it all

As school holidays begin for most of the UK, many families are contemplating their annual getaway, but research from business software and services company Sage UK suggests small business owners will not be slowing down over the next few months, with nearly half (44%) admitting they will struggle to find the time to go away this summer.