Travel Businesses Get Jump Start From Royal Wedding
Posted on: February 14th, 2011 Posted by Robert Jones
It seems that the royal wedding that is taking place between Prince William and Kate Middleton is good in more than one way. Not only is it good because these two are finally getting married, but it is also good because it is bringing a lot of tourists to London. In fact, thousands of people [...]
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Wedding Pushes Up the Price of Hotels
Posted on: February 3rd, 2011 Posted by Robert Jones
All of those that are planing on traveling to London to take part in the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton better be prepared to pay a very big price for a hotel room. That is because the news of the royal wedding has a number of hotels in London taking advantage of the [...]
Reports say UK Travelers Overpay for Flights on British Websites
Posted on: January 25th, 2011 Posted by Robert Jones
According to recent reports, British travelers apparently end up paying more for their flights if they book them on airlines’ UK websites. These same reports go on to show that Brits could save money if they buy their tickets on the same company’s overseas website instead.
One researcher said that flights typically cost more on websites [...]
Hotel Worker Now Confesses to Honeymoon Killing
Posted on: January 14th, 2011 Posted by Robert Jones
Reports are now claiming that a hotel worker has confessed to murdering a former Irish beauty queen on her honeymoon in Mauritius. Avinash Treebhoowoon, age 29, has allegedly admitted to Mauritian officers that he killed Michaela McAreavey in a panic. Apparently she had walked in on the cleaner rummaging though her belongings at the luxury [...]
Passenger Travel Trends Fell in November
Posted on: January 5th, 2011 Posted by Robert Jones
It should come as no shock to anyone that air travel in November of 2010 dipped globally, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association this week. Although passenger travel was actually up 8.2 percent on the same month in 2009, fewer people took to the skies in November of 2010 than October [...]
Tourism offices in Wales could be axed
Posted on: December 27th, 2010 Posted by Robert Jones
Tourist information centres (TICs) in Wales could be axed as figures show that people are increasingly booking accommodation over the internet. The Wales Tourism Alliance (WTA), which represents thousands of tourism businesses in the country, said walk-in centres may no longer be needed.
High street presence has already been scaled down by many Welsh councils, with [...]