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Tuesday 24, August 2010

Trips for trekkies: 5 top trekking holidays

Looking for a trekking challenge? Stuart Mclachlan from Challenges Abroad gives us his top five treks around the world.

Friday 20, August 2010

World Travel Market launches Technology and Online Travel Theatre at WTM

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, is expanding its technology seminar programme for 2010 with the introduction of a presentation theatre on the exhibition floor within the technology and online travel section.

Friday 20, August 2010

The Tourism Authority of Thailand and Mastercard launch "Bangkok welcomes you" campaign

Mr Sansern Ngaorungsi, Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Asia and South Pacific), the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with Ms Eileen Wee, vice president and country manager, Thailand, MasterCard Worldwide today announced the launch of the "Bangkok Welcomes You” campaign.

Thursday 19, August 2010

Lonely Planet Awards find holidaymakers let down by British hotels and trains

What British travellers really want from their holiday in the UK is better value accommodation. This is one of the findings of Lonely Planet’s first ever awards which have been created to discover the great British public’s top trip experiences, along with a few of the things that get under their skin.

Wednesday 18, August 2010

CAA steps in to save Kiss Flights’ customers’ holidays

London-based travel company Flight Options Limited, trading principally as Kiss Flights, ceased trading this evening, and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stepped in to protect holidaymakers.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

Getting married in Lapland

Getting married in Lapland has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years and there is the option to marry in the traditional wooden chapel at Lainio snow village or there is the option to marry in the ice chapel.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

Cyprus is the Hot New Destination for UFO Spotters

A surge in UFO sightings over Cyprus in the past two years have UFO spotters packing up their tinfoil hats and booking flights to the Mediterranean isle.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

Russia became a leader in tourist market of Thailand

According to ATOR Analytical Service this season Russia has taken the 3rd place for the tourist flow to Thailand among the European countries.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

Sol Kerzner to headline the 2010 ILTM Ultratravel Forum

International tourism magnate and renowned hotelier Sol Kerzner will take part in an exclusive, conversational, one-to-one interview at the Ultratravel Forum at this year’s International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes in December.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

CAA’s Travel Protection Scheme looks after ATOL-Protected Holidaymakers as Sun4U ceases trading

Birmingham-based travel company Sun4U Limited was placed into administration yesterday, and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stepped in to protect holidaymakers on its ATOL protected package holidays.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

WTTC welcomes UK Prime Minister's plan on new tourism strategy

The organisation representing the world's foremost private-sector Travel & Tourism businesses, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), has welcomed the Prime Minister's promise to establish a new tourism strategy by the end of the year.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

VisitBritain welcomes Prime Minister’s speech on tourism

Sandie Dawe, CEO of VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, said: “We are delighted that the Prime Minister has declared so clearly that tourism is fundamental to the rebuilding and rebalancing of our economy. And we share his determination to use the coming decade to boost Britain’s international competitiveness in tourism and to take our industry to a whole new level’.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

WTTC demands review of European compensation regulation

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is insisting that the European Commission re-examine compensation legislation following the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash cloud earlier this year.

Tuesday 17, August 2010

Extreme weather in August, 2010

Why have there been such severe floods in Pakistan; record-breaking high temperatures in Moscow resulting in forest fires and damaged crops, and major floods in China? Our Chief Scientist Professor Julia Slingo investigates these significant events.

Friday 13, August 2010

World Travel Market announces Technology and Online Travel seminar line up

British Airways, lastminute.com, Google, Yahoo! and Wayn all to speak at WTM 2010.

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