Michael PALIN “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
St. AUGUSTINE “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
British Tourists Badly Injured In Bee Attack »
British tourists using a country house in Mouliders, near Cognac where injured after they were attacked by thousands of bees.
One woman suffered over five hundred stings, with bees covering her hair and face, after visiting the art gallery where the bees descended from a pigeon loft.
The woman in her 20’s and two other [...]
Visitors To UK Fall »
The number of foreign tourists visiting the UK has fallen by 13% in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the same period last year.
Between January and March 2008, 7.19 million foreign residents visited Britain, with just 6.28 million making the journey this year.
The biggest decline was in tourism from North America and Eastern Europe, [...]
Epic Journey From Kettering To London »
A rail journey that should take just over an hour took passengers on a staggering 18 hour trip one bank holiday weekend.
On Saturday May 23, passengers boarding the 13.35 train from Kettering to London St Pancreas embarked on a journey they surely won’t forget in a hurry.
Passengers had to leave the train at Derby and [...]
Thomson Cruise To Success »
Thomson Cruises has come second in an online league table of the best cruise lines.
Cruise.co.uk compiled reviews from 12,000 previous passengers in categories such as cruise lines, best food, best entertainment and best cruise ships.
Thomson’s Director of Cruising, David Selby was delighted with the results saying they prove that Thomson are as good as anyone. [...]
Drop Off Charge At Luton Shelved »
Luton airport has shelved plans to charge motorists £1 to drop off passengers at its terminal. The airport would have been the first in the country to charge for dropping off passengers, as reported on 13 April.
A Luton airport spokesman said “We haven’t implemented it yet. There are some other things in the project we [...]
Pre Paid Money Card Launched »
First Choice and Thomson have launched a pre paid travel money card that is backed by MasterCard.
The money card can be topped up with US Dollars and Euros to buy goods at over 28 million locations worldwide.
The travel money cards will be promoted in 806 Holiday Hypermarket, First Choice and Thomson branches.
Jeremy Osborne [...]
Scheduled By Royal Appointment »
The Queen is footing the bill for Prince Harry to fly business class on a scheduled flight for an official engagement in New York City.
The Prince is due to host a VIP dinner in the city later this month to raise funds for his Aids charity Sentebale, he will also visit injured US troops and [...]
Airline Scales Back Belfast Flights »
Aer Lingus is to temporarily suspend flights from Belfast International Airport to five destinations this winter.
It is removing a plane from the airport resulting in suspended flights to Paris, Milan, Rome, Faro and Barcelona for four months but will launch new flights to Tenerife.
Commenting on the suspension Andrew McConnell spokesman for Easyjet said “This [...]
BA Announces Record Losses »
British Airways has announced pre-tax losses of £401m, a far cry from the record profits of £922m the previous year.
BA chairman Martin Broughton blamed a “tough economic environment” and bleak trading conditions for the record loss.
Broughton envisaged recovery could take a long time but the reduction of fuel prices, which currently cost the airline £3b [...]
Can The Magpies Beat The Penguins »
Penguins at Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World in New Zealand are being taught soccer skills in a bid to boost their physical, mental and emotional well being.
The Magpies (nickname for Newcastle United Football Club) could well face fierce opposition from the Penguins as their football skills are tested alongside Frisbee throwing, surfing, swing [...]
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