Travellers ‘willing to pay for cultural experiences’
Monday, den 30. March 2009A recent survey revealed that travellers are more likely to pay more to gain the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures.
Over half the respondents (57%) who replied to the Visa and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) survey claimed that they would be more likely to spend their money on a holiday which gives them the […]
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Government is urged to freeze tax on flights
Monday, den 30. March 2009The regional airline, Flybe has just recently appealed to the government again last week to suspend their plans for increasing air passenger duty on the tax of all flights later in 2009.
The recent appeal came after the Dutch government completely abolished flight tax altogether following its airports starting to lose passengers to other hubs which […]
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Cruising at Dover
Sunday, den 29. March 2009Dover, the UK port has just recently begun reporting that the cruising industry is seeing a boom already this year even despite the recession and global credit crunch.
There have seemed to have been many people who have found that taking a holiday this year may actually be cheaper if the holiday is completely planned before […]
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Cheap flights to Chicago from Virgin
Sunday, den 29. March 2009The airline, Virgin Atlantic has just recently announced that they are set to give their passengers a huge “birthday present” by offering return flights to Chicago from London for a mere £250.
The new discount fare is to celebrate the 25th birthday of the airline and is one of the promotions that are on offer every […]
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European cruise sector sees record figures
Saturday, den 28. March 2009The European Cruise Council (ECC) has announced that they have seen a record year within the cruise sector for the majority of 2008.
The cruise liner has seen some 4.4 million people embarking on European cruise vacations in Europe during 2008 which is an increase of another 10% from the previous statistics that we taken by […]
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Australian tourism initiative is supported by Qantas airlines
Friday, den 27. March 2009In a recent industry related publication the successful Australian carrier Qantas Airlines announced that it was providing support for the new tourism industry support packaged which was launched just recently by the government in Australia, a direct action which is the result of the recent bushfires and decimation throughout the South Eastern state of Victoria. […]
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Singapore is committing itself to the cruise industry
Thursday, den 26. March 2009STB, the Singapore Tourism Board has stated that they are totally committed to constructing the implantation of an international cruise terminal within the south East Asian state.
The plans for Singapore Tourist Board’s new international cruise terminal in Singapore are to be unveiled within the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention currently taking place in Miami.
The Singapore Tourist […]
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Northern Territory targets backpackers
Wednesday, den 25. March 2009Northern Territory (NT) government in Australia has decided to launch a new promotional to attract more backpackers to the region.
Chris Burns, tourism minister has just revealed there were 92,000 backpackers within 2008 who visited the Northern Territory which is an increase of 7% and there are plans in place to cater for this large and […]
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Edinburgh International Rugby
Tuesday, den 24. March 2009There will be many sports and rugby fans that are planning to head towards Edinburgh during spring this year as the Scottish capital is playing host to the inaugural Festival of Rugby.
To kick start what is set to be a sporting bonanza is the Rugby League Magic Weekend which beings on the 2nd May for […]
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British Airways network to be broken up
Monday, den 23. March 2009The Competition Commission finally announced this week that British Airways has been told it has to break up the large monopoly it has over the UK’s airport networks and they were ordered to sell both Stansted and Gatwick along with one of their key Scottish site of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The three airports need to be […]
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