Archive | August, 2009

Children have say in Holidays

Children have a major influence on where families go on holiday according to a recent poll commissioned by Teletext Holidays. 80% of 2000 children said that their parents sometimes or always let them help choose where the family would be going on holiday. 17% of children said their parents always let them help to choose [...]

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#Deals 5 STAR holidays to Spai…

#Deals 5 STAR holidays to Spain in 2009 from £198 http://bit.ly/y26Cf

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Rise in early bookings for 2010

Although this may have been a quiet year for summer holidays, 2010 looks set to be very busy. There have been many last minute bookings for this summer as people want to escape to the sun, but 2010 looks set to be even busier. People put their faith into the UK in the hope that [...]

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TUI sees increase in holidays

TUI Travel has said that the demand for summer holidays is still high and has even achieved all of its sales targets thanks to the amount of last minute deals people are booking. TUI has also revealed that many bookings for holidays in summer 2010 have been made as a lot of early deals have [...]

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Vaccinations needed for exotic holidays

Even with the current economic climate the way it is, exotic holidays to destinations such as Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt and Thailand are thriving. People get caught up in finding a cheap holiday and finding sunny weather and forget that some of these exotic destinations require you to have vaccinations before you travel. Although vaccinations are [...]

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London Heathrow has rise in passenger numbers

London Heathrow has seen a huge surge in traffic thanks to the lack of sunshine and the failure of the ‘barbecue summer’. July was the third busiest month after hundreds of Brit’s booked up last minute holidays in a bid to escape the rain and see some sunshine. 6.48 million passengers used London Heathrow in [...]

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New 5-star hotel in Turkey

A new luxury hotel has been built in Turkey and even has its own zoo. The Mardan Palace Hotel is among other 5-star hotels and boasts luxurious rooms with views of the large fountain that plays to Strauss and Tchaikovsky. The hotel is built on the southern coast near Antalya. The pool is Europe’s largest [...]

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Rise in last minute bookings

After all hopes of a ‘barbecue summer’ have been washed away, us Brit’s are rushing to get last minute holidays to enjoy some summer sun. August is now set to be wet and miserable and operators have seen a large increase in the number of last minute bookings being made. 56mm of rain are expected [...]

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boat on clear blue water next to beach

Summer sun holidays available in 2009

It has been estimated that there will be 1.25 million fewer summer sun holidays available in 2009. This is due to the consolidation of so many of the major tour operators.The big mergers have been between Thomas Cook and MyTravel and then Thomson and First Choice. Now, there will be less flights and less accommodation [...]

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