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P&O Cruises launches website for kids
P&O Cruises has launched a website dedicated to children and teenagers. ‘The Cyber Reef’ pocruises.co.uk/reef is the first of its kind in the holiday industry, a fun and interactive base for those aged 17 years or under.
Havana good time in Cuba
Thomson has re-introduced holidays in Cuba from Summer 2009, and its new year round programme offers a range of exceptional holiday experiences.
Food for thought in Palm Springs
Visit the ‘Land of Plenty’ this June and taste the difference, when over 40 of Palm Springs’ most talked about restaurants are offering their own unique three-course set menus over a six day culinary event, in celebration of the delicious local cuisine.
Montserrat to hold first ever dive festival
The island of Montserrat will play host to its first ever dive festival, taking place between June 27th and July 4th 2009. The event is being organised by The Green Monkey Dive Shop, with full support from Montserrat Tourist Board and the Montserrat Tourism Challenge Fund.
London’s cabs ranked best in the world
London’s taxis have been voted the best in the world for the second year running, a Hotels.com poll of international travellers has shown*. A third (33%) of the travellers surveyed said that London’s black cabs were the best in the world.
Museum calls on Midlanders to vote
The Wedgwood Museum, an independent museum in Stoke on Trent, is calling upon Midlands people to support them in an on-line vote which could help the museum win the arts world’s equivalent of The X-Factor, and provide a significant boost to tourism in the region.
Choose a cruise less ordinary
When you’ve got limited time and a credit-crunched budget, why would you want to fritter away your precious holiday in the casino of a floating hotel? Choose a cruise less ordinary and take the adventure of a lifetime where not a moment of your voyage will be wasted.
Magical Mauritius at magical prices
Few places are more romantic than dreamy Mauritius. Treat your loved one to a holiday they will never forget, with a luxurious stay at the beautiful Beau Rivage. Enjoy seven nights relaxing at the magnificent resort on a half-board basis with Somak Holidays and save more than £900 per couple.
Pioneering a new kind of wellbeing holiday
There was a time when a holiday meant lying on a beach for two weeks relaxing, perhaps with some pampering spa treatments to complete the experience; in today’s climate this is no longer enough, and increasingly discerning, time poor travellers want more from their valuable time away.
Credit crunch travellers save money with MP3 tours
Canny travellers this year are downloading audio trails and tours so that they can explore at their own pace and save money.
Caravan crisis as families commit to Britain
Supplies of Britain's favourite seaside accommodation - the static caravan - are fast drying up, warns a major holiday parks group.
Somerset hosts a celebration of the arts
Somerset Art Weeks 2009, a county-wide celebration of the huge variety and quality of contemporary visual art that can be found within Somerset, will take place between Saturday 19 September and Sunday 4 October.
The year of the Staycation
This is the year of the Staycation according to Defaqto's latest report into the travel insurance industry.
Successful sea trail for MSC Splendida
MSC Splendida – the second in MSC Cruises’s luxurious Fantasia class of cruise ships – successfully completed its sea trials on the afternoon of Sunday 24 May. The company’s new flagship left the Forme Joubert dock at STX Europe shipyard in St Nazaire, France, at 1500 on Thursday 21 May and headed out to the Ile d’Yeu and Belle-Ile for 72 hours’ sailing in the open sea.
See the sights of Dublin with Stena Line
Stena Line is offering customers the chance to see the sights of Dublin with a fantastic fare from only £43* per adult travelling by foot. Set sail from Holyhead onboard the Stena HSS Fastcraft to Dun Laoghaire and jet across the Irish Sea from only 119 minutes.