Emirates Double Flyer Points
Wednesday, den 30. July 2008As a frequent traveller, whether for business or pleasure, members of the Emirates frequent flyer scheme, Skywards, will be delighted to hear that Emirates have doubled the points available on flights from July to October - on more than 100 routes on its network.
Many cities are included in the offer (city breaks here I come), […]
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Bulmers Festival
Tuesday, den 29. July 2008This September, Dublin will host the Bulmers International Comedy Festival - and I’m gutted because if I’d have known then I’d have moved my August city break to Dublin to September instead!
This is the events fifth year and different parts of it will be hosted in different sections of the capital over its three weeks […]
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Healthy Breaks in Estonia
Monday, den 28. July 2008According to Enterprise Estonia (a clue to their bias could be in the title), the country attracts many visitors from Scandinavia who are impressed with the country’s high customer service levels.
Actually, I was able to visit Estonia in February of this year, and I can honestly say that they do have high levels of customer […]
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The Right Way To Enjoy Spain
Sunday, den 27. July 2008According to research commissioned by isango!, the perfect holiday should combine adventure, culture and sun - couldn’t agree more with that.
However, they then went on to tell holidaymakers how to enjoy the perfect break in Spain. They were told to pre-book activities and tours and make time to soak up the culture and the sun.
Now, […]
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Weather Increases Demand for Holidays
Saturday, den 26. July 2008The recent spell of bad weather in the UK has encouraged more British holidaymakers to rush out to find last minute bargain holidays and city breaks, according to reports from Travel Weekly.
Now that’s definitely not the reason I booked my city break to Dublin last week - in fact, the weather will probably be no […]
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BA Cuts Short Haul Routes
Friday, den 25. July 2008Oh no! British Airways intends to cut its short haul routes by around 5 per cent because of increases in the cost of fuel. This is a disaster for us Europeans with so many great cities for city breaks close by - they’re all short haul.
We won’t find out the full impact until the new […]
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Air Travel Changes for the Blind
Thursday, den 24. July 2008The European Blind Union has been campaigning for changes in air travel regulations for years and finally, on the 26th July, new European air regulations will be put in place, requiring all European airports to comply.
These regulations are for the benefit of the blind, partially sighted, deaf blind and the blind with additional disabilities.
They include […]
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Glasgow Skyhub
Wednesday, den 23. July 2008I do try not to forget the UK when I talk about city break destinations on the site, so as I promised a few days ago, here is an update on the Glasgow skyhub.
Skyhub is the name for the new terminal extension at Glasgow Airport and is due to open in about 3 months time. […]
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Movies Boost Hong Kong City Breaks
Tuesday, den 22. July 2008City breaks to Hong Kong are often taken en route to somewhere in Australia or the Pacific region but Hong Kong tourism is hoping to attract more visitors with this summer’s film releases as there are several major films that have been filmed or partially filmed on location in Hong Kong.
The major film everyone is […]
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Where to go before you kick the bucket
Monday, den 21. July 2008There is a new DVD release coming out starring Morgan Freeman (one of my faves) and Jack Nicholson, called The Bucket List, where each of them set out to fulfil their lifetime ambitions.
Warner Home Video asked 1500 British people what their lifetime ambitions would be and what they’d like to do before they kick the […]
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