Category: Travel News
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Montréal Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in Style
Montréal, 14th March 2010 – Proving that St Patrick’s Day is not just celebrated on this side of the Atlantic, Montréal will play home to its 186th annual St. Patrick’s Parade, the longest-established event of its type in North America.Attracting more than 600,000 on-lookers, 4,000 emerald-clad participants, 40 floats and marching bands, the parade will…
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Taking a Holiday Can be Life Changing – It’s Official !
Over half of all life changing decisions are made on holiday and put into action once home Kuoni, the luxury travel operator, has published a report on what really happens in the hearts and minds of the British public when on holiday. The report shows over 50% of all life changing decisions are put into…
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Holidays to Turkey Might not be as Cheap as you Think
Holidays to Turkey, like last summer, are in demand at the moment, as families looking for a cheap holiday abroad look for a holiday outside the Eurozone.However, taking a holiday to Turkey might not be as cheap as you might think !The average cost of a family holiday to Turkey has risen by nearly 50%…
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No Frills Airlines in the Spotlight Again
It has been reported that the Office of Fair Trading have criticised Ryanair for its pricing policy. The spat is about the way Ryanair advertises its fares and the OFT says that Ryanair are getting around the rules by offering no credit card charges on the little used prepaid Mastercard. I have had recent experience…
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Libra Holidays Ceases Trading – Re-Book Here
Libra Holidays, Argo Holidays and Jetlife have all ceased trading today. The companies operated air package holidays and flights out of Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leeds Bradford airports to Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. About 100 passengers are abraod at this time and Libra, it is reported, had about 4,000 forward bookings.Most customers will be…
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Re-book your Globespan Flights & Get ATOL Protection
It was a very sad day for the aviation industry in Scotland yesterday as it was announced that FlyGlobespan had gone into administration. The airline industry has been going through a tough time over the last 2 years and Globespan has become another casualty of the recession and the reduction in the numbers of passengers…
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How Airplanes Fly
Have you ever wondered, when you are sitting on a plane to your favourite holiday destination, how on earth the aircraft you are on manages to stay in the sky? The weight of an aircraft is enormous. There is the combined weight of the aircraft itself, all the passengers and all the luggage and not…
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Probably the most powerful cheap holidays search system in the UK !
Global Holidays has today launched its new holiday search and booking engine. After several months of development the new search system went “live” today with the intention of offering the widest choice of cheap holidays and holiday bargains anywhere. In fact, the new system has over 110 million holiday combinations which is more than enough…
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Freedom Direct Ceases Trading
Online tour operator and travel agent Freedom Direct, based in Newcastle, have ceased trading leaving thousands of holidaymakers without holidays for this summer. The company employed 108 staff. Whilst it appears that the most people who booked with them will get their money back the CAA say that the company may have been selling some…
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Foreign Office Issues Bangkok Travel Warning
The UK Foreign Office has warned Britons against travelling to Bangkok after mass demonstrations and violence affected the city. Tanks and soldiers are patrolling the city after the Thai authorities have declared a state of emergency.The FCO say that anyone about to travel to Bangkok should urgently review their plans. Our advice is that anyone…