Movies Proving to be Good for UK Attractions
Posted on: February 24th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
Whoever said that Hollywood blockbusters could not spur tourism? According to recent reports, Britain’s leading tourist attractions have just recently announced a nice increase in the number of visitors over the past year. What was the cause of this nice increase? Well apparently people are pointing toward Hollywood.
New figures that were apparently released by the [...]
Royal Wedding Likely Not to be Affected by British Airways Strikes
Posted on: February 15th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
When it comes to the ongoing threat of British Airways strikes, there is usually not any good news to report. However, recently some good news has come to light. Not that the union and British Airways bosses have reach an agreement, as that would be wishful thinking, but it does seem like strikes at British [...]
Egypt Puts New Travel Ban on Several Former Ministers
Posted on: February 4th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
Things in Egypt continue to escalate with protests not showing any sign of dying down any time soon. However, in the court room, some progress is apparently being made. In fact, Egypt’s attorney general has just recently issued a travel ban on several former ministers of the ruling party. On top of this, these ministers [...]
Spain sees Foreign Visitor Numbers Grow
Posted on: January 26th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
Reports now show that Spain’s tourist industry has just recently started to rebound from the economic crisis, which had a death hold on the tourist industry as a whole. The government in Spain said that its foreign visitor numbers have finally started edging upward by 1 percent.
Brits still represent the largest tourist group that travels [...]
Thomas Cook says it is Repatriating All of its UK Customers in Tunisia
Posted on: January 17th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
Thomas Cook now says that it is going to remove all of its UK customers that are staying in Tunisia as a precautionary measure. This new measure of security comes just following a civil disturbance that has resulted in the death of at least 23 people so far.
Thomas Cook has also gone as far as [...]
Jet2holidays Launches Bigger Brochure
Posted on: January 6th, 2011 Posted by Dave Bond
Reports now show that Jet2Holidays has just recently published a bigger brochure for hubs like Newcastle Airport. According to reports, this new brochure is bout 25 times larger than past brochures, and it offers flights from travel hubs such as Newcastle Airport.
The company’s publication introduces two new destinations and almost 70 new hotels. On [...]