Archive | July, 2010

Try Some Tropical Luxury

Beauty and Comfort Combined Luxury accommodation is something that we all want, but seem to rarely ever fork out for and enjoy. The tourism industry has noticeably become much more accessible over the last few years and more and more people can travel the world for a lot less than you would expect. If you [...]

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Out To Impress

Malta On a Mission to Showcase Itself As a tourist destination I think it’s safe to safe that the majority of holidaymakers heading into the Mediterranean this year won’t be going to Malta, and probably many of the younger generation don’t even know where it is! That said, UK citizens are the most frequent of [...]

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Visit the Set of Star Trek

Sydney Offer Out of this World Visits to Sydney, Australia generally consist of lapping up the sun, exploring the city and experiencing the nightlife. The city itself isn’t always the attraction but instead the outskirts where various landmarks and natural attractions take the limelight, one in particular is the Jenolan Caves. The Jenolan Caves have [...]

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Star Status Overhaul

China Takes Stand against False Star Ratings In order to protect the reputation of the country’s tourism industry, China is planning to accelerate a motion to strip poorly run hotels of their star ratings. There are around 15,000 star-rated hotels across the country however many of them are advertising their services at a higher level [...]

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The Future Is Now

Mix Luxury & Efficiency Just as aviation experts are to take the public up and beyond, going boldly where few have gone before, it seems that others have been fine tuning out visits to the skies. The long awaited arrival of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner is set to make its first appearance to the [...]

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Untouched Village Facing Tourism Influx

Cabo Plumo’s Idyllic Reef Facing Development A 20,000 year old coral reef is at the centre of a dispute over a massive tourist development which will draw thousands of people to a remote part of Mexico. Cabo Plumo is one of Mexico’s most beautiful spots with idyllic, untouched beaches that are only usually found through [...]

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Atlasjet Swoop In

More Holiday Headache for Tourists Flights from European airline Cyprus Turkish Airlines has been suspended as a result of dire financial difficulties. While travellers are already fretting over what predicament this leaves them in, Atlasjet have swiftly came to the rescue and will be picking up the slack, though not all flights could be saved. [...]

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Flybe and Air France Strike New Deal

Two airlines connect to offer more convenient travel options. Collaboration between air travel companies Flybe and Air France will offer travellers more options for their holidays when travelling from UK regional airports. New intercontinental routes will be opened up for passengers wishing to fly from local airports instead of travelling to Heathrow to use the [...]

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Travel Spreads

Job’s Saved Despite Recession To many of us the recession has caused us to cut back on frivolous spending and cut out the surplus luxury in our lives, though the northeast travel company Hayes Travel seemed to have prospered after they bought a small North Yorkshire company Ryedale Travel. Hayes Travel has come from a [...]

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Scottish Travel Company Goes Bust

Thousands of Travellers Left Stranded Thousands of holidaymakers were faced with a holiday hell over the weekend after the popular travel company Goldtrail went into administration. Those already abroad were faced with demands to pay for their holidays gain after the company failed to pass on the holiday cash to hotels around the world. The [...]

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Swapping the Med for the Mett

Tourist Attentions Lured Elsewhere As far as European travellers are concerned the popular summer destinations in the Mediterranean Sea such as Spain and Greece, have long appeased holidaymakers providing pristine beaches and lively resorts where all could come and enjoy a break. As time goes by more and more people are travelling and the aim [...]

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Multimillion Boost for Wales Adventure Tourism

Brand New Tourism Centres Set to Be Created Almost £16 million has been awarded to Wales to boost outdoor activities and adventure tourism to the country. The money comes mainly from European funding and local councils with the majority going towards creating four large ‘tourism centres’. Northern Wales will see more than £6 million spent [...]

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Mammal Numbers Falling

Majestic Beasts in Population Scare Extensive research into the population of such mammals as lions, zebras and giraffes has resulted in some alarming results, which in short show that the average for their population is down 59% since 1970. This news shows a large loss of large mammals across the continent of Africa which is [...]

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Eclipse Boosts Island Tourism

Forget Twilight, a New Eclipse Has Brought in the Money! A spectacular solar eclipse plunged a group of islands into complete darkness on Sunday as it made its way across the Pacific Ocean. Tourists from around the world arrived in Tahiti and Easter Island to witness the stunning sight which has helped boost tourism in [...]

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Resurrecting the Gulf

New $500 Million Initiative to Save Ailing Tourism Industry The devastating oil spill in the US Gulf states has led to a brand new $500 million marketing initiative to promote tourism in the area. The spill is the worst in US history and continues to destroy the highly lucrative industry that many residents of the [...]

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World Cup Holidays

Submerged in Euphoria Despite all that is wrong with the world football has once again united people and turned attentions to biggest stage of them all. The continuous noise of vuvuzela’s has all but deafened people, though the 2010 World Cup in South Africa would have been very different without them. As the tournament draws [...]

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